Basketball Rules
This violation occurs when a player takes too many steps without dribbling the ball.
What is traveling?
This round of the tournament features the last 16 teams and is often where brackets start to fall apart.
What is the Sweet Sixteen?
This aircraft, with its unmistakable rotating radar dome, became the symbol of the ABM career field for nearly 50 years.
What is the E‑3 AWACS?
This aircraft, famous for its glider‑like wings and extreme altitude, has been a cornerstone of strategic reconnaissance since the 1950s.
What is the U‑2 Dragon Lady?
This event celebrated on Easter Sunday marks Jesus’ victory over death and is the foundation of the Christian faith.
What is the Resurrection?
This defensive violation is called when a player remains in the paint for more than three seconds without actively guarding an opponent.
What is defensive three‑seconds?
This nickname refers to the final weekend of the NCAA tournament, featuring the last four teams standing.
What is the Final Four?
This ground‑based C2 element served as the deployable backbone of the Theater Air Control System, providing radar, ID, and weapons control.
What is the Control and Reporting Center (CRC)?
This unmanned aircraft, with a 66‑foot wingspan and long endurance, became one of the Air Force’s most recognizable ISR platforms in the post‑9/11 era.
What is the MQ‑1 Predator?
This day marks the start of Holy Week and commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, where crowds greeted him with palm branches.
What is Palm Sunday?
This type of foul is called when a defender makes illegal body contact that impedes the ball handler’s movement.
What is a blocking foul?
This term describes an unexpected lower‑seeded team knocking off a favorite in the NCAA tournament.
What is an upset?
In the 1950s, this massive, room‑sized computer system became the first automated air defense network, linking radar sites across the U.S. and forming the backbone of early digital C2.
What is SAGE (Semi‑Automatic Ground Environment)?
This variant of the RC‑135 specializes in MASINT and radar intelligence collection, complementing the Rivet Joint’s SIGINT mission.
What is the RC‑135U Combat Sent.
This Jewish festival, occurring at the same time as the events of Holy Week, helps explain why Jerusalem was crowded during Jesus’ final days.
What is Passover?
This violation occurs when a player dribbles, stops, and then begins dribbling again.
What is a double dribble?
This conference, home to Kansas, is known for producing multiple high seeds and long tournament streaks.
What is the Big 12?
When SAGE sites became vulnerable to nuclear attack, the Air Force created this dispersed backup system of radar and control centers to ensure continuity of air defense operations.
What is BUIC (Backup Interceptor Control)?
This aircraft, retired in 2023, provided signals intelligence collection and was operated by the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB.
What is the RC‑135V/W Rivet Joint?
This early church council in 325 A.D. established the rule that Easter would fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
This rule determines which team gets possession of the ball on tied‑up plays after the opening tip.
What is the alternating possession rule?
This Big 12 school won the 2021 national championship, defeating Gonzaga in the title game.
What is Baylor?
During the Vietnam War, this aircraft served as an airborne command post directing strike packages and coordinating air operations long before AWACS existed.
What is the EC‑130 ABCCC (Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center)?
This enterprise‑level ISR architecture fuses data from airborne, space, cyber, and ground sensors, enabling analysts to process, exploit, and disseminate intelligence across the globe.
What is the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS)?
In this Scandinavian country, children dress up as “Easter witches” and go door‑to‑door for treats.
What is Sweden?