History's Mysteries
This person invented basketball is 1891.
Who is James Naismith?
This is the numbers of players of the same team that can be on the court at the same time.
What is "5"?
This is the number of teams that are "seeded" in each NCAA tournament.
What is "68"?
This player is also known as "Black Mamba."
Who is Kobe Bryant?
This player said, "After Michael Jordan had scored a play-off record 69 points - I'll always remember this as the night Michael and I combined to score 70 points."
Who is Stacey King?
These are the baskets that were used when basketball was first invented.
What are two half-bushel peach baskets?
This is the number of steps can a player take without dribbling the ball.
What is "two"?
Although no Ivy League team has won a men's NCAA tournament, this school came the closest in 1944... when there were only 8 teams playing.
What is Dartmouth?
In the movie Hoosiers, this actor played the assistant coach, nicknamed “Shooter."
Who is Dennis Hopper?
This intellectual player said, "Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something."
Who is Dennis Rodman?
This country won the first Olympic gold medal in basketball in 1936 Berlin.
What is the United States?
This is the height of a standard basketball hoop.
What is "10 feet"?
Four-time NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway is the head coach of this team he led to the Elite Eight when he was in college in the 1990's.
Who are the "Memphis Tigers"?
Monica and Quincy are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players.
What is Love & Basketball?
“You don’t have to be magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you" is a quote from a notably magic player.
Who is Magic Johnson?
Following a controversial finish, this country captured the 1972 Olympic gold medal in basketball, snapping the United States’ unbeaten streak in Olympic competition.
What is the Soviet Union?
This is the number of fouls a player can commit before being ejected, or disqualified, from a game.
What is "6"?
WNBA star Angel Reese’s brother Julian plays for this "terpy-team" in the tournament.
What is "Maryland"?
This NBA legend was involved in the "Malice at the Palace" brawl in 2004.
Who is Ron Artest?
Words of wisdom from this player: "The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not..."
Who is Charles Barkley?
This commonly-used farm & garden equipment was used at the games of the first professional basketball league in the United States to separate players from hostile fans.
What is chicken wire?
This is the maximum points a player can score on a single possession.
What is "4"?
Although there are 3 other schools in the men's NCAA tournament named for a saint, several schools named after this saint that are NOT playing in "the dance" this year.
Who is "Saint Ignatius of Loyola"?
This player with terrible timing announced he was leaving Cleveland during the 2019 "The Decision" broadcast.
Who is LeBron James?
This famous mathematician of a basketball player said, "My game is like the Pythagorean theorem: there is no answer."
Who is Shaquille O'Neal?