I was watching Jeopardy last night and they had a category called March Madness. I was pretty disappointed in the difficulty of the 3 questions that came off the board. You tell me if they were too easy (I list them at the end of the post). As a result, I decided to write my own set of NCAA March Madness Jeopardy-style questions. Feel free to use them to quiz your basketball knowledgeable buddies or it can be a fun March Madness trivia quiz to prime the people in your office March Madness pool.
My NCAA March Madness Trivia Questions
Question: What 8th-seeded team won the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 1985?
Answer: Who are the Villanova Wildcats?
Question: Who is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament history?
Answer: Who is Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) with 101 tournament wins?
Question: Who holds the record for the most points scored in a single NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game?
Answer: Who is Austin Carr, who scored 61 points for Notre Dame in 1970?
Question: What 15th-seeded team upset second-seeded Michigan State in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament?
Answer: Who are the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders?
Question: What player holds the record for the most career points scored in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament?
Answer: Who is Christian Laettner with 407 points?
Question: What team holds the record for the most NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament wins?
Answer: Who is the University of North Carolina with 130 wins? (University of Kentucky would be right there with them but they lost to St. Peter’s in the first round in 2022).
Question: What player holds the record for the most rebounds in a single NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game?
Answer: Who is Bill Russell, who grabbed 51 rebounds for the University of San Francisco in 1956?
Question: What team holds the record for the largest margin of victory in a single NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game since the 64-team expansion?
Answer: Who is the University of Kansas with a margin of 58 points against Prairie View in 1998? (All-time, the record is a margin of 69 points. In the 1963 tournament, Loyola Chicago put up 111 points against Tennessee Tech)
Question: What player holds the record for the most blocked shots in a single NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game?
Answer: Who is Shaquille O’Neal, who blocked 11 shots for Louisiana State University in 1992?
Question: What 15th-seeded team upset second-seeded Georgetown in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament?
Answer: Who are the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles?
Question: What 14th-seeded team reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 1999?
Answer: Who are the Weber State Wildcats?
Question: What 15th-seeded team upset 2nd-seeded Arizona in the first round of the 1993 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament?
Answer: Who are the Santa Clara Broncos? (they missed 4 free throws in a row down the stretch and still won)
Jeopardy March Madness Trivia Questions
These are from an episode of Jeopardy that aired on Wednesday, March 7th, 2023. As I previously said, I was a little disappointed with how easy these were.
Question: Before becoming a true Warrior this sharpshooter was a Wildcat in leading 10th-seeded Davidson to the Elite Eight in 2008.
Answer: Who is Steph Curry?
Question: Students at this ACC school might have had a devil of a time spelling Krzyzewski but coach K’s 5 national titles were worth it.
Answer: Who are the Duke Blue Devils?
Last name of USC’s Cheryl, winner of back-to-back titles & Most Outstanding Player (MOP) in 1983 & ’84; she’s in the hall of fame with her brother Reggie.
Who is Miller?
Question: In 1979 he conjured up a title for Michigan State over Larry Bird’s Indiana State
Answer: Who is Magic Johnson
Let us know what you think of these Jeopardy questions and whether you have some good new questions we can add to this page.
Troy Wallace
Troy Wallace is Certified Basketball Speed Specialist and shares his experiences in trying to stay as healthy as possible to stay on the court. He is active in coaching youth basketball in YMCA, Team Work Sports Nebraska, and, currently, in the Jr. Warriors program in Omaha, NE. Visit Troy's Full Author Bio Page or email him directly.
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