March Madness trivia, you say? Try this women’s NCAA Tournament quiz
March Madness trivia, you say? Try this women’s NCAA Tournament quiz
FILE - University of Southern California’s Cheryl Miller, center left, and Cynthia Cooper, center right, rejoice after winning the NCAA women’s basketball championship by defeating the University of Tennessee 72-61 in Los Angeles, April 1, 1984. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
FILE -Iowa’s Caitlin Clark gets past South Carolina’s Kierra Fletcher during the second half of an NCAA Women’s Final Four semifinals basketball game Friday, March 31, 2023, in Dallas. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE -Mississippi State center Teaira McCowan (15) celebrates after watching teammate Mississippi State guard Morgan William (2) score the winning basket over Connecticut guard Gabby Williams (15) to win in overtime in an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the women’s Final Four in Dallas on Friday, March 31, 2017. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)
FILE -The ball bounces away from Southern Californias JaMaiia Bond (25), and Juliette Robinson, center, and Kym Hampton, right, and Jessica Wiley (24) of Arizona State during their NCAA West Region Womens Basketball Championship game, Thursday, March 25, 1983, Los Angeles. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
FILE - Connecticut’s Kia Nurse reacts after hitting a 3-point basket in the first half of a second-round game against Syracuse in the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament, Monday, March 20, 2017, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
FILE - Connecticut’s Kia Nurse looks to make a play during second-half NCAA college basketball game action against Duquesne in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat!(Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
FILE - Purdue’s Courtney Moses celebrates one of her three pointers during an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. (Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier via AP, File)
FILE - Connecticut guard Gabby Williams wipes away tears as she talks with the media following the team’s 66-64 loss to Mississippi State in an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the women’s Final Four in Dallas, March 31, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - Texas players Annette Smith (15), Cara Priddy (44) and Paulette Moegle (21) celebrate following their 94-78 win over the University of Southern California at the NCAA Women’s Championship at Rupp Arena, Sunday, March 31, 1986 in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Gary Landers, File)
FILE - Tennessee coach Pat Summitt signals to her players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers at the NCAA women’s Mideast Regional in Nashville, Tenn., March 21, 1998. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech’s Kim Mulkey, right, moves around USC’s Amy Alkek during an NCAA women’s college basketball tournament at Los Angeles, March 31, 1984. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac, File)
FILE - LSU head coach Kim Mulkey reacts to a call during the first half of the NCAA Women’s Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech women’s basketball coach Sonja Hogg is carried off the floor of McArthur Court in Eugene, Ore, following the Lady Techsters 79-59 win over Tennessee in the AIAW National Basketball Championship, March 29, 1981. (AP Photo/Harley Soltes, File)
FILE - Notre Dame guard Kayla McBride (23) and Notre Dame forward Markisha Wright (34) sit in the locker room after the NCAA Women’s Final Four college basketball championship game against Baylor in Denver, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Baylor won 80-61.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE - Lisa Blais of Old Dominion University, right, edges out Debra Walker of Cheyney State for the ball during the Manufacturers Hanover Women’s Christmas Classic invitational tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York, Dec. 19, 1981. (AP Photo/David Handschuh), File
FILE - Baylor’s Brittney Griner celebrates her team’s 56-51 win over Texas Tech in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - Villanova and Connecticut tip off at an NCAA college basketball game in an empty arena due to COVID-19 restrictions, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Villanova, Pa. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech basketball coach Leon Barmore looks towards his wife during halftime of a Connecticut at Louisiana Tech NCAA college basketball game where his No. 12 jersey was retired Sunday night Jan. 7, 2001, in Ruston, La.(AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)
FILE - From left are Cheryl Miller in 2024, Chamique Holdsclaw in 2019, Diana Taurasi in 2023, Candace Parker in 2023 and Brenna Stewart in 2023. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - University of Southern California’s Cheryl Miller, center left, and Cynthia Cooper, center right, rejoice after winning the NCAA women’s basketball championship by defeating the University of Tennessee 72-61 in Los Angeles, April 1, 1984. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
FILE - University of Southern California’s Cheryl Miller, center left, and Cynthia Cooper, center right, rejoice after winning the NCAA women’s basketball championship by defeating the University of Tennessee 72-61 in Los Angeles, April 1, 1984. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
FILE -Iowa’s Caitlin Clark gets past South Carolina’s Kierra Fletcher during the second half of an NCAA Women’s Final Four semifinals basketball game Friday, March 31, 2023, in Dallas. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE -Iowa’s Caitlin Clark gets past South Carolina’s Kierra Fletcher during the second half of an NCAA Women’s Final Four semifinals basketball game Friday, March 31, 2023, in Dallas. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE -Mississippi State center Teaira McCowan (15) celebrates after watching teammate Mississippi State guard Morgan William (2) score the winning basket over Connecticut guard Gabby Williams (15) to win in overtime in an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the women’s Final Four in Dallas on Friday, March 31, 2017. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)
FILE -Mississippi State center Teaira McCowan (15) celebrates after watching teammate Mississippi State guard Morgan William (2) score the winning basket over Connecticut guard Gabby Williams (15) to win in overtime in an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the women’s Final Four in Dallas on Friday, March 31, 2017. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)
FILE -The ball bounces away from Southern Californias JaMaiia Bond (25), and Juliette Robinson, center, and Kym Hampton, right, and Jessica Wiley (24) of Arizona State during their NCAA West Region Womens Basketball Championship game, Thursday, March 25, 1983, Los Angeles. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
FILE -The ball bounces away from Southern Californias JaMaiia Bond (25), and Juliette Robinson, center, and Kym Hampton, right, and Jessica Wiley (24) of Arizona State during their NCAA West Region Womens Basketball Championship game, Thursday, March 25, 1983, Los Angeles. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat! (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
FILE - Connecticut’s Kia Nurse reacts after hitting a 3-point basket in the first half of a second-round game against Syracuse in the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament, Monday, March 20, 2017, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
FILE - Connecticut’s Kia Nurse reacts after hitting a 3-point basket in the first half of a second-round game against Syracuse in the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament, Monday, March 20, 2017, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
FILE - Connecticut’s Kia Nurse looks to make a play during second-half NCAA college basketball game action against Duquesne in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat!(Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
FILE - Connecticut’s Kia Nurse looks to make a play during second-half NCAA college basketball game action against Duquesne in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat!(Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
FILE - Purdue’s Courtney Moses celebrates one of her three pointers during an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. (Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier via AP, File)
FILE - Purdue’s Courtney Moses celebrates one of her three pointers during an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. (Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier via AP, File)
FILE - Connecticut guard Gabby Williams wipes away tears as she talks with the media following the team’s 66-64 loss to Mississippi State in an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the women’s Final Four in Dallas, March 31, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - Connecticut guard Gabby Williams wipes away tears as she talks with the media following the team’s 66-64 loss to Mississippi State in an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the women’s Final Four in Dallas, March 31, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - Texas players Annette Smith (15), Cara Priddy (44) and Paulette Moegle (21) celebrate following their 94-78 win over the University of Southern California at the NCAA Women’s Championship at Rupp Arena, Sunday, March 31, 1986 in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Gary Landers, File)
FILE - Texas players Annette Smith (15), Cara Priddy (44) and Paulette Moegle (21) celebrate following their 94-78 win over the University of Southern California at the NCAA Women’s Championship at Rupp Arena, Sunday, March 31, 1986 in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Gary Landers, File)
FILE - Tennessee coach Pat Summitt signals to her players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers at the NCAA women’s Mideast Regional in Nashville, Tenn., March 21, 1998. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - Tennessee coach Pat Summitt signals to her players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers at the NCAA women’s Mideast Regional in Nashville, Tenn., March 21, 1998. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech’s Kim Mulkey, right, moves around USC’s Amy Alkek during an NCAA women’s college basketball tournament at Los Angeles, March 31, 1984. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech’s Kim Mulkey, right, moves around USC’s Amy Alkek during an NCAA women’s college basketball tournament at Los Angeles, March 31, 1984. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac, File)
FILE - LSU head coach Kim Mulkey reacts to a call during the first half of the NCAA Women’s Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE - LSU head coach Kim Mulkey reacts to a call during the first half of the NCAA Women’s Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech women’s basketball coach Sonja Hogg is carried off the floor of McArthur Court in Eugene, Ore, following the Lady Techsters 79-59 win over Tennessee in the AIAW National Basketball Championship, March 29, 1981. (AP Photo/Harley Soltes, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech women’s basketball coach Sonja Hogg is carried off the floor of McArthur Court in Eugene, Ore, following the Lady Techsters 79-59 win over Tennessee in the AIAW National Basketball Championship, March 29, 1981. (AP Photo/Harley Soltes, File)
FILE - Notre Dame guard Kayla McBride (23) and Notre Dame forward Markisha Wright (34) sit in the locker room after the NCAA Women’s Final Four college basketball championship game against Baylor in Denver, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Baylor won 80-61.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE - Notre Dame guard Kayla McBride (23) and Notre Dame forward Markisha Wright (34) sit in the locker room after the NCAA Women’s Final Four college basketball championship game against Baylor in Denver, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Baylor won 80-61.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE - Lisa Blais of Old Dominion University, right, edges out Debra Walker of Cheyney State for the ball during the Manufacturers Hanover Women’s Christmas Classic invitational tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York, Dec. 19, 1981. (AP Photo/David Handschuh), File
FILE - Lisa Blais of Old Dominion University, right, edges out Debra Walker of Cheyney State for the ball during the Manufacturers Hanover Women’s Christmas Classic invitational tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York, Dec. 19, 1981. (AP Photo/David Handschuh), File
FILE - Baylor’s Brittney Griner celebrates her team’s 56-51 win over Texas Tech in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - Baylor’s Brittney Griner celebrates her team’s 56-51 win over Texas Tech in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - Villanova and Connecticut tip off at an NCAA college basketball game in an empty arena due to COVID-19 restrictions, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Villanova, Pa. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson, File)
FILE - Villanova and Connecticut tip off at an NCAA college basketball game in an empty arena due to COVID-19 restrictions, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Villanova, Pa. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech basketball coach Leon Barmore looks towards his wife during halftime of a Connecticut at Louisiana Tech NCAA college basketball game where his No. 12 jersey was retired Sunday night Jan. 7, 2001, in Ruston, La.(AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)
FILE - Louisiana Tech basketball coach Leon Barmore looks towards his wife during halftime of a Connecticut at Louisiana Tech NCAA college basketball game where his No. 12 jersey was retired Sunday night Jan. 7, 2001, in Ruston, La.(AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)
FILE - From left are Cheryl Miller in 2024, Chamique Holdsclaw in 2019, Diana Taurasi in 2023, Candace Parker in 2023 and Brenna Stewart in 2023. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - From left are Cheryl Miller in 2024, Chamique Holdsclaw in 2019, Diana Taurasi in 2023, Candace Parker in 2023 and Brenna Stewart in 2023. (AP Photo/File)
By now, you’ve no doubt heard of Caitlin Clark. Or Angel Reese. Or Juju Watkins. Or all of them. But how well do you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck this AP trivia quiz. Don’t cheat!
The questions
(1) Only three teams have won back-to-back national championships. Two are UConn and Tennessee. Name the other.
-- LSU
-- Texas
-- Southern California
-- NC State
(2) Kia Nurse of UConn and Courtney Moses of Purdue share an NCAA Tournament record. What is it?
-- They each made all their free-throw attempts in the tournament
-- Most 3-pointers in a tournament game
-- Youngest players to lead their team in scoring
-- Fastest basket scored in a tournament game
(3) What school ended UConn’s run of four consecutive national championships, and its 111-game winning streak, on a buzzer-beater in overtime in the 2017 semifinals?
-- Texas A&M
-- Notre Dame
-- Tennessee
-- Mississippi State
(4) Name the only player to score at least 40 points in back-to-back NCAA Tournament games.
-- Diana Taurasi
-- Cheryl Miller
-- Chamique Holdsclaw
-- Caitlin Clark
(5) What school won the 2020 women’s tournament?
-- UConn
-- South Carolina
-- Stanford
-- None of the above
(6) Nine teams have finished a season unbeaten (including tournaments). UConn accounts for six of those, and three other programs have done it once each. Name them.
-- Texas
-- Tennessee
-- Baylor
-- South Carolina
(7) Who is the only person to win the women’s national championship as a player, assistant coach and head coach?
-- Dawn Staley
-- Pat Summitt
-- Tara VanDerveer
-- Kim Mulkey
(8) The NCAA started hosting a women’s championship in the 1981-82 season. What organization hosted a women’s championship for 11 years, the last in competition with the NCAA’s inaugural women’s tourney, before disbanding?
-- NAIA
-- The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
-- National Organization for Women
-- Women’s Sports Foundation
(9) Name the only school to have had two different coaches lead it to the national championship.
-- Louisiana Tech
-- North Carolina
-- Old Dominion
-- Southern California
(10) Four schools have lost in the championship game in back-to-back years, but only one of them has done it twice. Name the school.
-- South Carolina
-- Auburn
-- Texas Tech
-- Notre Dame
(11) Name three of the five players who have won back-to-back Most Outstanding Player awards in the Final Four.
— Cheryl Miller
— Brittney Griner
— Diana Taurasi
—Candace Parker
(12) What two facts about Cheyney State, which played in two of the first three Final Fours, including the 1982 championship, make the school unique?
-- It is an HBCU that reached the title game
-- It is not a Division I school
-- It is an all-women’s university
-- It averaged more than 100 points per game
And the answers!
(1) Southern California, 1983-84.
(2) Nurse and Moses both made nine 3-pointers in a game ( Nurse vs Syracuse in 2017 and Moses vs. South Dakota State in 2012).
(3) Mississippi State.
(4) Caitlin Clark, Iowa, 2023, with 41 points against Louisville in the Elite Eight and 41 more against unbeaten defending national champion South Carolina in the national semifinals.
(5) None. It was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(6) Texas, 34-0, 1985-86; Tennessee, 39-0, 1997-98; and Baylor, 40-0, 2011-12.
(7) Kim Mulkey (player, Louisiana Tech, 1982; assistant coach, Louisiana Tech, 1988; and head coach, Baylor, 2005, 2012, 2019 and LSU, 2023).
(8) The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW).
(9) Louisiana Tech (Sonja Hogg, 1982; Leon Barmore, 1988).
(10) Notre Dame (2011-2012 and 2014-2015).
(11) Cheryl Miller, Southern Cal, 1983-84; Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee, 1997-98; Diana Taurasi, UConn, 2003-04; Candace Parker, Tennessee, 2007-08; and Breanna Stewart, UConn, 2013-16.
(12) The Lady Wolves are the only Division II and only historically Black college and university to ever reach the championship game.
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