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Quiz about NCAA Basketball Venues
Quiz about NCAA Basketball Venues

NCAA Basketball Venues Trivia Quiz


Are you a hardcore college basketball fan? Well you better be if you plan on getting through this quiz on college basketball's grandest venues.

A multiple-choice quiz by redskin0125. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
redskin0125
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
320,426
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
598
Last 3 plays: Guest 205 (2/10), Guest 162 (8/10), Guest 37 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Until it's 2007 renovation, this basketball venue was once the largest basketball-only venue in college basketball. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Officially named University Arena, this University of New Mexico basketball haven is more commonly referred to as what? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Home of the Cameron Crazies, Cameron Indoor Stadium wasn't always called Cameron Indoor. Prior to 1972, what was it called? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This school does not play their home basketball games at an Assembly Hall? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Dubbed the home of the "Rowdy Reptiles" by ESPN personality Dick Vitale, the "O'Dome", home of the Florida Gators, is officially named what? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. With a court named after Coach John Wooden and his late wife Nell, UCLA plays it's home games at what venue? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What school plays their games at "The Phog?" Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which venue hosted the 1985 NCAA Men's Div-1 baskeball tournament? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which venue hosts Bradley Braves basketball games, the winningest program in Missouri Valley Conference history? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which venue did the 2002 NCAA Tournament champion, Maryland Terrapins, play their home games in? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Until it's 2007 renovation, this basketball venue was once the largest basketball-only venue in college basketball.

Answer: Thompson-Boling Arena

Thompson-Boling Arena, home of the Tennessee Volunteers, had a seating capacity of nearly 25,000 before it's 2007 renovation. The Carrier Dome had a larger seating capacity with 33,000, but it also hosted Syracuse's football games.
2. Officially named University Arena, this University of New Mexico basketball haven is more commonly referred to as what?

Answer: The Pit

The Pit actually hosted the famed 1983 National Final Four, famous for NC State's last second "alley-oop" to win Jim Valvano his first and only championship.
3. Home of the Cameron Crazies, Cameron Indoor Stadium wasn't always called Cameron Indoor. Prior to 1972, what was it called?

Answer: Duke Indoor Stadium

Considered one of the loudest stadiums in the country, Cameron Indoor Stadium actually only holds slightly over 9300 students at capacity.
4. This school does not play their home basketball games at an Assembly Hall?

Answer: University of Albany

The Albany Great Danes play their ball at SEFCU arena, but the two Big Ten rivals play at their own respective versions of an Assembly Hall. Illinois' version was opened in 1963, while Indiana's opened in 1972.
5. Dubbed the home of the "Rowdy Reptiles" by ESPN personality Dick Vitale, the "O'Dome", home of the Florida Gators, is officially named what?

Answer: Stephen C. O'Connell Center

Florida actually bought the flooring from the RCA Dome in Indianapolis that they won their first national title in basketball on. After sanding away the NCAA logos, they repainted it and now play on it in the O'Connell Center.
6. With a court named after Coach John Wooden and his late wife Nell, UCLA plays it's home games at what venue?

Answer: Pauley Pavillion

John Wooden actually refused to allow the court at Pauley Pavillion to be named after himself, unless his wife Nell was also named first.
7. What school plays their games at "The Phog?"

Answer: University of Kansas

The venue, officially named Allen Fieldhouse, was named after Forrest "Phog" Allen, who coached Kansas for 39 years.
8. Which venue hosted the 1985 NCAA Men's Div-1 baskeball tournament?

Answer: Rupp Arena

Rupp Arena hosted the 1985 Final Four. Eighth seeded Villanova upset the Patrick Ewing led Georgetown Hoyas.
9. Which venue hosts Bradley Braves basketball games, the winningest program in Missouri Valley Conference history?

Answer: Carver Arena

Carver Arena also is the home of the Illinois High School Association boys' basketball state finals, which is known as "America's Original March Madness". This is because the phrase "March Madness" was originally used in an essay by H.V. Porter to describe the state's high school basketball tournament in 1939.
10. Which venue did the 2002 NCAA Tournament champion, Maryland Terrapins, play their home games in?

Answer: Cole Fieldhosue

In the Terrapins lone NCAA championship season, the games were still played in Cole Fieldhouse. The following winter, Maryland began playing their games in their new building, the Comcast Center.
Source: Author redskin0125

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