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Postby Don D » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:27 pm

All:

My original post was deleted by mistake, so here we go again.

We used to generate some interesting postings with different types of Trivia, so let's try one from the sports category.

There were 7 Catholic College / University NCAA Men's Basketball Champions.

Who were they?

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Postby Andrew DeStefano » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:56 pm

Mr. Diehl,

I'm going to give it a shot.

I know that Villanova was the last Catholic College to win the national championship by beating the heavily favored Hoyas in 1985. I believe Holy Cross, University of San Francisco, Loyola and LaSalle. One more I believe is possibily Georgetown. That's six.

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Postby Don D » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:49 pm

Andrew - those 6 are correct, you actually missed a fairly easy one.

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Postby Marion Farrell Cronin » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:36 am

Notre Dame?
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Postby info » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:05 pm

Or St. Johns?
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Postby Andrew DeStefano » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:27 pm

I don't recall Saint John's ever winning the championship. I believe it may have been Notre Dame. The closest St. John's came was in 1985 when they had Chris Mullin, Bill Wennington, Willie Glass, Walter Berry playing the "Box & 5" defense. They were taken down by Georgetown that year.
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Postby Kathleen » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:41 pm

Donald,

I have no idea what the answer to your question is - are you surprised? Just wanted to say that when I lived in MT a friend of mine completed the basketball pool every year by picking all of the Catholic universities and she did pretty well! See you in a couple of weeks at Erin's wedding!! Give my best to Ellie.

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Postby marie-elena (ferracano) r » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:56 pm

Donald,

I vote for Notre Dame, as well. I'm more of a baseball and boxing fan. But i will take a chance on this too. So glad to see, our "trivia" postings coming back.
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Re: Trivia

Postby Andrew DeStefano » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:37 pm

I tried to edit a previous post but was unsuccessful.

The defense employed by St. John's in 1985 was the Box & 1, not the Box & 5 as a I previously stated.
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Re: Trivia

Postby Don D » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:43 pm

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No, it's not Notre Dame or St.John's

Hint - The 7th Team was actually coached by a New Yorker that 1st coached a small school in North Carolina called Belmont Abbey.

Hope that helps...

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Re: Trivia

Postby JohnTell » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:15 am

Wild guess...not even sure if they are a Catholic college, but I'll Say Al McGuire and Marquette...<:~)

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Re: Trivia

Postby Marion Farrell Cronin » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:45 am

Now I am really grasping - so I'll throw in Fordham or Seton Hall, although i don't ever remember either of them in any kind of championship.
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Re: Trivia

Postby Andrew DeStefano » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:26 pm

Was it North Carolina State, coached by Jimmy Valvano? I remember the scene of him running onto the Court after the game, looking for someone to hug and seemingly unable to find anyone to hug him.
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Re: Trivia

Postby Don D » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:43 pm

Al McGuire's marquette team was the 7th that John Tell answered correctly.

Now, as they would say in school, "for extra credit" -- who was the key player(s) for each of these teams?

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Re: Trivia

Postby JohnTell » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:58 am

Donald....Another NYer, from my uncle Vince's alma mater, Rice HS's "Dean The Dream" Memminger at Marquette ...<:~)

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