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What was the only independent school to win
the NCAA title in the 1970s?Marquette
What North Carolina star started at center
for the 1976 U.S. men's Olympic squad?Mitch Kupchak
What team captured the 1982-83 Continental
Basketball Association title?The Detroit Spirits
What Pacific Division NBA team grew used to
playing to sellout crowds of 12,666?The Portland Trail Blazers
What team posted an ABA record 68 victories
in the 1971-72 season?The Kentucky Colonels
Who is the leading rebounder in NBA playoff
history?Bill Russell
What fabled sportsman owned the oldtime
American Basketball League's Chicago Bruins?George Halas
What ABA club did Moses Malone play his
first pro game for?The Utah Stars
Who was the first head coach of the NBA's
Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns?John Kerr
What retired star averaged 30 points a game
in six of his first seven NBA campaigns?Oscar Robertson
What team did Connie Hawkins play his first
NBA game for?The Phoenix Suns
What college played the first formal women's
basketball game - Radcliffe, Smith or Vassar?Smith
What 1978-79 scheme got Boston College's
Rick Kuhn into trouble?Point-shaving
What Houston Rockets center became the
tallest player in NBA history in 1982-83?Chuck Nevitt
What school sent defensive swing man Michael
Cooper to the NBA?New Mexico
What did Richie Powers and Earl Strom ignore
during the 1977 NBA playoffs?A referees' strike
What was the first team to stage a four-game sweep of an NBA final series?The Boston Celtics
What star center has played the most minutes
in NBA history?Elvin Hayes
Which of Ernie DiGregorio, Calvin Murphy and
Slick Watts never topped the NBA in assists?Calvin Murphy
Who was the NBA rookie of the year in Magic
Johnson's first season?Larry Bird
Who , in 1967-68, became the first guard to
win the NBA scoring crown?Dave Bing
What team did the NBA's Chicago Zephyrs
become?The Baltimore Bullets
Who appeared in 13 consecutive NBA all-star
games starting in 1966?John Havlicek
Who was the first man to play in the NBA
past 40?Bob Cousy
What Detroit Pistons player-coach was the
youngest bench boss in NBA history at 24?Dave DeBusschere
What kind of baskets were used in the first
attempt at basketball in 1891?Peach baskets
What center leads the NBA in all-time field
goal shooting percentage?Artis Gilmore
What team lost a record 73 games in the
1972-73 NBA season?The Philadelphia 76ers
Who has taken part in the most NBA games,
playing and coaching combined?Gene Shue
What team did Rick Barry play his last NBA
game for?The Houston Rockets
What two teams joined the NBA for the 1968-69 season?The Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns
Who was the first NBA scoring champion to
become a head coach in the league?George Mikan
What NBA arena is found            at 4 Pennsylvania
Plaza?Madison Square Garden
What NBA team set a season record in 1974-75
with an .821 free throw percentage?The Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Who retired with an NBA career record 9,887
career assists over 14 seasons?Oscar Robertson
What college power plays home games in the
Pauley Pavilion?The UCLA Bruins
Who retired with an NBA record .900 shooting
mark from the free throw line?Rick Barry
What NBA coach amassed 300 career victories
in the shortest time?Billy Cunningham
Who is the only man elected to the Hall of
Fame as both a player and a coach?John Wooden
What Indiana collegiate guard captained the
1976 U.S. men's Olympic squad?Quinn Buckner
What was the last NBA team Bill Russell
coached?The Seattle SuperSonics
What school did Julius Erving move to the
pro ranks from?University of Massachusetts
Who hit 206 of 215 free throws in 1980-81
for an NBA season record .958 accuracy mark?Calvin Murphy
Who is the shortest scoring champion in NBA
history?Nate Archibald
Who was the only player to win NCAA and NBA
scoring titles in the 1970s?Pete Maravich
What basketballer received an honorary
doctorate from Temple on May 26, 1983?Julius Erving
What position did Oscar Robertson play
exclusively in college?Forward
What team won the ABA's first playoff title?The Pittsburgh Pipers
Who led the NBA in broken noses?Jerry West
What UCLA star was the first player chosen
winner of the Naismith Trophy three times?Bill Walton
What guard scored 13,726 career points, tops
in ABA history?Louie Dampier
What NCAA Division I school posted a record
39th consecutive winning season in 1982-83?Louisville
Who are the only brothers to be named to the
NBA all-rookie team in the same season?Dick and Tom Van Arsdale
Where did Willis Reed play college ball
before joining the New York Knicks in 1964?Grambling
What team did Joe B. Hall, Don Haskins and
Bobby Knight all coach in 1972?The U.S. Olympic team
What NBA club lost the chance to draft Bill
Walton in a 1974 coin toss?The Philadelphia 76ers
What team did Julius Erving play his first
pro game for?The Virginia Squires
Where did Moses Malone play college
basketball?Nowhere
What school won the first NCAA title,
beating Ohio State 46-33?Oregon
What U.S. president hosted the original
Celtics at the White House in 1925?Calvin Coolidge
What NBA arena is found at 150 Causeway
Street?The Boston Garden
What former ABA team posted the worst record
in its first NBA season?The New York Nets
What colors were the ABA's balls?Red, white, blue
What former NBA star was the last
commissioner of the ABA?Dave DeBusschere
What basketball team did the much-traveled
Satchel Paige hit the road with in 1954?The Harlem Globetrotters
What NBA team won 45 of its first 49 games
in 1966-67?The Philadelphia 76ers
Who's won the most NBA Most Valuable Player
awards over the seasons?Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What school copped the NCAA title in 1961
and 1962?Cincinnati
Who started at center for the New Orleans
Jazz in their first NBA game, in 1974?Walt Bellamy
What can't an NBA team do after February 15
each season?Make a trade
Who was the first guard to win the NBA Most
Valuable Player award in 1956-57?Bob Cousy
What team did Bob Pettit play his first NBA
game for?The Milwaukee Hawks
Who is the only man ever to be named NBA
rookie of the year and coach of the year?Tom Heinsohn
Who won the NBA's first Most Valuable Player
award?Bob Pettit
Who centered Jacksonville in the 1970 NCAA
final?Artis Gilmore
What star guard retired with an NBA career
record 7,694 free throws made?Oscar Robertson
What center holds the ABA record for career
rebounds with 9,494?Mel Daniels
Who topped the Milwaukee Bucks in scoring,
rebounding and assists in 1981-82?Sidney Moncrief
What Buffalo playmaker was the 1974-75 NBA
rookie of the year?Ernie DiGregorio
What hotshot is second in lifetime NBA
scoring titles?George Gervin
What NBA team plays home games at the
HemisFair Arena?The San Antonio Spurs
What team lost a record 20 consecutive games
in the 1972-73 NBA season?The Philadelphia 76ers
Who was the only No. 1 college draft pick of
the 1970s to be named NBA rookie of the year?Lew Alcindor
What timely suggestion of Syracuse Nationals
coach Danny Biasone was adopted by the NBA?The 24-second clock
What former ABA team posted the best record
in its first NBA season?The Denver Nuggets
Who topped coaches in the NBA's 1971 silver
anniversary poll?Red Auerbach
Who was the last player chosen winner of the
Naismith Trophy three times?Ralph Sampson
What trophy does the Atlanta Tipoff Club
award to the college player of the year?The Naismith Trophy
What college did Magic Johnson hone his
tricks at before hitting the NBA stage?Michigan State
What collegian is awarded the Wade Trophy?The outstanding female player
What NBA club plays before home fans at the
Kemper Arena?The Kansas City Kings
What NBA club plays home games at the Market
Square Arena?The Indiana Pacers
What team did Maryland product Len Elmore
play his first NBA game for?The Indiana Pacers
What Buffalo gunner copped three consecutive
NBA scoring titles starting in 1973-74?Bob McAdoo
What Utah Jazz star was selected the NBA's
top rookie for 1980-81?Darrell Griffith
What does FGA stand for in a basketball
boxscore?Field goals attempted
What couldn't a basketballer do after
dribbling, until a 1915 rule change?Shoot
What did Lew Alcindor, Elvin Hayes, Bob
Lanier and Wes Unseld sit out in 1968?The Olympic Games
Who is the New York Knicks' all-time leading
scorer?Walt Frazier
What city do the Golden State Warriors call
home?Oakland
What Detroit Pistons frontcourt man centered
Indiana's undefeated 1976 NCAA champions?Kent Benson
What 1965 top draft pick of the Philadelphia
76ers went on to coach the club?Billy Cunningham
Who is the Phoenix Suns' all-time scoring
leader?Dick Van Arsdale
What does "Rb" mean atop a column of
basketball statistics?Rebounds
Who led the Boston Celtics in scoring,
rebounding and assists in 1977-78?Dave Cowens
What is a basketball player's points total
divided by to arrive at his scoring average?Games played
What was the only NBA expansion team to
qualify for the playoffs in its first season?The Chicago Bulls
What two Detroit Pistons rookies played in
the 1982 NBA all-star game?Isiah Thomas and Kelly Tripucka
What much-traveled team once posted a 333-8
won-lost record in a single year?The Harlem Globetrotters
What South American country won the first
men's amateur world championship in 1950?Argentina
What are the colors of the University of
Kentucky basketball squad?Blue and white
What NBA star's pro debut prompted a fan to
release a white dove at Boston Garden?Larry Bird's
What school did Bob Cousy head off to coach
following his retirement from the NBA?Boston College
What basketball feature made its debut in
1894, three years after the game's invention?The free throw
Who scored a club record 2,457 points for
the Utah Jazz in 1981-82?Adrian Dantley
Who was on the winning side in both the 1982
and 1983 NBA finals?Steve Mix
What arena do the NBA's Houston Rockets play
their home games in?The Summit
What does PF stand for atop a column of
basketball statistics?Personal fouls
Who hooped a career record 15,488 points for
the Detroit Pistons?Bob Lanier
Who was selected the outstanding player in
the NCAA tournament in 1967, 1968 and 1969?Lew Alcindor
Where did New York Knicks star Cazzie
Russell play his college ball?Michigan