Test your knowledge of Bay Area tournament history.
Though the Bay Area has no team in the men’s field this season, the region does have a long and distinguished history in the NCAA Tournament. The Bay Area has accounted for four men’s titles (two by USF and one each by Cal and Stanford) and two women’s championships by Stanford.
Here are 15 Bay Area-centric questions to test your knowledge of the event that has become synonymous with the month of March: 1. In winning the 1959 NCAA title, Cal beat a team with a future Hall of Famer in the semifinals and another team with a future Hall of Famer in the final. Who were those two players? a) Oscar Robertson and Jerry West; b) Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry Lucas; c) Elgin Baylor and Rick Barry 2. Who made the go-ahead basket in Stanford’s late rally to beat Rhode Island to reach the 1998 Final Four? a) Arthur Lee; b) Mark Madsen; c) Kris Weems 3. USF’s teams led by Bill Russell and K.C. Jones won consecutive NCAA titles. In which years were the Dons champs? a) 1953 and ’54; b) 1955 and ’56; c) 1957 and ’58 4. Which future major-league outfielder was on Santa Clara’s roster when the 15th-seeded Broncos upset second-seeded Arizona in the 1993 NCAA Tournament? a) Tony Gwynn; b) Kenny Lofton; c) Randy Winn 5. Which Big East team did Omar Samhan and St. Mary’s beat to reach the Sweet 16 in 2010? a) Providence; b) St. John’s; c) Villanova 6. Which Bay Area team beat Bobby Hurley and two-time defending national champion Duke in the 1993 NCAA Tournament? a) Cal; b) Stanford; c) USF
7. In which season did head coach Everett Dean lead Stanford to the NCAA title? a) 1939; b) 1942; c) 1948
8. Bill Cartwright scored 24 points in USF’s last victory in the NCAA Tournament, an 86-63 win over BYU. When did it happen? a) 1977; b) 1979; c) 1981
9. Steve Nash had 28 points and 12 assists in Santa Clara’s most recent victory in the NCAA Tournament, in 1996. Which team did the Broncos beat? a) Kansas; b) Maryland; c) Temple
10. How many NCAA Tournament games did St. Mary’s win in Matthew Dellavedova’s career? a) 3; b) 4; c) 5
11. Head coach Tara VanDer- veer has led the Stanford women to two NCAA titles. In which years were the Cardinal national champs? a) 1987 and ’88; b) 1990 and ’92; c) 1994 and ’96
12. How many times have the Stanford women reached the Final Four? a) 10; b) 13; c) 15 13. In 1998, the Stanford women became the only No. 1 seed to lose to a 16th seed. Which team upset the Cardinal? a) Harvard; b) Princeton; c) Yale
14. In 2013, Lindsay Gottlieb led the Cal women to their lone Final Four appearance. Who was the Bears’ leading scorer in their 65-62 OT win over Georgia in the regional final? a) Brittany Boyd; b) Layshia Clarendon; c) Reshanda Gray
15. In 1996, the USF women made their lone Sweet 16 appearance after beating a ranked team on its court. Which team did the Dons beat? a) Duke; b) Ohio State; c) Vanderbilt