Trivia

[tornado]

It's a slow time so here are some trivia questions to keep you occupied.

1- what is Bradley's all time NIT record?

2- what is Bradley's all time NCAA tourney record?

3- what's BU's longest home winning streak?

4- who did BU play in the very first game at Carver Arena
and what was the result?

5- who finished as runnerup in the 1992 NBA All Star Game Long Distance Shootout?

6- Has a Bradley player ever been an NBA or ABA All Star?

7- in 1970-71, the entire Missouri Valley and all their fans were given the chance to vote on the All Time MVC First and Second teams. A total of 20 players were selected according to the fan vote over the course of the season. How many Bradley players were selected?

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1- 25-17
2- 11-8
3- 46 games, 1/23/58 - 1/28/61
4- BU beat Loyola (IL) 90-82, att. 10,401
5- Jim Les
6- yes, Chet Walker was a 7-time NBA All Star, Hersey Hawkins was a one time NBA All Star, and Levern Tart was a 2-time ABA All Star.
7- SIX, Chet Walker, Joe Allen, Paul Unruh, and Bobby Joe Mason made the 10-man First team. Gene Melchiorre and Levern Tart made the 10-man Second Team. No other school had more than three players selected.

[collegehoopjunkie]

Just curious, does anyone have a way to find how many D-I schools have winning records all-time in both
the NIT and NCAA?

[BradleyBrave]

Isn't BU the only school, or one of the only schools to play in both the NIT and NCAA Championship in the same year?

[tornado]

Since they played and lost to CCNY in both the NIT title game and the NCAA title game, I'd say that CCNY has also done it.

[BradleyBrave]

Since they played and lost to CCNY in both the NIT title game and the NCAA title game, I'd say that CCNY has also done it.

I agree, although I don't think CCNY has a team anymore.

[tornado]

Sure they do, but they are long, long gone from Division I,
they had a 12-14 record in 2005-2006

http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/athletics/mens/Basketball/index.cfm

They are a Division III team in the City University of New
York Conference

The teams in their conference are:
Baruch
Brooklyn
CCNY
Hunter
John Jay
Lehman
Medgar Evers
New York City Tech
Staten Island
York Cardinals (N.Y.)

All their players are from right in the city.

http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/athletics/mens/Basketball/basketball_roster.cfm

[MacabreMob]

I met a guy that attended CCNY. We talked about the games in that year. The point-shaving scandal. The scandal over players for CCNY that weren't even students - just street players suiting up for games.

I had mentioned how surprised I was that CCNY never got those games taken away from them and cleared from the record books.

He told me that CCNY got a deal from the NCAA:

They get to keep their NIT and NCAA National Championships and remain in the record books....

-in return-

CCNY gets banned from DI and never allowed to return - ever.

Guess that is the good outweighing the bad - huh?

[BradleyBrave]

I met a guy that attended CCNY. We talked about the games in that year. The point-shaving scandal. The scandal over players for CCNY that weren't even students - just street players suiting up for games.

I had mentioned how surprised I was that CCNY never got those games taken away from them and cleared from the record books.

He told me that CCNY got a deal from the NCAA:

They get to keep their NIT and NCAA National Championships and remain in the record books....

-in return-

CCNY gets banned from DI and never allowed to return - ever.

Guess that is the good outweighing the bad - huh?

They shouldn't have been given a choice. They should have their titles stripped and given to their rightful owners (Bradley University) and still banned for life. The fact that we don't have that National Championship is a great injustice.

[tornado]

... They should have their titles stripped and given to their rightful owners (Bradley University) ...

Not sure that would fly, as several Bradley players were also found to be involved in the point shaving scandal, so who would get the first place trophy?

[MacabreMob]

... They should have their titles stripped and given to their rightful owners (Bradley University) ...

Not sure that would fly, as several Bradley players were also found to be involved in the point shaving scandal, so who would get the first place trophy?

Kentucky - of course (they would get cleared of all point-shaving involvement).

[BradleyBrave]

... They should have their titles stripped and given to their rightful owners (Bradley University) ...

Not sure that would fly, as several Bradley players were also found to be involved in the point shaving scandal, so who would get the first place trophy?

Yes, but we weren't using ineligible players off the street like CCNY. At least our cheaters were still students at the university.