Answers (Day 1): NCAA Tournament One-and-Only Challenge

1. North Carolina's top three scorers in 1982 - Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins and James Worthy - comprise the only trio of college teammates in history to each go on and tally more than 15,000 points in the NBA.

2. For four seasons from 1946-47 through 1949-50, Bob Feerick (Santa Clara '52) and Bones McKinney (Wake Forest '62) were teammates with the Washington Capitols. Feerick and McKinney were among the team's top three scorers, combining for more than 25 points per game, the first three of those campaigns. The Capitols posted the best regular-season record in the NBA's inaugural season and participated in the 1949 NBA Finals.

3. South Carolina is the only state currently with at least 10 Division I schools never to send a team to the Final Four. Clemson was the only school from the state to win an NCAA Tournament game in more than 20 years until the College of Charleston succeeded in 1997.

4. Ephraim "Red" Rocha is the only individual to play and coach in both the NCAA and NBA playoffs. Rocha played for Oregon State in the 1947 NCAA Tournament before appearing in 39 NBA playoff games (including '56 champion Syracuse Nationals). He coached the Detroit Pistons in the 1959 NBA playoffs and the University of Hawaii in the 1972 NCAA Tournament.

5. Dean Smith compiled an 8-11 record at the Final Four with North Carolina in appearances from 1967 through 1997. He lost his first three title games (1968, 1977 and 1981).

6. San Francisco, winner of back-to-back titles in 1955 and 1956, had an average of six losses entering its four games against UCLA during the Bruins' 38-game winning streak.

7. Wyoming guard John Pilch is the only All-American to go winless in as many as six NCAA playoff games (0-2 in 1947, 1948 and 1949).

8. Virginia, a 63-51 loser against Wake Forest in the opening round of the ACC Tournament after notching a 6-8 record in the ACC, lost in overtime against Houston (49-47) in the 1984 national semifinals. The Cavaliers' leading scorer was guard Othell Wilson with a 13.8-point average. They also received at-large invitations to the NCAA Tournament in 1990 (6-8), 1991 (6-8) and 1997 (7-9) despite compiling losing records in ACC competition.

9. Top-ranked DePaul lost to UCLA (77-71) in 1980 and to St. Joseph's (49-48) in 1981. Longtime NBA forwards Mark Aguirre and Terry Cummings combined for 42 points for the Blue Demons against UCLA, but only 14 against St. Joseph's. DePaul was ranked second nationally in 1982 when the Blue Demons lost their opening playoff game as a No. 1 seed for the third consecutive year (82-75 against Boston College) despite Cummings' 20 points and 17 rebounds.

10. Unbeaten Kentucky declined a bid in 1954 after the Wildcats were banned from playing a schedule the previous year because of an NCAA probation. Three fifth-year (postgraduate) stars--Cliff Hagan, Frank Ramsey and Lou Tsioropoulos--were ineligible for the 1954 tourney. They defeated national champion-to-be La Salle by 13 points in the UK Invitation Tournament final on their way to being ranked 1st by AP and 2nd by UPI. UK had just two games tighter than a 12-point decision (77-71 over Xavier and 63-56 over LSU). Sandwiched between those two contests were 16 victories by an average margin of 33.7 points.