It’s time for March Madness and with it comes, naturally enough, some March Madness trivia. While you’re at it, why not take a shot at a few other questions we’ve managed to dig up. Good luck. May all of your brackets bring home the bacon.

1. In what year was the first NCAA tournament held? What team won? How many teams participated?

2. Who was the Yankees’ pitcher during George Brett’s famed pine-tar at-bat?

3. Who was the only three-time men’s NCAA tournament Most Valuable Player?

4. John Saunders is the likely replacement for the late Dick Schaap as host of ESPN’s “The Sports Reporters” program. Whom did Schaap replace?

5. Who snapped the ball to Doug Flutie on his Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan to beat Miami?

6. What player holds the career record for points scored during men’s NCAA tournament play?

7. In what year was the men’s NCAA tournament’s championship game first televised in prime time? What teams played?

8. What team holds the NCAA record for most points scored in a single men’s tournament game? How many points? What year? Who was their opponent?

9. Who holds the record for longest touchdown pass thrown in New England Patriots’ history? What distance did the play cover? Who caught the pass?

10. What team holds the men’s NCAA tournament record for most points scored by a losing team? How many points? Who was the winning team, and how many points did they score?

11. Who holds the record for individual scoring in a women’s NCAA tournament game?

12. What two teams combined for the most 3-pointers attempted in a single men’s NCAA tournament game?

13. What player holds the record for most steals in a single women’s NCAA game? (Hint: this name just rolls off the tongue for followers of the Maine women’s team.)

14. Only two Red Sox pitchers have been named The Sporting News Fireman of the Year twice. Who are they, and in what years?

15. Which women’s team holds the record for largest margin of victory in an NCAA tournament game?

16. Which coach holds the record for most NCAA women’s championships?

17. Where was the first known organized game of baseball played? When?

18. What former MVP of the College World Series was picked in four major sports league drafts in 1973?

19. Who holds the UMaine baseball team record for career home runs?

20. Who holds the UMaine baseball team single season record for stolen bases?

21. Who holds the record for most points scored in a men’s NCAA tournament game?

22. Who holds the record for most 3-point baskets in a men’s tournament game?

23. Who holds the record for most blocked shots in a men’s tournament?

24. Why is Grady Little?

Answers:

1. 1939, Oregon, eight. 2. Goose Gossage. 3. Lew Alcindor 1967-1969. 4. Gary Thorne. 5. Jack Bicknell III. 6. Christian Laettner 407 (23 games, 1989-1992). 7. 1973, Memphis State and UCLA. 8. Loyola Marymount, 149 points, 1990, Michigan, 115 points. 9. David Patten, 91 yards, Troy Brown. 10. Utah, 120 (4 overtimes). St. Joseph’s, 127. 11. Lauri Bauman of Drake, 50, vs. Maryland, 1982. 12. Arkansas and North Carolina, 62 in 1995. 13. Ticha Penicheiro of Old Dominion, 14 vs. St. Francis in 1998. 14. Dick Radatz in 1962 and 1964, and Bill Campbell in 1977, and with Minnesota in 1976. 15. Tennessee, 74 points, 111-37 over North Carolina A&T in 1994. 16. Pat Summitt, Tennessee, 6, do I detect a trend here? 17. Boston Common, 1838. 18. Dave Winfield was selected in the NBA, ABA, MLB and NFL drafts. 19. Mark Sweeney with 52, 1988-1991. 20. Chad White with 35 in 1993. 21. Austin Carr of Notre Dame with 61 vs. Ohio in 1970. 22. Jeff Fryer, Loyola Marymount, 11 vs. Michigan in 1990. 23. Loren Wood of Arizona, 24 in six games in 2001. 24. Insert your own answer.

Don Perryman can be reached at 990-8092, 1-800-310-8600 or dperryman@bangordailynews.net.