North Carolina head coach Roy Williams (right) react after Kris Jenkins' game-winning shot in the 2016 NCAA Championship Game
North Carolina head coach Roy Williams (right) react after Kris Jenkins' game-winning shot in the 2016 NCAA Championship GameDavid J. Phillip (Associated Press)

Tuesday Quickie Quiz & Vintage Digits - Braydon Schenn, Tommy Greene, Magic Johnson, Gene Bank, Montrezl Harris, Tom Garrick, Roy Williams

Vol. 2, No. 7

QUICKIE QUIZ

>>> Which is the only NFL franchise to win a Super Bowl (by season) in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s?

(Answer Below)

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VINTAGE DIGITS

>>> COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Villanova and North Carolina have met seven times in the last 38 NCAA Tournaments (since 1982). It is the most of any match-up over that time and tied for the second-most (with San Francisco-UCLA) all-time behind Marquette-Kentucky (10).

Here are the most-common NCAA Tournament match-ups since 1982:

7 . . . Villanova vs. North Carolina

6 . . . Arkansas vs. North Carolina

6 . . . Duke vs. Kansas

6 . . . Duke vs. Michigan St.

6 . . . Kentucky vs. Utah

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>>> FLYERS

From March 14, 2015, to Nov. 7, 2015, the Flyers won nine regular season games.

Braydon Schenn scored the game-winning goal in six of them.

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>>> NBA

Most missed three-pointers in a season with no makes:

0-22 . . . Tom Garrick, 1990-91

0-21 . . . Magic Johnson, 1982-83

0-19 . . . Gene Banks, 1985-86

0-18 . . . Montrezl Harrell, 2019-20

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>>> PHILLIES

Tommy Greene’s 1993 Regular Season Splits –

10-0*, 2.99 . . Home Games

6-4, 3.99 . . . . Road Games

*Best undefeated home season for Phillies since at least 1904.

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>>> NHL

On Oct. 4, 2018, the St. Louis Blues lost to the visiting Winnipeg Jets, 5-1, the worst home-opening loss by an eventual Stanley Cup Champion in history.

A dozen or so Cup titlists had lost their opener by three goals.

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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER

>>> Which is the only NFL franchise to win a Super Bowl (by season) in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s?

Answer:

New York Giants (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011)

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