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