College basketball’s opening night is an expansive, breathtaking peek into just how big the sport has become. There are more than 360 teams across Division I and most of them were in action Monday night.
And most of the games stunk.
While the NCAA women’s season kicked off with a pair of top 25 matchups, Monday’s men’s games were mostly littered with easy wins over outmatched opponents. Teams from Power 6 Conferences picked on mid-majors. Mid-majors picked on low-majors. And low-majors, in an effort to build some early momentum, invited some schools you probably may have never heard of to their home gymnasiums.
Thus, a challenge was born. This quiz is simple. All you have to do is tell me whether or not I’m naming a sub-Division I college basketball team that played a buy game on opening night or a contemporary Christian rock artist, as categorized by Wikipedia.
1) Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods
2) Silverline
3) Immaculata
4) Covenant
5) William Carey
6) Royal Tailor
7) Disciple
8) Blue Mountain
9) Emery
10) Whitecross
11) Dartmouth
Scroll on for answers and revelations.