College Basketball Meme Moments
Across
- 5. Both Trevion Williams and Purdue Pete recently had run-ins with the police at this famous fast food restaurant
- 7. LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill were arrested for trying to steal these accessories at a Chinese Louis Vuitton
- 9. The opponent that Duke faced in the sole game that Grayson Allen missed during his "indefinite" suspension in 2016
- 13. St. John's game against this team in the 2020 Big East Tournament was cancelled at halftime as one of the first Covid casualties in college basketball
- 14. Although Alabama's entire bench was ejected and they had to finish the game with only 3 men on the court, they outscored this team by 9 during that stretch and almost won the game
- 15. Cliff Alexander donned this school's logo before replacing it with a Jayhawk during his commitment video
- 17. This UMBC player scored 28 points, going 9/11 from the field as the 16-seed Retrievers upset 1-seed UVA in 2018
- 18. Surprisingly, this Big Sky school has the record for most vacated games... so far
- 20. After Louisville fired him for a variety of scandals, Rick Pitino packed his bags and became the head coach at this Greek powerhouse
- 21. Former Iowa State coach who was photographed at frat parties at Missouri and Kansas State, both incidents occuring after his Cyclones had lost their games against the Tigers and Wildcats
- 25. A line of hotels, one of which Rick Majerus called home during his tenure as the Utah head coach
- 27. Chris Webber called one too many
- 28. The total amount of conference games that Tom Crean won in 4 full seasons at Georgia
- 29. Despite landing the top 3 recruits in the country, the only hardware this school brought home in 2018-2019 was an ACC Tournament championship
- 32. Taurean Prince: "You go up and grab the ball off the rim when it comes off, and then you grab it with two hands, and then you come down with it." You do all of that, you record this stat
- 33. Northern Iowa blew a [this] point lead to Texas A&M in the final 44 seconds of their 2016 NCAA Tournament matchup
- 35. For Will Wade, an adjective and definitely not a surname
- 36. Chuck Person, Emanuel Richardson, Lamont Evans, and Anthony _____
- 37. Baylor basketball almost faced the death penalty after one of their players committed this crime
Down
- 1. The twins of Kentucky's 2015-2016 platoon team, one of whom averaged more minutes per game than Devin Booker
- 2. Originally funded by revenues from baked goods, this "foundation" retroactively administers national championships
- 3. East African language that was popular subject among athletes at UNC
- 4. The only two schools to beat Kentucky in 2011-2012 were Indiana and this team
- 6. Referee who called technical foul on Bob Knight, prompting Knight to absolutely launch a chair across the court
- 8. In 2018, wiretaps of Sean Miller discussing a $100,000 payment to secure a commitment from a recruit, rumored to be this Bahamian big man, were released
- 10. Silvio De Sousa held one of these above his head for about a second during a postgame brawl between Kansas and Kansas State
- 11. A Villanova band member wasn't able to hold it together as she played this instrument following the Wildcat's loss to NC State in 2016
- 12. Doug Gottlieb made a pit stop at this community college after it was revealed that he stole a classmate's credit card at Notre Dame
- 16. Make of the car that "Jeff Jackson" Simpson crashed in Ann Arbor
- 19. If Bruce Pearl ever invites you to one of these backyard banquets, don't tell anyone
- 22. Dennis Smith Jr.: "Everybody has god given talents. Mine just so happens to be _______ this wood in my pants"
- 23. Former Georgia coach who was fired after his son was suspended by the school for doctoring players' grades in his basketball strategy class
- 24. In addition to his history degree, Bill Walton claimed to have majored in this subject at UCLA's sorority row
- 26. Jim Calhoun told "journalist" Ken Krayeske to "get some [these] and come back and see me" during a heated 2009 press conference
- 30. According to the NCAA's Legislative Services Database, this WAC school is the current leader in major men's basketball rules violations (abbrev.)
- 31. During Pitt's loss to this team in the first round of the 2018 ACC Tournament, the world was blessed with the image of a dumbfounded Kevin Stallings overlaid with a graphic detailing his team's losing streak and horrendous point differential
- 34. Pseudonym of FBI agent who misused government funds during Adidas investigation
- 35. This former SoCon player holds the dubious honor of setting both the single-season and career turnover records
- 36. This former Big 10 player is the NCAA recordholder for both games played (179) and seasons (6)