Exclusive Sports Puzzle #03
Edited by V A Benge
In the crossword puzzle below, all clues and answers pertain exclusively to sports.
For links to our puzzles containing sports mixed with general knowledge clues in standard American crosswords, visit our Sports Puzzle Index.
If you enjoyed this puzzle, try Exclusive Sports Crossword 01 and Exclusive Sports Crossword 02.
Sports Trivia
The Big Ten Conference was
established in 1896 and as the clue for 18 Down in the puzzle above states it is
the: "Oldest Division I college athletic conference in the US". There are eleven
member schools in the Big Ten Conference: the University of Illinois Illini;
Indiana University Hoosiers; (also clued in the puzzle above at 3 Down);
University of Iowa Hawkeyes; University of Michigan Wolverines; Michigan State
University Spartans; University of Minnesota Golden Gophers; Northwestern
University Wildcats; Ohio State University Buckeyes; Pennsylvania State
University Nittany Lions; Purdue University Boilermakers; and the University of
Wisconsin Badgers.
The Big Ten Conference sends multiple teams to the NCAA Men's Basketball
Tournament every March. The Indiana Hoosiers have earned the most national
titles in men's basketball in their conference with five. Michigan State
University holds two titles, and the University of Michigan, Ohio State
University, and the University of Wisconsin have one championship each in men's
basketball. (See also: March Madness Freeform Crossword Puzzle: NCAA
MOP Awards, and note that the first three MOP awards from the NCAA men's
tournament were won by Big Ten members: Jimmy Hull, Ohio State Buckeyes, 1939;
Marv Huffman, Indiana University Hoosiers, 1940; and John Katz from the
University of Wisconsin Badgers, 1941.
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