Can you name the Division I basketball colleges below that use the nickname listed?

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Most Common NCAA Nicknames Quiz

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Created Oct 16, 2009 in Sports
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	moviegoer74:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 16:28 GMT	6 points
	There's a word missing from the title of this quiz. Most NCAA Nicknames makes no sense. It should be Most Common NCAA Nicknames, or something along those lines.

	MrCaliChicago:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 16:53 GMT	0 points
	If only Cal wasn't the GOLDEN Bears...

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	partypirate:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 17:04 GMT	0 points
	What about the Aggies? Texas A&M, Utah State, UC Davis, and New Mexico State all call themselves the Aggies and all play Division I basketball.

	partypirate:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 17:06 GMT	2 points
	Sorry, I counted wrong and didn't see the bottom all had 5. Nevermind.

	mb625:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 17:17 GMT	8 points
	I missed UNI... I go to UNI facepalm

	ricestillfumbled:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 17:23 GMT	3 points
	accept milwaukee for wisconsin-milwaukee.

	amwoods13:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 17:36 GMT	17 points
	Teams like Cal ("Golden Bears") and Marquette ("Golden Eagles") should be bonus answers at least.

	BCSwede:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 17:42 GMT	3 points
	I don't know if I've ever started a quiz feeling so confident and finished it feeling so humble. Great quiz. Really exercises your recall.

	ScottLA:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 17:59 GMT	2 points
	I didn't do well, but I got at least one on all of them but Bears. I had Golden Bears, Black Bears, Bearcats, but couldn't think of a !(@ Bear to save my life...

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	sjunkins:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 18:29 GMT	2 points
	great quiz.. i like it very much

	triviahappy:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 18:31 GMT	2 points
	I found it interesting, but not surprising, that 9 out of the top 10 team nicknames are animals. Which makes me wonder how many teams don't have animal names. Nice quiz, Ben. :)

	wanderbygrace:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 18:43 GMT	0 points
	Definitely a very nice quiz, but 8 minutes is too short when 98% aren't getting even half the answers. This needs to be up in the 12-15 minute range. 4 globes (would've been 5 if longer).

	sabrefan62:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 18:44 GMT	1 point
	trivia, i don't feel like counting, but here is a partial list (not sure why it stops). http://college-basketball.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_Schools My personal favorites are the Centenary Gentlemen and the Campbell Fighting Camels.

	punniker:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 19:16 GMT	8 points
	.4 % of sporclers go to Houston Baptist.

	triviahappy:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 19:28 GMT	1 point
	^sabrefan62: That list was interesting. Lots of the non-animal names are people, but one that stood out as unique to me was the tree - the Indiana State Sycamores. Though come to think of it, tall trees/tall players - yeah, I can see that! Thanks for sharing that. :)

	elcropsziuq:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 21:52 GMT	0 points
	here's another interesting list of nicknames- http://www.smargon.net/nicknames/ Boilermakers! (Purdue)

	GeoExpert:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 22:13 GMT	-2 points
	Aggies should be on here. UC Davis, Texas A&M, Utah State, New Mexico State, and North Carolina A&T are all called the Aggies. That is five, and five appears to be the minimum for the quiz, seeing that Huskies, Spartans, and Rams are on here. It is ludicrous to exclude the Aggie.

	GeoExpert:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 22:14 GMT	-1 points
	Also, I believe the Gardner-Webb is called the Bulldogs as well.

	omnipotent1:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 22:35 GMT	3 points
	elcrop, it's funny you bring up that nickname as it came to my mind right away when I saw the title of the quiz. Most of the NCAA nicknames are drab and predictable, but some of them are quite interesting with a nice story behind them, such as the Boilermakers, Crimson Tide, Hoyas, and Blue Demons. It's ashamed you can't see nicknames like this develop anymore since for marketing purposes, teams need to have a nickname from the get-go. I think of all the sports leagues, MLB has the most interesting history behind most of their teams nicknames.

	Ben:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 22:44 GMT	1 point
	@GeoExpert you are right about the Aggies.. they have been added.. the Gardner-Webb team falls under the same thing as the Cal Golden Bears as they are the Runnin' Bulldogs...

	dane254:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 22:55 GMT	1 point
	uw milwaukee?

	Seattle_Will:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 22:58 GMT	2 points
	You would think with a university name like "The Citadel" you could come up with a far more interesting school nickname than the Bulldogs.

	ivn:	Mar 9th, 2011 at 23:36 GMT	10 points
	"Who are we?" "The Wildcats!" "Who are we going to beat?" "The Wildcats!"

	NewPornographite:	Mar 10th, 2011 at 01:40 GMT	0 points
	I guess we'll never see "Yeomen" on here. Sad...