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Can you name the people who have a NCAA Division 1 basketball school named after their full name*?

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Note: *Full name means the person's first AND last name must be in the school's name per the NCAA, but last names are accepted as answers for the quiz.
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Conference	Person	University
Atlantic 10		George Washington University
Colonial		James Madison University
Southland		Sam Houston State University
Southland		Stephen F. Austin State University
Northeast		Robert Morris University
Colonial		George Mason University
Mountain West		Brigham Young University
Ohio Valley		Austin Peay State University
Northeast		Fairleigh Dickinson University
Summit		Oral Roberts University
Pac-10	Oral Roberts University
Conference USA	Oral Roberts University

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	altosax29b:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 04:48 GMT	23 points
	Way to read the directions guys...

	alexinman:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 04:55 GMT	7 points
	stanfords official title is the leland stanford jr university

	puckett86:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 05:03 GMT	1 point
	@alexinman Thanks. I've added it as a bonus.

	andriy:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 09:38 GMT	-2 points
	L Stanford Jr. isn't really a bonus though. It is the university's official name and is on every freaking mug they make.

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	puckett86:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 13:50 GMT	8 points
	@andriy It is a bonus since NCAA uses Stanford University as the name. Also, these are not "football" schools. Some of these schools don't even have D1 football teams. NCAA officially classifies each school into a division (see source), even if they might play a sport in another division. Hopkins is officially D3.

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	geowiz85:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 15:54 GMT	14 points
	i dont understand how you five dont understand the concept? its pretty simple, think about what they say on Sportscenter intro-ing a game. do they say lets head out to the Cal vs. Leland Stanford Jr football game...nope. but they do say lets head to Virginia for the game between George Mason and James Madison.

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	puckett86:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 16:31 GMT	7 points
	@ClintT13 Even Stanford shortens its own name to Stanford University (see http://www.stanford.edu/).

	moviegoer74:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 18:03 GMT	3 points
	@ClintT...I don't think the official name is Leland Stanford Jr. That may be sort of a ceremonial designation that they use to remind people of the particular Stanford in whose honor the school was established, but in hunting around on the school's own website, particularly in the history of the school section, I can't find any reference to a name other than Stanford University. I think Stanford University IS the official name.

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	sobdennis:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 18:29 GMT	3 points
	I think 7 minutes for 10 questions is a bit much. After I got 9, I had time to look up all the teams in the remaining conference to find the answer. Even then, I never heard of the guy. But it was the only school that made sense.

Nov 11th, 2010 at 19:16 GMT

-3 points

What about all the St. schools (St. Johns, St. Peters, St. Joseph'd, etc)

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	bravesnredskins:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 21:13 GMT	-1 points
	haha his name was oral

	vamsi:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 21:30 GMT	-3 points
	Yeah, I went there, it's Leland Stanford Jr. University. That's even a spellout in one of the major cheers. It's on the logos. If your question is "schools that are casually referred to by full names", then sure, make it a bonus. But school's named after full name, Stanford counts.

	vamsi:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 21:32 GMT	-2 points
	moviegoer, did you really hunt around the website that badly? http://stanford.edu/about/history/ tons of references to the fact that the school is named after Leland Jr. (son of the governor)

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	puckett86:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 22:50 GMT	7 points
	@vamsi I am going by the names that the NCAA uses, since this is a Sports category quiz after all. The source uses Stanford University.

	GoldenBo:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 23:01 GMT	2 points
	What about that Cal Davis guy? :0

	moviegoer74:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 23:10 GMT	5 points
	@ vamsi...Nobody is arguing that it's not named for Leland Jr. The point is that it could be named after Leland Jr. and still just called Stanford University. You know, since Leland Jr.'s last name was Stanford and all. By all means, please link to a page on the school's website that identifies the school as Leland Stanford Jr. University.

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	chriskotx:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 00:43 GMT	10 points
	These comments make me feel better about some of my teen students' inability to understand and follow clear directions.

	vamsi:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 01:26 GMT	-4 points
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University

	ArtVandaley:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 02:49 GMT	4 points
	Do not forget about General Stonewall (Stony) Brook the 3rd. Also, there is Madam Virginia Tech and Captain Colorado State.

	cuatrodosocho:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 03:08 GMT	2 points
	I wonder if six minutes is too long. For a kind of quiz as this, I feel as if it's a "you know it or you don't" situation. However, I might only feel that way because this happened to be one of the few quizzes that I fell into the "knew it" category. Other thoughts?

	Hannat:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 13:28 GMT	2 points
	What about David Lipscomb? I think the university is trying to change to just Lipscomb, but alums refer to it as David Lipscomb.

	puckett86:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 13:38 GMT	2 points
	@Hannat The university's name was officially changed to just Lipscomb University in 2005.

	TheReaver88:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 14:59 GMT	7 points
	Usually, when I think a quiz has serious errors, the first thing I do is reread the original italicized instructions to make sure I understood what I was supposed to do. Apparently, there are at least a dozen people who don't read directions before OR after they've taken what they believe to be a suspect quiz. Sheesh.

	Sixtytwobobs:	Nov 13th, 2010 at 16:52 GMT	1 point
	I feel bad for Oral Roberts, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Austin Peay--what terrible names

	EDogg1438:	Nov 14th, 2010 at 00:49 GMT	-3 points
	If you are referring to Lipscomb University becoming its official name in 2005, then you have to be consistent and use Stanford's official name, Leland Stanford Jr. University.

	puckett86:	Nov 14th, 2010 at 02:24 GMT	2 points
	@EDogg1438 NCAA officially recognizes Stanford as just Stanford, and I have already pointed out many times, including in the directions, that I am going by the NCAA names, which can be viewed in the source. In most cases they are the same as the official university names, but Stanford is an exception.

	daHOOK:	Nov 14th, 2010 at 22:50 GMT	-1 points
	If we want to be extra (overly?) picky, SFA is the only one that includes even a middle initial, and none of them include middle names.

	robertloggia16:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 14:17 GMT	4 points
	I always thought people that went to Stanford were all little whiny b%^#$es ... the comments on this one seal it.

	bsd987:	Nov 16th, 2010 at 17:17 GMT	2 points
	Rice should be a bonus as well if you are bonusing Stanford, since Rice is officially William Marsh Rice University.

	johnlk:	Nov 17th, 2010 at 00:48 GMT	-2 points
	I don't get why people are negging the guy who asked about saints. What other names does St. Joseph have, for instance?

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