{"id":1861320,"date":"2026-04-02T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1861320"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:00:09","slug":"this-week-in-sports-trivia-april-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1861320","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Sports Trivia: April 2, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>March Madness is usually a pretty good time to be a UConn Husky. This week, it might feel even better than usual.<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s NCAA basketball tournament, the Huskies advanced to the Final Four with an improbable comeback against No. 1 seed Duke, erasing a 19-point deficit before sealing the deal with a wild sequence in the final 10 seconds. We won\u2019t spoil the ending \u2014 more on that in the quiz below \u2014 but let\u2019s just say it might have produced the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7156682\/2026\/03\/30\/braylon-mullins-shot-best-ever-march-madness-ncaa-tournament\/\">iconic shot<\/a> in March Madness history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The UConn women, meanwhile, have encountered far less drama while blasting their way to the Final Four, beating their four tournament opponents by an average of 35 points per game. Geno Auriemma\u2019s squad, which is 38-0 and seeking its second straight national championship, hasn\u2019t lost a game in nearly 14 months.<\/p>\n<p>So we hope you\u2019ve been watching both tournaments as you dig in to take this week\u2019s quiz, which will also touch on several other happenings across the sports world. Make sure you take time to try out <span>our daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/connections-sports-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connections: Sports Edition<\/a>, too<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;height: 500px\" data-fillout-id=\"5chRaHMrTuus\" data-fillout-embed-type=\"standard\" data-fillout-inherit-parameters data-fillout-dynamic-resize><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Top stories mentioned in this week\u2019s quiz<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7156494\/2026\/03\/29\/uconn-duke-march-madness-score-takeaways\/\">The incredible shot that put the UConn men in the Final Four<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7160006\/2026\/03\/31\/final-four-breakdown-uconn-south-carolina-texas-ucla\/\">Women\u2019s Final Four: Can anyone stop unbeaten UConn?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7160431\/2026\/04\/01\/italy-bosnia-world-cup-failure-gattuso\/\">Why a team that won four World Cups can\u2019t even reach one anymore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7162393\/2026\/03\/31\/nfl-ending-monday-night-football-doubleheaders-exploring-adding-thanksgiving-eve-game\/\">NFL will no longer have more than one game on Monday night\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7158132\/2026\/03\/30\/rams-kirk-cousins-davante-adams-nfl-meeting\/\">Who are the Rams eyeing as Matthew Stafford\u2019s backup?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7162829\/2026\/03\/31\/astros-red-sox-cam-smith-missed-strike-three\/\">How Astros\u2019 Cam Smith reached base in a bizarre mishap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7160591\/2026\/03\/31\/tiger-woods-dui-arrest-details-phone-radio-pills\/\">Details of Tiger Woods\u2019 DUI case are released<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7164111\/2026\/04\/01\/doc-rivers-hall-of-fame-nba-the-bounce\/\">One active NBA coach is a finalist for the Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7156400\/2026\/03\/29\/golden-knights-fire-bruce-cassidy-hire-john-tortorella\/\">Las Vegas Golden Knights turn to a veteran coach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7162949\/2026\/04\/01\/mauricio-pochettino-usmnt-top-100-players-world-cup-portugal\/\">The U.S. men\u2019s soccer team doesn\u2019t have a single top-100 player?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March Madness is usually a pretty good time to be a UConn Husky. 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