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The 'College basketball mythical mascots' quiz

Created on February 27, 2026 | Total tries: 0 | Average Score: 0.0 out of 19 (0%) | Quiz FAQ

Plenty of schools have a bulldog or a wildcat as their mascot, but there are a select few colleges with some slightly more original creature to represent their sport teams.

Which brings us to today's quiz. How many of the college basketball teams named after fictional characters can you name in six minutes?

Good luck!

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Quiz Clue: School | Created on February 27, 2026 | Total tries: 0 | Average Score: 0.0 out of 19 (0%) | Quiz FAQ

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Duke

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

UAB

St. Louis

Arizona St.

Kansas

DePaul

CSU-Fullerton

UC-San Diego

Drexel

Elon

Stony Brook

Detroit Mercy

Green Bay

Canisius

Central Connecticut

Mississippi Valley State

Northwestern St.

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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