Obscure sports trivia

[Baron Scicluna]

Rochester Royals?

Syracuse Nationals?

Fort Wayne Pistons?

Providence Steam Rollers?

St. Louis Hawks?

Just throwing shirt at the wall, and it's fun to type in those old franchise names that illustrate how minor-league the original NBA was.

None of those, but you're on the right track.

Also, as another hint, the reason why this team only had five men for one game was because they set a record with the Royals for the most overtimes in NBA history with six OTs the night before.

 

[tapintoamerica]

None of those, but you're on the right track.

Also, as another hint, the reason why this team only had five men for one game was because they set a record with the Royals for the most overtimes in NBA history with six OTs the night before.

Gonna guess this occurred before the arrival of the shot clock.
Celtics?

 

[micropolitan guy]

Or the Minneapolis Lakers.

 

[da man]

Tri-Cities Blackhawks?

Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons?

Chicago Packers/Zephyrs?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Gonna guess this occurred before the arrival of the shot clock.
Celtics?

It was before the shot clock, but not the Celtics.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Or the Minneapolis Lakers.

Not the Minny Lakers.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Tri-Cities Blackhawks?

Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons?

Chicago Packers/Zephyrs?

Not the Pistons nor Chicago.

The Blackhawks were the team that our five-man squad played against.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

So the answer is the Indianapolis Olympians on Jan. 7, 1951. They lost to Tri-City by four.

The story behind it was that night before, Indy played at the Rochester Royals and won in six OTs. The game went so long that Indy missed its train to Chicago. They took another train to Detroit and got a plane. However, there was only room for five players on the plane, so the starting five took the flight. The other players went by train to Moline, but didn't arrive until after the game.

Yes, times were different back then.

Olympians vs Blackhawks, January 7, 1951 | Basketball-Reference.com

 

[I Should Coco]

That was before Bettendorf, Iowa, grew large enough to call that area the Quad-Cities!

 

[tapintoamerica]

Speaking of the early days of the NBA, the first 10 championships in the NBA and its predecessor, the BAA, were won by teams that eventually relocated. In other words, not even competitive excellence could ensure the teams' stability.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Name the last year in which the NFL champion and the AP poll champion for college ball were both won by teams from the same state. For extra credit, name the championship teams.

 

[I Should Coco]

Name the last year in which the NFL champion and the AP poll champion for college ball were both won by teams from the same state. For extra credit, name the championship teams.

Off the top of my head, I am going to guess USC and the Oakland Raiders, in the mid-1970s.