Template:Did you know nominations/1992 Troy vs. DeVry men's basketball game

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:02, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

1992 Troy vs. DeVry men's basketball game

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• ... that it took seven statisticians 57 minutes to finalize the box score after the highest scoring men's basketball game in NCAA history had ended?

• ALT1:... that when Troy University's men's basketball team scored their 200th point in the highest scoring game in NCAA history, the scoreboard could not display the number because it was not built to handle that total?
• ALT2:... that in the highest scoring NCAA men's basketball game ever, only 3 of the combined 399 points came from free throws?
• ALT3:... that the 1992 Troy vs. DeVry men's basketball game is the highest scoring game in NCAA history and features the only team to score 200 or more points in a game?
• ALT4:... that 12 different players scored at least 20 points in the highest scoring men's basketball game in NCAA history?
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/West Creek (Pennsylvania).
• Comment: My order of preference for these is in order of primary nom to last alt. Jrcla2 (talk) 14:42, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Created by Jrcla2 (talk). Self nominated at 14:42, 6 May 2014 (UTC).

• I really like the article, but I am slightly concerned with the close paraphrasing of the hook fact. Compare:

The scoring pace was so insane that it took seven statisticians 57 minutes to compile the final box score.

->The pace of the game was so fast that it took seven statisticians 57 minutes to finalize the box score after the match ended.

This does not appear to be a significant problem, as I checked a checked a number of sentences and found only one other problematic:

It took Troy a full 54 seconds to register its first bucket.

->it took Troy State 54 seconds to score their first basket

I imagine it was just an oversight in these two cases. Please tweak those two sentences and then the article will be good to go. --ThaddeusB (talk) 20:12, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Fixed. Jrcla2 (talk) 03:29, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Article length, date, and compliance with policy check out. First hook is very interesting and has been verified by provided inline citation. --ThaddeusB (talk) 21:20, 24 May 2014 (UTC)