User:Sportsguy17/DYK hooks

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List of DYK hooks in order based on the date it was featured on the main page.

Created/Expanded and Nominated[edit]

Did you know...
  1. ... that Denny Crum retired at the end of the 2000–01 season with the Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team with 675 wins, the most of any head coach for Louisville? (January 20, 2014)
  2. ... that the 2001–02 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team won their first game in the National Invitation Tournament after a bank shot by Reece Gaines with 5.3 seconds left in the game? (February 9, 2014)
  3. ... that the only two passenger trains that regularly go through Cleveland Lakefront Station depart/arrive between 1:00 am and 6:00 am? (February 11, 2014)
  4. ... that twenty runners from a single town will be participating in the 2015 Boston Marathon? (February 27, 2015)
  5. ... that before becoming a conservation land, Willard's Woods was a 100-acre orchard? (March 18, 2015)
  6. ... that Brian Ellerbe would have been the only Michigan basketball head coach to have led his team to a Big Ten Tournament championship, but the victory was vacated due to a scandal? (March 21, 2015)
  7. ... that Tom Brady is the only starting quarterback for the New England Patriots to lead the team to a Super Bowl victory? (March 25, 2015)
  8. ... that the phrase "Manny being Manny" is named after professional baseball player Manny Ramirez because of his frequent quirky behavior? (August 25, 2015)
  9. ... that of the 64 first-round draft picks made by the New England Patriots, 20 have been selected to play in the Pro Bowl? (August 26, 2017)
  10. ... that the 2007–08 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team did not lose a single game in the month of February?
  11. ... that Fran Dunphy has more wins than any other Penn Quakers basketball coach with 310 overall including 191 conference wins?

Nominated[edit]

Did you know...
  1. ... that because of a location on a tight curve, one of the side platforms at Yawkey Station (pictured) is located in between the tracks? (September 23, 2015)