Grimace from McDonald’s and the Western Kentucky Hilltopper…separated at birth??? I think so.
Here’s a list of all the teams in the 2009 NCAA Tournament and their mascots…which team has the coolest mascot?
| School |
Team Nickname |
Costumed Mascot |
| Akron | Zips | Zippy, female kangaroo |
| American | Eagles | Clawed |
| Arizona | Wildcats | Wilbur and Wilma T. Wildcat |
| Arizona State | Sun Devils | The Sun Devil |
| Binghamton | Bearcats | Baxter, bearcat |
| Boston College | Eagles | Baldwin, eagle |
| Butler | Bulldogs | Hink |
| BYU (Brigham Young) | Cougars | Cosmo the Cougar |
| Cal State-Northridge | Matadors | Matty the Matador |
| California | Golden Bears | Oski, bear |
| Chattanooga | Mocs | Scrappy. mockingbird |
| Clemson | Tigers | The Tiger and The Tiger Cub |
| Cleveland State | Vikings | Magnus |
| Connecticut | Huskies | Jonathan, Husky |
| Cornell | Big Red | Bear (name?) |
| Dayton | Flyers | Rudy Flyer, pilot |
| Duke | Blue Devils | The Blue Devil |
| East Tennessee State | Buccaneers | Bucky, Buccaneer |
| Florida State | Seminoles | research in progress |
| Gonzaga | Bulldogs (or Zags) | Spike, Bulldog |
| Illinois | Fighting Illini | none, Cheif Illiniwek retired in 2007 |
| Kansas | Jayhawks | Big Jay & Baby Jay, mythical birds |
| Louisville | Cardinals | The Cardinal Bird |
| LSU | Tigers | Mike the Tiger |
| Marquette | Golden Eagles | Golden Eagle |
| Maryland | Terrapins | Testudo. turtle |
| Memphis | Tigers | Pouncer, tiger |
| Michigan | Wolverines | too fierce to need one |
| Michigan State | Spartans | Sparty, Spartan soldier |
| Minnesota | Golden Gophers | Goldy Gopher |
| Mississippi State | Bulldogs | Bully, Bulldog |
| Missouri | Tigers | Truman the Tiger |
| Morgan State | Bears | Bear (name?) |
| North Carolina | Tar Heels | Rameses the Ram |
| North Dakota State | Bison (Thundering Herd) | Thundar, bison |
| Northern Iowa | Panthers | T.C. (The Cat) |
| Ohio State | Buckeyes | Brutus the Buckeye (a nut, literally) |
| Oklahoma | Sooners | Boomer & Sooner, horses |
| Oklahoma State | Cowboys | Pistol Pete |
| Pittsburgh | Panthers | Roc the Panther |
| Portland State | Vikings | Victor E. Viking |
| Purdue | Boilermakers | Purdue Pete |
| Radford | Highlanders | The Highlander |
| Robert Morris | Colonials | RoMo |
| Siena | Saints | Bernie the Saint Bernard |
| Stephen F. Austin | Lumberjacks | Lumberjack |
| Syracuse | Orange | Otto the Orange |
| Temple | Owls | Hooter the Owl |
| Tennessee | Volunteers | Smokey, Bluetick Coonhound |
| Texas | Longhorns | Air Horn, Longhorn steer |
| Texas A&M | Aggies | Reveille, a live American Collie (attends some bball games) |
| UCLA | Bruins | Joe & Josephine (Josie) Bruin, bears |
| USC | Trojans | none for basketball |
| Utah | Utes | Swoop, red-tailed hawk |
| Utah State | Aggies | Big Blue, bull |
| Villanova | Wildcats | Will D. Cat |
| Virginia Commonwealth | Rams | Rodney the Ram |
| Wake Forest | Demon Deacon | Demon Deacon (looks like an old man) |
| Washington | Huskies | Harry the Husky |
| West Virginia | Mountaineers | The Mountaineer |
| Western Kentucky | Hilltoppers | Big Red, a big red thing |
| Wisconsin | Badgers | Buckingham U. (Bucky) Badger |
| Xavier | Musketeers | D’Artagnan & the Blue Blob |
| Play In Winner: Morehead State | Eagles | Beaker, eagle |
I like the Lumberjacks, Hilltoppers, and the Thundering Herd, although the Spartans would probably dominate if it was a fight to the death.
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I’m hurt that you spelled West Virginia wrong…shame!
Also, the Thundering Herd isn’t so scary!
Go Mounties!
Being that I’m a Duke fan I’m gonna go with the Blue Devils. It’s saying, yeah, I’m a devil, here to steal your soul, but I’m not all into that fire and brimstone, so it’s cool, we can be friends.
At least, that’s what he says to me….
I got offered a softball scholarship at Marshall and my dad and I couldn’t (still to this day) stop making fun of the mascot, the Hundering Turd… oops I mean, the Thundering Herd.
@Curtis, appreciate the Grimace & Big Red separated at birth reference & pics.
@Destiny, sorry about the misspelling. It’s corrected.
@Shelli, thanks for the laugh. I’ll never be able to hear Thunder Herd again w/out thinking of that.
As for the coolest mascot, I’m liking that BYU’s Cougar has a Seinfeld related name. Though a ram in person isn’t crazy cool, the current UNC Rameses costume has grown on me.
West Virginia is still spelled wrong! WTF?!?
Sorry about that one…I corrected it.