Top 10 Mascots of the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament, known as March Madness, begins March 19th. In offices and bars across the country, NCAA pools are being filled out and discussed and as you begin filling out your brackets, petside.com brings you our Top 10 Pet Mascots of March Madness 2009.
Petside.com can't guarantee that choosing teams by mascot will help you win your office pool, but we can give you a reason to justify why you selected our #1 pick to win it all this year. Good Luck!
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10. The University of Kansas Jayhawks
Not actually a real bird, the Jayhawk is thought to be a mythical combination of a Blue Jay and a Sparrow Hawk. During the civil war, people in Kansas fighting to rid the state of slavery were called "Jayhawkers." The attire of the mascot was memorably changed in 1912 when Henry Maloy, a student newspaper cartoonist, drew the 'hawk with shoes on his feet. Maloy explained this was for kicking opponents, and the mascot has worn shoes ever since.
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9. Butler Bulldogs
In 1919 a Bulldog named Shimmy, the mascot of a Butler fraternity, strolled into the student newspaper office just as they were looking for mascot inspiration. Previously the teams were known as the "Christians," but a long string of losses in the football season had caused the school to search for a new name. The idea stuck, and the next day the school paper featured a cartoon showing the dog labeled "Butler." The Bulldogs lost the next game, but the nickname remained.
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8. Marquette Golden Eagles
From 1954 to 1994 Marquette's teams were known as the "Warriors." The nickname was then changed to the Golden Eagles to be more politically correct. In 2004, Marquette considered changing the name back to the Warriors, but, the Board of Trustees rejected the idea on the grounds that the Warriors logos were insensitive to the Native American population. Reportedly, an alum offered Marquette $2 million dollars to return to the Warriors name, but the school rejected it. The nickname was briefly changed to just "Gold," but the reaction to this was extremely negative. This led to a series of voting between the choices of "Golden Eagles" and "Hilltoppers" to become the mascot. "Golden Eagles" was restored in June 2005.
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Comments (6)
Sarah Louise March 20, 2009 11:56 AM
The Chattanooga Mocs were mentioned on NBC Late Night Show last night!!! Im from North Chattanooga ;-) I wonder if the Mocs Mascot will be in the top 10 of this contest? GO MOCS!!!!
Jayhawk!! March 27, 2009 3:40 PM
Really should be higher up than number 10!!
MU Warriors March 31, 2009 7:15 PM
As a recent Marquette alum I have to admit that being on this list is a joke. I can't fully express my embarrasement or anger for having to be a student at the university during the "Gold" week. To make matters worse someone stole the new eagle logo from Southern Miss. Seriously, did you think nobody would notice??? The only bright side is that I do enjoy the new MU logo. Whoever is in charge of Marquette's image should have been fired a long time ago because I think they are just sabotaging the school.
Jayhawk1978 April 11, 2009 2:55 PM
Anyone with any sense knows that the Jayhawks are the best! Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
UWfan111 April 24, 2009 11:57 AM
lol dub is guna be a beast lol GO UW!
Flu-Bird April 25, 2009 1:52 AM
The MIAMI HURRICANES their mascot is a IBIS name SABASTIAN and IOWA STATE CYCLONES their mascot is a CARDINAL named CY
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