March is right here, which implies only one factor for faculty basketball lovers: March Insanity.
The annual NCAA faculty basketball event begins on March 19, 2024, when 64 collegiate groups will take their turns enjoying for the championship title.
This 12 months, video games shall be held throughout the nation — from Dayton, Ohio, to Charlotte, North Carolina, from Los Angeles, California, to many different locations.
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School basketball followers will collect for the event, many hoping their bracket might herald some money.
WalletHub launched a listing of the highest cities for faculty basketball lovers forward of the annual event.
March Insanity is an annual NCAA basketball event. (Katharine Lotze/Getty Photographs)
Divided into three classes primarily based on inhabitants and measurement, the WalletHub listing has many metrics — together with the variety of faculty basketball groups within the city, the efficiency degree of the school basketball groups, the variety of Corridor of Fame head coaches and the school basketball stadium capability.
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The general high 10 cities for faculty basketball followers are — counting down — the next.
10. New York, New York
9. Boston, Massachusetts
8. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was on the highest listing because it’s house to the College of North Carolina which is understood for having a profitable males’s basketball workforce. (iStock)
7. East Lansing, Michigan
6. Lawrence, Kansas
5. Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, made the listing of high cities for faculty basketball followers. (iStock)
4. Durham, North Carolina
3. Storrs, Connecticut
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2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1. Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles was decided by WalletHub to be the highest metropolis for NCAA faculty basketball followers. (iStock)
Los Angeles was the highest metropolis for faculty basketball followers on account of its 4 Division 1 NCAA groups: the UCLA Bruins, CSU Northridge Matadors, Loyola Marymount Lions and USC Trojans.
Town, in keeping with WalletHub, additionally has the biggest variety of NCAA championship wins since 1938, with 11 whole.
WalletHub analyst Cassandra Happe mentioned the rating with Fox Information Digital.
“The dominance of UCLA in Los Angeles, with its wealthy historical past of NCAA championship wins and Corridor of Fame coaches, reinforces the town’s standing as a basketball mecca,” she stated.
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Philadelphia took the No. 2 spot and ranked excessive on account of its having the very best variety of Division 1 NCAA groups of any metropolis at six.
Philadelphia additionally has 4 Corridor of Fame coaches.
WalletHub launched a listing of the highest cities for faculty basketball followers forward of March Insanity. (iStock)
Storrs, Connecticut, is house of the College of Connecticut Huskies — who’ve gained 5 nationwide championships, in keeping with WalletHub analysts.
“Regardless of being house to just one Division 1 workforce, the College of Connecticut Huskies, Storrs stands out on account of its close-knit relationship with the workforce and the passionate fan base of the town,” she stated.
Town additionally has among the best fan engagement numbers — and followers are recognized for liking to see video games in individual.
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Different placements included Ann Arbor, Michigan, at No. 29, Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, at No. 50 and Lynchurg, Virginia, at No. 87.
WalletHub additionally discovered that the best-performing workforce got here from Spokane, Washington, house of Gonzaga College — whereas the worst-performing workforce was Mississippi Valley State College in Itta Bena, Mississippi.
Fox Information Digital reached out to WalletHub for additional remark.
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