Most viewed CBB team webpages by state

[BigKari]

I can easily see the Wyoming and Maine ones being true. UK has by far the largest, most avid, and widespread national fan base, and UK fans who live in far away states keep up through our web sites/message boards.

And, honestly, who the hell in a state like Maine is gonna follow the CBB board of any Maine school (presuming such boards even exist).

But I’ll concede the Arizona one strikes me as very hard to believe. And the Illinois/Miami one is clearly bullshit.

I think all the people who are doubtful have not been to the site and they are misconstruing what it’s saying. It’s not boards or forums, it’s a statistics database. An incredible site that I’m on constantly here in Ohio, so I’m mad it wasn’t enough for us to surpass Ohio State. With that context, it should be easier to understand why. Not many fan bases who delve deep into stats and analytics. Kentucky fans absolutely do.

 

[KAB Cats]

College Basketball Reference is doing some well played social media marketing. Seriously. Well played.

Something as simple as a link on a popular site like Facebook or Twitter could skew results. If a notable Twitter person posts a Reed Sheppard stat… boom.

Then you factor in current NBA players, UK fan rabidness (in and out of state) and general fans looking up out of curiosity… it makes sense.

 

[KAB Cats]

I don’t know what’s happening

 

[LineSkiCat14]

RE: Caitlyn Clark:

Do some of yall not remember her dust up with one of the LSU players in last year’s title game and a war of words leading up to it? It was national news and somehow took on a political bent? Clark was also WNPOY.

I don’t watch much women’s basketball at all, but was acutely aware of the Clark stuff because of the coverage it got on social media and sports media in general.

Oh I remember, but there's a couple key distinctions.

Caitlyn Clark, the best player in college basketball last year by a large margin, would sometimes use the John Cena "you can't see me" move after making big plays. She used it in the game leading up to the LSU title game. Angel Reese and LSU then went on to beat Iowa and Clark's team and Angel decided to use Clark's move against her and even continued to chase her around the court doing the move and doing several other gestures.

People made it political because what Angel Reese did was in much more poor taste, so they decided to turn it into a racial thing.

This wasn't really a Clark "thing" as much as it was Angel Reese being an ass, something she would sort of do again several more times, even being quietly suspended on LSU this year.

 

[AGEE11]

I believe the chart. Travel almost anywhere in the country and you will see UK shirts more than any other college.

 

[UK90]

What did Cal used to always say? “A hit dog will holler”?

So you’re giving Cal credit for a saying that’s been around for centuries?

I can’t recall Cal ever saying that, much less “always.” But whatever.

 

[UK90]

Travel almost anywhere in the country and you will see UK shirts more than any other college.

This only relates to basketball related gear. It’s certainly not the case when it comes to football and other sports.

I’d note that the chart doesn’t actually measure the number of fans, but rather the amount internet activity …searches, message boards and fan site visits, etc. …related to each basketball program.

Which makes the results considerably more believable. Fans of other CBB programs drop in on their boards during the season … but they don’t fanatically make a habit of it 365 days a year the same way UK fans have long been notorious for. Just one extremely devoted UK fan can easily account for the internet activity of 20 casual fans of another program.

 

[d2atTech]

No way a women's basketball player won this for 50/50 states. This appears to be another case of, 'women's basketball is so awesome, if you ain't watching, you're missing out' manufactured BS. I don't buy it. They are trying pretty hard to make fetch happen. I've seen the product. Fetch is never gonna happen. I don't care enough to dig, but I question where/how these 'results' were derived.

Amanda Seyfried is hot though.

 

[CatFanInIlliniLand]

I love the second graphic and hope it’s true.

I must be missing something but I don’t understand why Miami is the most viewed in IL. I’m also shocked that Duke isn’t on this graphic. As much as I hate them, I expected them be heavily viewed.

 

[SemperFiCat]

I've always wondered why it's never really caught on. I've watched a few good women's games and they're decent enough. I think it's just gotta be quality of competition top to bottom right? There's only a handful of good women's teams.

At best, I can be about 10% in agreement with this. COULD if be entertained, or HAVE I been entertained by women's basketball? Sure. But given what I've seen, there's a very small chance and it would take a very specific situation.

 

[gharding07]

 

[bbncal02]

At best, I can be about 10% in agreement with this. COULD if be entertained, or HAVE I been entertained by women's basketball? Sure. But given what I've seen, there's a very small chance and it would take a very specific situation.

I'm kinda in the same boat. Both teams need to be good (like UCONN vs UT back in the day) and then the product is watchable.

 

[bbncal02]

So you’re giving Cal credit for a saying that’s been around for centuries?

I can’t recall Cal ever saying that, much less “always.” But whatever.

He has, especially when he makes coaching changes that someone might not like. One of his go tos. Hasn't used it this year yet.

 

[yoshukai]

I love the second graphic and hope it’s true.

I must be missing something but I don’t understand why Miami is the most viewed in IL. I’m also shocked that Duke isn’t on this graphic. As much as I hate them, I expected them be heavily viewed.

I thought Duke might be no1 in New Jersey, but that’s all . Dukes perceived popularity is a mainly a product of espn hype .

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

I'm calling BS on the Miami team being followed the most in Illinois. Kentucky has become enormous here over the years. Tons of UK fans are now in the Chicago land, extending all the way down to the southern Illinois.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

This only relates to basketball related gear. It’s certainly not the case when it comes to football and other sports.

🤡

 

[ruppcat]

Thought you all might enjoy this graphic

EDIT: I don't know why the top graphic is showing up. I posted it for the bottom graphic. The top graphic is the most viewed women's player in each state.

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It really does look like a Big Blue nation!

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

Nonsense of course but, I think the UK Athletics account needs to retweet (re-X?) it ad nauseam. .

 

[UK-chulo]

This only relates to basketball related gear. It’s certainly not the case when it comes to football and other sports.

I’d note that the chart doesn’t actually measure the number of fans, but rather the amount internet activity …searches, message boards and fan site visits, etc. …related to each basketball program.

Which makes the results considerably more believable. Fans of other CBB programs drop in on their boards during the season … but they don’t fanatically make a habit of it 365 days a year the same way UK fans have long been notorious for. Just one extremely devoted UK fan can easily account for the internet activity of 20 casual fans of another program.

I thought it was who visited that particular site.