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Originally Posted by blake5676
Here's the comparable basketball one, from your exact same source:
No. 1 Louisville: 4.5 rating
No. 2 Greensboro: 3.5 rating
No. 3 Kansas City: 2.8 rating
No. 4 Columbus: 2.7 rating
Raleigh-Durham 2.7 rating
No. 6 Charlotte: 2.3 rating
No. 7 Cincinnati: 2.1 rating
No. 8 Dayton: 2.0 rating
No. 9 Indianapolis: 1.8 rating
Knoxville: 1.8 rating
No. 11 Memphis: 1.6 rating
Nashville: 1.6 rating
No. 13 Greenville: 1.5 rating
No. 14 Cleveland: 1.4 rating
Birmingham: 1.4 rating
Las Vegas: 1.4 rating
It appears that people in southern states care about sports more in general as well. I still am not seeing your point that baskeball is a sport that a much larger portion of the country cares about. These show that's not true, just like all the other posts I made on the subject yesterday. You're failing like Cosmo in a DC thread...just quit.
Also, just for icing on the cake, compare the number of markets above 2.0 between the two sports. The CFB has all 29 cities on the link you provided. CBB has a measly 8, with 4 of those coming from the area of the country you think shouldn't count. Argument over.
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You can unbold Louisville and Las Vegas. As you can see from the data, CBB actually has fans in Michigan, Connecticut, KC/STL, etc. Probably because the "blue bloods" are located across the country and not concentrated in one area. College football won't expand popularity if one quadrant (and one small group of teams therein) win all the time.
The title games and regular season games show much less concentration which I can re-post if you like. To your broader point about there being "overlap", yes. That's correct, I've stated as much. According to Harris Polling, people who watch college football tend to also watch college basketball at some significant level.