ESPN Ranks Cities with Highest College Hoops Ratings

http://sportsmediajournal.com/page/2/ ESPN has released a report that lists the television markets that had the highest college basketball ratings for the network for the 2011-2012 season. Here is the list: Top 25 Markets for 2011-12 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 No. 17 Norfolk: 1.2 rating Hartford: 1.2 rating St. Louis: 1.2 rating No. 20 Fort Myers: 1.1 rating Atlanta: 1.1 rating Richmond: 1.1 rating No. 23 Pittsburgh: 1.0 rating Detroit: 1.0 rating Oklahoma City: 1.0 rating Jacksonville: 1.0 rating Tulsa: 1.0 rating ESPN also came up with how the markets stacked-up against the final ranking of the teams last season: 2011-12 Final Top 25 2011-12 Final Metered Market Rankings (Correlating Markets) No. 1 Kentucky No. 1 Louisville (4.5 rating) No. 2 Syracuse No metered markets No. 3 Missouri No. 3 Kansas City (2.8 rating) & No. 17 St. Louis (tied with 1.2 rating) No. 4 North Carolina No. 2 Greensboro (3.5 rating) No. 4 Raleigh-Durham (tied with 2.7 rating), No. 6 Charlotte (2.3 rating) & No. 13 Greenville (1.5 rating) No. 5 Michigan State No. 23 Detroit (tied with 1.0 rating) No. 6 Kansas No. 3 Kansas City (2.8 rating) No. 7 Ohio State No. 4 Columbus (2.7 rating); No. 8 Dayton (2.0 rating) & No. 14 Cleveland (1.4 rating) No. 8 Duke No. 2 Greensboro (3.5 rating) No. 4 Raleigh-Durham (tied with 2.7 rating), No. 6 Charlotte (2.3 rating) & No. 13 Greenville (1.5 rating) No. 9 Baylor No. 41 Houston (tied with 0.6 rating) & No. 47 Dallas/Fort Worth (tied with 0.5 rating) No. 10 Florida State No. 23 Jacksonville (tied with 1.0 rating), No. 31 Orlando (tied with 0.8 rating), No. 36 Tampa/St. Petersburg (tied with 0.7 rating) & No. 36 West Palm Beach (tied with 0.7 rating) No. 11 Marquette No. 31 Milwaukee (tied with 0.8 rating) No. 12 Murray State No metered markets No. 13 Michigan No. 23 Detroit (tied with 1.0 rating) No. 14 Wisconsin No. 31 Milwaukee (tied with 0.8 rating) No. 15 Georgetown No. 28 Washington D.C. (tied with 0.9 rating) No. 16 Indiana No. 9 Indianapolis (1.8 rating) No. 17 Louisville No. 1 Louisville (4.5 rating) No. 18 Wichita State No. 3 Kansas City (2.8 rating) No. 19 Creighton No metered markets No. 20 Vanderbilt No. 11 Nashville (tied with 1.6 rating) No. 21 New Mexico No. 41 Albuquerque (tied with 0.6 rating) No. 22 San Diego State No. 41 San Diego (tied with 0.6 rating) No. 23 UNLV No. 14 Las Vegas (tied with 1.4 rating) No. 24 Saint Mary’s No. 53 San Francisco (tied with 0.4 rating) No. 25 Florida No. 23 Jacksonville (tied with 1.0 rating), No. 31 Orlando (tied with 0.8 rating), No. 36 Tampa/St. Petersburg (tied with 0.7 rating) & No. 36 West Palm Beach (tied with 0.7 rating) ESPN has paired that list with the pre-season rankings of the teams for the 2012-2013 season: 2012-13 Preseason Top 25 2011-12 Final Metered Market Rankings (Correlating Markets) No. 1 Indiana No. 9 Indianapolis (1.8 rating) No. 2 Louisville No. 1 Louisville (4.5 rating) No. 3 Kentucky No. 1 Louisville (4.5 rating) No. 4 Ohio State No. 4 Columbus (2.7 rating); No. 8 Dayton (2.0 rating) & No. 14 Cleveland (1.4 rating) No. 5 Michigan No. 23 Detroit (tied with 1.0 rating) No. 6 NC State No. 4 Raleigh-Durham (tied with 2.7 rating) No. 7 Kansas No. 3 Kansas City (2.8 rating) No. 8 Duke No. 2 Greensboro (3.5 rating) No. 4 Raleigh-Durham (tied with 2.7 rating), No. 6 Charlotte (2.3 rating) & No. 13 Greenville (1.5 rating) No. 9 Syracuse No metered markets No. 10 Florida No. 23 Jacksonville (tied with 1.0 rating), No. 31 Orlando (tied with 0.8 rating), No. 36 Tampa/St. Petersburg (tied with 0.7 rating) & No. 36 West Palm Beach (tied with 0.7 rating) No. 11 North Carolina No. 2 Greensboro (3.5 rating) No. 4 Raleigh-Durham (tied with 2.7 rating), No. 6 Charlotte (2.3 rating) & No. 13 Greenville (1.5 rating) No. 12 Arizona No. 47 Phoenix (tied with 0.5 rating) No. 13 UCLA No. 53 Los Angeles (tied with 0.4 rating) No. 14 Michigan State No. 23 Detroit (tied with 1.0 rating) No. 15 Missouri No. 3 Kansas City (2.8 rating) & No. 17 St. Louis (tied with 1.2 rating) No. 16 Creighton No metered markets No. 17 Memphis No. 11 Memphis (tied with 1.6 rating) No. 18 UNLV No. 14 Las Vegas (tied with 1.4 rating) No. 19 Baylor No. 41 Houston (tied with 0.6 rating) & No. 47 Dallas/Fort Worth (tied with 0.5 rating) No. 20 San Diego State No. 41 San Diego (tied with 0.6 rating) No. 21 Gonzaga No metered markets No. 22 Notre Dame No. 36 Chicago (tied with 0.7 rating) No. 23 Wisconsin No. 31 Milwaukee (tied with 0.8 rating) No. 24 Cincinnati No. 7 Cincinnati (2.1 rating) No. 25 Florida State No. 23 Jacksonville (tied with 1.0 rating), No. 31 Orlando (tied with 0.8 rating), No. 36 Tampa/St. Petersburg (tied with 0.7 rating) & No. 36 West Palm Beach (tied with 0.7 rating) Lots of data. I find it interesting. For what it’s worth.