Posts Tagged ‘ ncaa tournament ’
With March Madness well underway and the Final Four squaring off on Saturday for a spot in the National Championship game, searches around ‘March Madness’ reached a record high the week ending March 17th, up 16% over the same week last yea...[ READ MORE ]
Viewers of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on CBS and Turner Broadcasting as well as women’s tournament viewers on ESPN can expect a barrage of television commercials as the field is whittled down to the Final Four. On the men’s side, commercial air time is carefully orchestrated. [ READ MORE ]
March Madness is in peak form as the Sweet Sixteen for both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments has taken shape. We have developed some interesting insights around viewers’ behavior and attributes that we’ll share in two blog posts.[ READ MORE ]
March Madness fans are in a quandary over which games to watch and how to watch them. Even worse, many of the games take place during traditional working hours, presenting fans with a strong temptation to stream games live from their desk—with or without approval from their manager or IT department. But what’s a die-hard fan to do? [ READ MORE ]
Thanks to simulcast streaming of games online and via mobile apps, die-hards are better equipped to keep track of multiple games at once. Those who stream games online live in every corner of the country, but some locales are more likely to log on for their March Madness fix than others.[ READ MORE ]
Basketball alone doesn't define the life and times of Hartford-New Haven residents. In honor of UConn closing out the season with 11 consecutive wins culminating in a national championship, here are 11 things you might not have known about the Hartford-New Haven market area.[ READ MORE ]
We compared various basketball-related statistics for the home markets of the Final Four teams using data compiled by Experian Simmons. About a quarter of the U.S. population has an interest in college basketball. Richmond (26.7%) and Indianapolis (26.3%) are the Final Four markets with the highest level of interest. Lexington and Hartford will need overtime to decide a winner. These markets are tied at 24.3%.[ READ MORE ]
Do the host cities of these higher profile match-ups have a greater love for the game than the opening round hosts, or are some of them merely leveraging their time in the limelight to generate business for their town? [ READ MORE ]
All four Cinderella teams hail from markets with above average interest in college basketball. How do the Richmond, Tallahassee, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis consumer markets compare to one another?[ READ MORE ]
According to Experian Simmons, just over 5% of all U.S. adults and nearly a quarter of adult NCAA men's tournament viewers (24%) qualify as likely online game streamers. How do you know which ones they are?[ READ MORE ]
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