March Madness 2018’s best cities for NCAA basketball fans

Basketball Players during March Madness competition

It’s March Madness season and the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its NCAA Tournament Stats & Facts infographic as well as its report on 2018’s Best Cities for College Basketball Fans to help basketball lovers get psyched for the madness.

To find 2018’s top spots for NCAA hoops, WalletHub crunched the numbers on more than 280 cities using nine key metrics. They range from the number of teams per city and the winning percentage of each to stadium capacity and social-media engagement.

Highlights from the March Madness Report and Infographic

Washington as a College Hoops Haven (1=Best, 145=Avg.)

  • 3rd – Number of Division 1 Teams
  • 28th – Conference Championships
  • 16th – National Titles
  • 130th – Min. Season-Ticket Price

Washington ranks 12th overall and 4th among large cities.

View the full report best cities for college basketball now.

March Madness Stats & Facts

  • $8.98 Million: 2018 salary for college basketball’s highest-paid coach, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski (vs. $1.4M combined for Duke’s president and the state’s governor)
  • $6.3 Billion: Corporate losses due to unproductive workers during March Madness
  • $10.4 Billion: Amount wagered on the 2017 NCAA men’s basketball tournament ($10.1B illegally)
  • 18X: Difference between the average NBA rookie’s salary ($2.36M) and a D1 men’s basketball scholarship for a year ($130K)

To see all the stats and the full infographic, click here.

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