From Buckyville site:
http://buckyville.yuku.com/topic/66450/Wisconsin-falling-behind-Marquette-in-Popularity#.UkxDPBxDB7Q
Certainly not scientific but nice to be at the top of Kenpom's most popular teams
http://kenpom.com/popular.php
This quote made me laugh:
QuoteIt's probably popular at Marquette because they thought they were logging into Kenporn.com
I don't know why we pay any attention to that school. Except for the one time of year we embarrass them, they are completely irrelevant. That is until Bo steals Christmas.
Huh, those dudes on the buckyville site are pretty funny :)
Also, they're spot on. We have been committing to MU on that ken porn site thing ;p
http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=39918.0
The only part of the kenpom poll that is meaningful is it shows the percentage of fanbases that care to be educated about the more detailed numbers of the game. Considering we don't have football to spend money on, it seems natural that a basketball-only fanbase would be more dedicated to this sport. Look at the top 25...or rather 33, since there's a huge tie. Many of the schools are known specifically for basketball. MSU, UNC, Syracuse, Maryland. In addition, a huge block of Big East teams, Marquette, Georgetown, Villanova, Butler, Xavier, DePaul. Then you have all the basketball-only schools, like VCU, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, VCU, Duke, Kentucky, and Vandy.
Because if your football doesn't matter, you're basketball-only.
Quote from: brewcity77 on October 02, 2013, 12:05:38 PM
it seems natural that a basketball-only fanbase would be more dedicated to this sport.
If you recall from statistics the football and basketball fan demographics are not mutually exclusive. If you Venn diagram it the overlap of the two populations is likely significant.
Quote from: keefe on October 02, 2013, 12:12:38 PM
If you recall from statistics the football and basketball fan demographics are not mutually exclusive. If you Venn diagram it the overlap of the two populations is likely significant.
The statistics class I took never talked about football and basketball fan overlap. But I'm pretty sure there is a sizable portion of most school fanbases that cheer for the school regardless of sport.
Quote from: brewcity77 on October 02, 2013, 12:05:38 PM
The only part of the kenpom poll that is meaningful is it shows the percentage of fanbases that care to be educated about the more detailed numbers of the game. Considering we don't have football to spend money on, it seems natural that a basketball-only fanbase would be more dedicated to this sport. Look at the top 25...or rather 33, since there's a huge tie. Many of the schools are known specifically for basketball. MSU, UNC, Syracuse, Maryland. In addition, a huge block of Big East teams, Marquette, Georgetown, Villanova, Butler, Xavier, DePaul. Then you have all the basketball-only schools, like VCU, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, VCU, Duke, Kentucky, and Vandy.
That's a stretch. Clicking on a team to "commit" may be indicative of a certain type of person. Some people won't click on any - "this has no purpose, dumb" - they may think.
The only meaning it's probably safe to derive from this is... "there are some Marquette fans that subscribe to kenpom.com"
At any rate, I have heavy anecdotal evidence that MU's popularity and brand value has grown considerably over the past several years. It's absolutely noticeable throughout the country.
Quote from: Jay Bee on October 02, 2013, 08:48:46 PM
The only meaning it's probably safe to derive from this is... "there are some Marquette fans that subscribe to kenpom.com"
I agree with this.
So by the same reasoning, not many Kentucky fans have Internet access?
Quote from: Sir Lawrence on October 02, 2013, 08:59:05 PM
I agree with this.
So by the same reasoning, not many Kentucky fans have Internet access?
That's not the same reasoning.
Quote from: Jay Bee on October 02, 2013, 09:00:12 PM
That's not the same reasoning.
It was a hillbilly joke.
So let me bite: by the same reasoning, not as many Kentucky fans subscribe to kenpom.com.
Do you believe that?
Indeed, a lame stat.
If you'd like to increase the lame stat and are a kenpom subscriber .. go here:
http://kenpom.com/team.php?team=Marquette
Then at the very bottom, it says "commit to this team" .. click.
Nothing lame about winning at arbitrary things :)