(03-28-2013 05:39 PM)UofLgrad07 Wrote:  Not a perfect metric by any means, but interesting none-the-less.

http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars...louisville

At the East Regional, StubHub says to expect to see a lot of Syracuse Orange in the stands. Currently, fans in New York are outnumbering fans in Indiana by a factor of 6 to 1.

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More tickets have been purchased for the Midwest Regional from fans living in Kentucky than every other state combined. For all the other regional tournaments, the largest percentage of purchasers come from the state hosting the tournament. Not so in Indianapolis. Currently, Kentucky is bringing 125 times more buyers than Oregon for Friday night’s game.