The ESPN Sports Poll, a product of TNS Intersearch,
asked 5,891 college sports fans from October '99-September
'00 to name their favorite college basketball team.
Following are the top ten teams named in the four regions of
the U.S. The Univ. of NC was the favorite team named
nationally, with 9.1% of the responses. The poll does
accept an answer of "none" for favorite team (THE DAILY):
NORTHEAST (n=923) CENTRAL (n=1,463)
1) DUKE 9.2% 1) IN UNIV. 7.4%
2) UNIV. OF NC 8.6% 2) MI STATE 6.8%
3) UNIV. OF CT 8.5% 3) OH STATE UNIV. 6.5%
4) ST. JOHN'S 6.1% 4) UNIV. OF MI 5.4%
5) SYRACUSE 5.9% 5) UNIV. OF NC 5.3%
6) PENN ST UNIV. 4.2% 6) UNIV. OF WI 4.4%
7) TEMPLE 2.6% 7) UNIV. OF MN 4.2%
8) GEORGETOWN 2.1% 8) UNIV. OF KS 3.5%
9) UNIV. OF KY 2.0% 9) DUKE 3.3%
10) UNIV. OF MA 2.0% 10) UNIV. OF IL 2.9%
SOUTH (n=2,302) WEST (n=1,203)
1) UNIV. OF NC 12.4% 1) UCLA 12.6%
2) DUKE 7.3% 2) UNIV. OF NC 7.5%
3) UNIV. OF KY 6.6% 3) UNIV. OF AZ 4.9%
4) UNIV. OF TN 3.6% 4) DUKE 4.2%
5) UNIV. OF AR 3.6% 5) STANFORD 3.9%
6) UNIV. OF TX 2.8% 6) UNIV. OF WA 2.5%
7) UNIV. OF MD 2.7% 7) UNIV. OF OR 2.4%
8) NC ST UNIV. 2.2% 8) UNIV. OF KY 1.9%
9) UNIV. OF FL 2.0% 9) UTAH 1.9%
10) UNIV. OF AL 1.7% 10) BYU 1.8%
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