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ESPN Sports Poll: Who Is Your Favorite NCAA Men's Basketball Team?
Published March 20, 2009
The ESPN Sports Poll, a service of TNS Sport, asked 6,639 college basketball fans to name their favorite men's college basketball team. Of those respondents, 35.9% said they had no favorite team. With the ’09 NCAA men's basketball tournament underway, the following are the favorite men’s college basketball teams of respondents in the U.S. for the full year '08 (ESPN Sports Poll).
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FAVORITE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS
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RANK
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SCHOOL
|
%
|
RANK
|
SCHOOL
|
%
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Duke
|
4.26%
|
21
|
LSU
|
0.75%
|
|
2
|
North Carolina
|
4.05%
|
22
|
Georgetown
|
0.74%
|
|
3
|
UCLA
|
2.71%
|
23
|
Memphis
|
0.71%
|
|
4
|
Ohio State
|
2.44%
|
24
|
Oklahoma
|
0.71%
|
|
5
|
Kentucky
|
1.97%
|
25
|
Iowa
|
0.66%
|
|
6
|
Texas
|
1.78%
|
26t
|
Alabama
|
0.62%
|
|
7
|
Florida
|
1.67%
|
26t
|
Missouri
|
0.62%
|
|
8
|
Kansas
|
1.63%
|
26t
|
Notre Dame
|
0.62%
|
|
9
|
Michigan State
|
1.60%
|
29t
|
Arizona
|
0.59%
|
|
10
|
Illinois
|
1.51%
|
29t
|
West Virginia
|
0.59%
|
|
11
|
Wisconsin
|
1.48%
|
31
|
Arizona State
|
0.56%
|
|
12
|
Maryland
|
1.46%
|
32
|
BYU
|
0.54%
|
|
13
|
Connecticut
|
1.43%
|
33t
|
Louisville
|
0.51%
|
|
14
|
Syracuse
|
1.21%
|
33t
|
Rutgers
|
0.51%
|
|
15
|
Michigan
|
1.19%
|
33t
|
Villanova
|
0.51%
|
|
16
|
Tennessee
|
1.07%
|
36t
|
Boston College
|
0.48%
|
|
17
|
Indiana
|
0.96%
|
36t
|
Washington
|
0.48%
|
|
18
|
Minnesota
|
0.93%
|
38t
|
Georgia
|
0.47%
|
|
19
|
Arkansas
|
0.92%
|
38t
|
Gonzaga
|
0.47%
|
|
20
|
Pittsburgh
|
0.80%
|
38t
|
Miami
|
0.47%
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