Last night, the final two teams of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament were determined. The Duke University Blue Devils and the University of Wisconsin Badgers are currently the only two college basketball teams still considered "in season". One of the many big upsets of the tournament happened last night as (then) undefeated Kentucky went down to the Badgers with a spot in the championship at risk. The University of Kentucky is currently 2nd in all time national championships with 8 titles, just behind UCLA who has a total of 11 national titles. The championship game will take place Monday night, and the Badgers or Blue Devils will officially become this year's National Champions.
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was created during 1939 and currently features 68 teams throughout the tournament. The teams include the champions from each of the 32 conferences, and the remaining 36 teams are chosen by a selection committee. Since 1969, the tournament games have been televised nationwide, and since then, its popularity has rapidly increased.
For this blog, I wanted to take this exciting time in the sports world to demonstrate some of the cool and interesting features today's web provides. After a bit of research, I've compiled a few of the most interesting analytics. Here's how the remaining two teams measure up against each other off the court.
To check out what each team is currently tweeting, check out these ques of their timelines:
Duke Basketball's Twitter:
Twitter Name: @dukeblueplanet
Tweeting Since: December 2008
Tweets: 17,453
Following: 935
Followers: 145,705
Tweets by @dukeblueplanet
Wisconsin Basketball's Twitter:
Twitter Name: @BadgerMBB
Tweeting Since: March 2009
Tweets: 21,070
Following: 370
Followers: 116,227
The above graphs listed are just a few of the different ways we can measure online activity about any topic we might be interested in. These trends show just how much people turn to social media to express their interest and support for their favorite teams. While we all excitingly anticipate Monday night's game, check out this link for game's preview and predictions!:
To check out what each team is currently tweeting, check out these ques of their timelines:
Duke Basketball's Twitter:
Twitter Name: @dukeblueplanet
Tweeting Since: December 2008
Tweets: 17,453
Following: 935
Followers: 145,705
Tweets by @dukeblueplanet
Wisconsin Basketball's Twitter:
Twitter Name: @BadgerMBB
Tweeting Since: March 2009
Tweets: 21,070
Following: 370
Followers: 116,227
Below is a graph charting how the Blue Devils (blue) measure up against the Badgers (red) in Google searches in 2015, using a tool on Google Trends that can illustrate any Google searches you want:
Duke Men's Basketball Page provides the following information to show how many likes they get each week. As you can see, there was a definite spike of interest on 4/4/15, the date of their Final Four Victory
Wisconsin Men's Basketball Page shows similar trends:
The above graphs listed are just a few of the different ways we can measure online activity about any topic we might be interested in. These trends show just how much people turn to social media to express their interest and support for their favorite teams. While we all excitingly anticipate Monday night's game, check out this link for game's preview and predictions!:
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