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There are 4x as many teams in the NCAA Div I national championships for basketball than there are for hockey. That being said, hockey is extremely popular at s
by quickthrowman 1y ago
There are 4x as many teams in the NCAA Div I national championships for basketball than there are for hockey.
That being said, hockey is extremely popular at some schools; Gopher hockey is more popular (with both students and alumni) than Gopher basketball at the University of Minnesota.
- ghaff 1y agoI always went to northern schools so my perception is probably skewed. Played intramurals in grad school with someone who went to Minnesota. I've just never gone anywhere that basketball was a particularly big deal (and was never into it myself). Hockey was the thing for my grad school crowds. But obviously college basketball is a big deal more broadly. Final four and all that.
- quickthrowman 1y agoYeah I’m from MN so my perspective is skewed too. 6 of the 64 schools with Div I NCAA hockey teams are located in my state, and 5 of them are small state or private schools. Massachusetts has 10, New York has 11, Michigan has 7. Over half of the Div I hockey teams are in the four states mentioned above.