It’s time for Cincinnati basketball lovers to don their gear and start getting excited for one of sports’ best-loved traditions.
With March Madness drawing nigh, the personal finance website WalletHub releases its “Best & Worst Cities for College Basketball Fans.” Cincinnati ranked 19th overall and fourth among midsize cities.
Check out these March Madness fun facts to get into the spirit of the season:
- $7.3M: Annual salary of Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski (He's paid 6X more than Duke's president.), making him the highest paid college basketball coach.
- 17X: Difference between the average NBA rookie's salary ($1.99M) and the average value of a college basketball player's tuition, room and board ($120K).
- $8.9B: Estimated amount wagered illegally on the 2016 NCAA basketball tournament.
- 3.5 million: Extra barrels of American beer are produced each March.
- $66M: Tournament's impact on Dayton's economy since 2001.
Click here for WalletHub’s full report.
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