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re: What are the top 3 college sports?
Posted on 4/1/12 at 9:16 pm to RemouladeSawce
Posted on 4/1/12 at 9:16 pm to RemouladeSawce
Lacrosse 
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Posted on 4/1/12 at 9:18 pm to BaylorTiger
More money is spent on women's basketball, but more money is made on baseball.
I don't know that a women's basketball team has ever made a profit.
I don't know that a women's basketball team has ever made a profit.
Posted on 4/1/12 at 9:20 pm to Tactical1
quote:In that region, why not? It's a huge deal and there's no clear 3.
Lacrosse
The answer to the thread varies by region.
Posted on 4/1/12 at 9:23 pm to T
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college baseball means nothing to most all college sports fans outside of a the sec and a few other schools. it and hockey are probably on the same level.
Baseball is definitively nothing in a lot of places, but I'd say baseball by default, mostly because there are 300-plus D-1 teams. Hockey and Lacrosse are unquestionably more popular than baseball in certain areas but both have only about 60 teams and major chunks of the country have zero teams--not interest, but teams. Baseball is more of a common denominator.
Posted on 4/1/12 at 10:32 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
It's baseball for the simple reason that it's the only other true national sport. Now a large part of the country may not care that their school has a baseball team but at least the vast majority of D-1 schools have a team. Thanks to Title IX men's soccer, lacrosse, and hockey won't ever get the chance to grow to that size
Posted on 4/1/12 at 10:40 pm to BaylorTiger
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What's number 3? Women's Basketball
Posted on 4/1/12 at 11:20 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
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Baseball is definitively nothing in a lot of places, but I'd say baseball by default, mostly because there are 300-plus D-1 teams. Hockey and Lacrosse are unquestionably more popular than baseball in certain areas but both have only about 60 teams and major chunks of the country have zero teams--not interest, but teams. Baseball is more of a common denominator.
Why does # of teams matter? There are more women's soccer teams than Football teams; does that make it more popular? Final Four lacrosse games get crowds of over 40k.
Posted on 4/1/12 at 11:46 pm to RandyVandy
It's not the number of teams per se. It's how widespread they are. No one doubts how popular Lacrosse is in the northeast. But that'd be like saying NASCAR is the second most popular sport in America bc certain races draw upwards of 100k. You could get as many as 500k rednecks to attend a nascar race and it still wouldn't be an argument as to nascars national popularity. Same with lacrosse
Posted on 4/1/12 at 11:49 pm to BaylorTiger
The top 3 in college is the same as the top 3 professionally. Baseball teams in the north suck so they don't care or put any effort into it.
It's too cold.
It's too cold.
Posted on 4/1/12 at 11:53 pm to tigerfan88
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It's not the number of teams per se. It's how widespread they are. No one doubts how popular Lacrosse is in the northeast. But that'd be like saying NASCAR is the second most popular sport in America bc certain races draw upwards of 100k. You could get as many as 500k rednecks to attend a nascar race and it still wouldn't be an argument as to nascars national popularity. Same with lacrosse
In raw viewership, NASCAR is the second most popular sport in the US.
This post was edited on 4/1/12 at 11:55 pm
Posted on 4/2/12 at 12:18 am to RandyVandy
Define raw viewership
Posted on 4/2/12 at 12:24 am to HT713
quote:if your in the midwest it's wrestling hands down. my wife is from iowa, & father in law was going crazy watching iowa wrestling like i am with lsu baseball.
heavily depends on what are of the country you're in...
so i agree with what part of the country you are from.Posted on 4/2/12 at 12:33 am to tigerfan88
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Define raw viewership
# of people that attend races or view races on TV.
Posted on 4/2/12 at 12:36 am to TigerBwoy
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Men's baseball and it isn't even close.
West Coast and SEC tip the scales here.
Posted on 4/2/12 at 12:36 am to BaylorTiger
baseball has a much better geographic base any of the other sports in this thread. On the west coast, USC has far and away the most national titles, and Arizona State, Oregon State, CSF, UC Irvine, etc. are strong programs. The Big 12 brings teams to the CWS consistently with Texas and Nerbraska (no longer Big 12) being two of the bigger programs. SEC is of course dominant and ACC has a few good programs like UNC and da U. Even small private schools like Rice and Tulane have been among the elite of college baseball at times.
CWS games come on at primetime on ESPN during the summer, at least from semi-finals on.
hockey and lacrosse are not even close.
CWS games come on at primetime on ESPN during the summer, at least from semi-finals on.
hockey and lacrosse are not even close.
This post was edited on 4/2/12 at 12:38 am
Posted on 4/2/12 at 12:38 am to RandyVandy
I have a hard time believing that. There's way more baseball, basketball, and hockey games for people to attend. Plus basketball and baseball get higher ratings.
Posted on 4/2/12 at 8:38 am to RandyVandy
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Why does # of teams matter? There are more women's soccer teams than Football teams; does that make it more popular? Final Four lacrosse games get crowds of over 40k.
Ok, well the OP never defined "Top" so it's subjective. IMO baseball is No. 3 becasue there are teams accross the country. Lacrosse and Hockey are, for the most part, isolated to certain geographic regions, thereby limiting their impact and interest accross the country.
If someone is serious about this topic, the OP should look up info like revenue, attendence, etc.
Posted on 4/2/12 at 9:14 am to Ghostfacedistiller
Iowa Wrestling gets over 9,000 fans a meet and has had close to 16,000 for huge meets. College wrestling is big in the midwest along with hockey. Baseball is non-existent since they have a hard time competing with the South's weather advantage.
Posted on 4/2/12 at 9:31 am to Ghostfacedistiller
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isolated to certain geographic regions, thereby limiting their impact and interest accross the country.
So is baseball. Although baseball is more widespread than hockey or lacrosse.
Posted on 4/2/12 at 9:44 am to TreyAnastasio
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Hockey is bigger than Baseball in the midwest and east.
wrestling can be thrown in the mix as well
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