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Sports Scope News Flash: “Peoria, IL Is 2017’s 3rd Worst City for College Basketball Fans!”

With Big Dance Madness just days away, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its NCAA Tournament Fun Facts infographic as well as its report on 2017’s Best & Worst Cities for College Basketball Fans to help get hoops lovers psyched for this magical time of year.

To find 2017’s top spots for NCAA hoops, WalletHub crunched the numbers on 291 U.S. cities using seven key metrics. They range from the number of teams per city and the winning percentage of each to stadium capacity and social-media engagement. You can find some highlights from both the report and the infographic below.

Peoria, IL as a College Hoops Haven (1=Best, 146=Avg.):

•282nd – Winning Percentage
•112th – Conference Championships
•208th – Social-Media Engagement
•149th – Stadium Capacity

Peoria, IL ranks 289th (out of 291) overall and 77th among midsize cities.

For the full report, please visit:
http://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-college-basketball/32944/