Best Basketball State

The ESPN halftime show during last night's Michigan State/Purdue game mentioned that Indiana is the best basketball state in America. True story. Purdue, Butler, Indiana, and Notre Dame...all ranked. Let's take a look at the top 25 and see how other states compare.

ESPN/USA Today Poll

Indiana (4)
Tennessee (3)
California (3)
North Carolina (2)
Kansas (2)
Wisconsin (2)
Texas (2)
DC (1)
Michigan (1)
Ohio (1)
Iowa (1)
Connecticut (1)
Washington (1)
Pennsylvania (1)

And sad news for Thursday’s Big Ten matchup, no Brent or Steve. But they will be cheating on the Big Ten on Saturday by announcing #7 Stanford at Arizona (ABC, 3:30pm), while Erin will be sideline reporting the #9 Michigan State at #12 Indiana (ESPN, 9pm) game with Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale.