Many Play, Few Are Invited. U.S. Basketball Participation - including March Madness®

Many Play, Few Are Invited. U.S. Basketball Participation Including March Madness® Probability of a PERFECT BRACKET 26.3 million 1 in 35,360,000,000 people play basketball in the U.S. (U.S. Population: 308.7 million) 15.5 million participate in casual and pick-up play 10.8 million participate in some form of organized play Over 800,000,000 will be watching... What makes these tournaments intriguing? 5.8 million play for their school or college The 2012 NCAA® men's & women's basketball tournaments are here. Last year, a combined total of 868 million viewers watched the Americans play a lot of basketball. While over 10,000 men and NCAA Basketball Players women play Division I NCAA basketball, over 26 million Americans play basketball in one form or another - from pick-up games to organized leagues to school & college teams. tournaments – 185 million tuned in to the women's games and 683 million watched the men's. The men's final game alone drew Number of People in Division III - 12,675 20.1 million viewers. Number of People in Division I| - 8,325 PROBABILITY OF GOING PRO PROBABILITY OF GOING PRO MEN'S WOMEN'S Over 5,000 men and 5,000 women play Division I Basketbal in the NCAA High School to NCAA High School to NCAA Less than 1 in 35 Players About 1 in 33 Players NCAA to NBA NCAA to WNBA About 1 in 75 Players Less than 1 in 100 Players High School to NBA High School to WNBA About 1 in 3,333 Players 1 in 5,000 Players This year 1,050 men and 850 women have made it to the tournament. 2012 Men's Tournament 2012 Women's Tournament 67 2680 68 63 2520 64 1 in 5 Division I Teams Make It games minutes of play Div I teams games minutes of play Div I teams Top Home States Represented in 2012 Tournament 2012 Tournament Players from Around the World MEN'S WOMEN'S MEN'S WOMEN'S # of players (% of state population) # of players (% of state population) Players from abroad Players from abroad CA 90 (0.0002%) TX 86 (0.0003%) 100 Non-U.S. Players 41 Non-U.S. Players NY 64 (0.0003%) CA 80 (0.0002%) 30 Countries Represented 16 Countries Represented (0.0002%) Top Home Countries Represented: TX 53 OH 43 (0.0004%) Top Home Countries Represented: NC 49 (0.0005%) NY 41 (0.0002%) Canada, Australia, Senegal Camaroon, France Canada, Australia, France Latvia, Sweden IL 47 (0.0004%) TN 38 (0.0006%) Brought to you by: goalrilla.com Goalrilla THE POWER TO CHANGE YOUR GAMETM SOURCES: U.S. Trends in Team Sports: 2011 and 2012 Tournament Info, Probability of Going Pro: http://www.ncaa.com/ http://www.ncaa.org/ State Populations: http://quickfacts.census.gov The Perfect Bracket: Other Statisfics: http://www.sgma.com/ http://www.bookofodds.com/ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ http://espn.go.com/ March Madness and NCAA are registered trademarks of the NCAA. @2012 Escalade Sports, Inc.