to miss Boog Sciambi<\/a>. (Why was Northern Arizona the tipping point, Boog?)<\/p>\nBanksy was criticized for vandalizing public places at the beginning of his career but is now widely celebrated as an artistic genius. In the end, vandalizing timelines was all worth it. Performance art and what not. The people who weren\u2019t unfollowing were liking and retweeting and that provided some insight into hoops\u2019 fans tweeting habits.<\/p>\n
The most retweeted and liked tweet was when Duke lost. It received 832 retweets and 800 likes. Surprisingly, that shattered the mark set by the Kentucky tweet during last season\u2019s Final Four. The second most popular tweet, was, well, Kentucky, which got 373 retweets and 497 likes. <\/p>\n
In total, there were 7,586 retweets and 10,832 likes. Obviously, a retweet is putting more skin in the game because you\u2019re publicly endorsing the tweet for all the world to see. In this light, Duke was also extreme. It was the only team to have more retweets than likes among the ten most popular tweets.<\/p>\n
There are a lot of factors that went into to how much attention each tweet received. First and foremost was the general hatred of the team by the tweeting public. But other things like the visibility of the game and the shock factor of the loss played into it as well. Duke is perhaps the most hated team in the land, but it helped that they lost to Kentucky in one of the most-viewed games of the season so far. And sure, Wisconsin has its detractors, but losing to Western Illinois on the first day of the season was even more special for the tweeter looking to get a dig in on the Badgers. (Western Illinois is currently on a nine-game losing streak, by the way.)<\/p>\n
But timing was important, too. UCLA\u2019s opening night loss to then-unknown Monmouth occurred well after most of the nation went to bed. Thus its tweet ranks just 19th. Who a team lost to also played a role. It didn\u2019t help Duke that Kentucky fans were willing to enjoy the Blue Devils\u2019 misery. But more obscure teams found their tweets getting more attention than you\u2019d expect based on name recognition alone. Grand Canyon, Utah Valley, and Chattanooga are got a nice boost as fans from Louisville, BYU, and Iowa State, respectively, acknowledged their own accomplishments. <\/p>\n
Actually, it appears the fans of the winning team are much more willing to like the tweet of its victim than actually retweet it, while true haters tended to retweet. Both Utah Valley and Chattanooga were among teams with the highest ratio of likes to retweets, while Duke and Louisville led in ratio of retweets to likes.<\/p>\n
There are other oddities, too. Mercer\u2019s loss to Davidson, which dropped the unbeaten count to 69, received the 54th-most attention for whatever reason. And without this experiment, I would have never known the feelings that Abilene Christian\u2019s fan base has towards Incarnate Word, whose tweet got the 63rd-most attention after losing to Purdue. <\/p>\n
Actually, Purdue fans probably deserve most of the credit for that. They seemed to get a special thrill out of ending opponents\u2019 unbeaten dreams, as the totals for North Carolina A&T, Old Dominion, Florida and Pitt are all inflated.<\/p>\n
It was Saint Francis Brooklyn that had none of these things going for it. With three retweets and four likes, the Terriers edged out San Jose State for the tweet that was most ignored. In the middle of a Saturday afternoon filled with college football, almost nobody cared that the Terriers lost their season opener to Boston College. BC basketball fans are a rare breed at this point and the Terriers lack of college basketball history hasn\u2019t attracted a hated rival. At least not one with fans who were motivated to mock 0-1 St. Francis on a Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
For the historical record, here\u2019s the entire list of retweets and likes generated by each team\u2019s first loss. Ranking is determined by the sum of retweets and likes, with a 30% discount given to likes. <\/p>\n
Rank Order Team RT Like\n 1 145 Duke 832 800\n 2 18 Kentucky 373 497\n 3 71 Indiana 262 290\n 4 93 North Carolina 241 255\n 5 265 Wisconsin 187 231\n 6 0 SMU 176 231\n 7 4 Michigan St. 130 208\n 8 26 Pittsburgh 124 206\n 9 140 Kansas 108 158\n 10 305 North Carolina St. 119 134\n 11 184 Virginia 115 123\n 12 310 Arizona St. 100 130\n 13 22 Louisville 112 105\n 14 2 Oklahoma 95 128\n 15 24 Maryland 69 149\n 16 29 Dayton 81 120\n 17 350 Vermont 81 115\n 18 23 Cincinnati 70 126\n 19 240 UCLA 69 107\n 20 104 Michigan 80 88\n 21 6 Iowa St. 64 109\n 22 79 Florida 53 108\n 23 7 Purdue 69 83\n 24 3 Xavier 69 75\n 25 10 West Virginia 59 85\n 26 15 Grand Canyon 54 90\n 27 153 Missouri 63 69\n 28 235 Georgetown 65 61\n 29 146 Wichita St. 53 71\n 30 46 Iowa 51 69\n 31 1 South Carolina 42 73\n 32 31 Saint Louis 38 78\n 33 110 Ohio St. 55 53\n 34 39 Arizona 45 63\n 35 296 Illinois 46 52\n 36 272 Utah Valley 26 80\n 37 168 San Diego St. 41 54\n 38 21 Syracuse 29 69\n 39 97 North Florida 37 57\n 40 51 Connecticut 31 65\n 41 337 Richmond 38 52\n 42 49 Notre Dame 33 59\n 43 44 USC 27 62\n 44 349 Fairfield 35 50\n 45 68 Chattanooga 19 68\n 46 12 Villanova 24 60\n 47 16 Oregon 28 52\n 48 5 Arkansas Little Rock 32 38\n 49 345 Colorado 29 42\n 50 52 Gonzaga 20 54\n 51 98 Old Dominion 27 44\n 52 193 Tennessee 28 39\n 53 70 LSU 21 45\n 54 69 Mercer 25 39\n 55 269 Marquette 29 32\n 56 330 Morgan St. 24 39\n 57 289 Northern Colorado 21 43\n 58 9 UNC Wilmington 25 37\n 59 239 Texas 24 38\n 60 60 Kansas St. 18 43\n 61 129 Creighton 20 40\n 62 333 North Carolina A&T 19 40\n 63 138 Incarnate Word 16 44\n 64 142 Nebraska 23 33\n 65 43 Texas A&M 17 40\n 66 8 Saint Mary's 23 31\n 67 28 Providence 16 40\n 68 223 Virginia Tech 23 30\n 69 64 Clemson 21 32\n 70 344 Robert Morris 22 30\n 71 157 Alabama 24 27\n 72 331 Eastern Illinois 22 29\n 73 37 George Washington 19 32\n 74 195 New Mexico St. 20 30\n 75 339 Temple 24 24\n 76 336 Siena 19 31\n 77 34 Colorado St. 21 28\n 78 45 California 16 35\n 79 53 Vanderbilt 13 38\n 80 17 Northern Illinois 17 31\n 81 59 Washington 18 29\n 82 321 Samford 16 31\n 83 155 DePaul 21 23\n 83 347 Jacksonville St. 21 23\n 85 13 Davidson 15 31\n 86 180 Mississippi St. 23 19\n 87 262 Wofford 16 28\n 88 185 Elon 18 24\n 89 303 Georgia 17 25\n 90 332 Albany 16 26\n 90 343 Quinnipiac 16 26\n 92 134 Arkansas 18 23\n 93 73 St. John's 17 24\n 94 11 Houston 12 31\n 95 14 Princeton 16 25\n 95 19 Washington St. 16 25\n 97 234 Northern Iowa 20 19\n 98 63 Northwestern 17 22\n 99 160 BYU 12 29\n100 42 Miami FL 11 30\n101 187 Radford 17 21\n102 306 Maine 14 25\n103 341 Mount St. Mary's 16 22\n104 54 Massachusetts 15 23\n105 161 Baylor 13 25\n105 304 Miami OH 13 25\n107 252 Boise St. 15 21\n108 258 UAB 17 18\n109 107 Penn St. 14 22\n110 314 George Mason 16 19\n111 113 Florida St. 12 24\n112 342 Rider 15 19\n113 172 Columbia 16 16\n113 325 Southeast Missouri St. 16 16\n113 348 Northwestern St. 16 16\n116 25 Louisiana Tech 13 19\n117 246 Illinois St. 15 16\n118 218 NJIT 12 20\n119 124 Texas Tech 13 18\n119 346 South Dakota 13 18\n121 256 Portland St. 12 19\n122 108 Utah 9 23\n123 32 Western Illinois 11 20\n124 78 Valparaiso 8 23\n125 244 Southern Utah 10 20\n126 105 VCU 9 21\n126 206 Iona 9 21\n128 33 Alabama A&M 10 19\n128 158 Rhode Island 10 19\n130 61 Oregon St. 12 16\n130 156 Auburn 12 16\n132 154 Memphis 11 17\n133 323 UNC Asheville 13 14\n134 241 Seattle 8 21\n135 47 Evansville 14 12\n136 147 St. Bonaventure 11 16\n136 270 Weber St. 11 16\n138 254 Pacific 13 13\n139 133 Loyola Chicago 10 17\n139 302 IPFW 10 17\n141 329 Lehigh 12 14\n142 86 New Mexico 9 18\n142 99 East Carolina 9 18\n142 135 Western Kentucky 9 18\n145 177 Bradley 11 15\n146 300 Austin Peay 13 12\n147 62 UNLV 10 16\n147 250 Gardner Webb 10 16\n147 260 Navy 10 16\n147 318 Prairie View A&M 10 16\n147 335 Northern Kentucky 10 16\n152 132 SIU Edwardsville 12 13\n153 77 Butler 9 17\n153 224 Harvard 9 17\n155 27 Fresno St. 8 18\n155 48 Boston College 8 18\n157 299 Binghamton 10 15\n158 181 Chicago St. 7 19\n159 202 North Dakota St. 9 16\n160 30 Utah St. 8 17\n160 144 Middle Tennessee 8 17\n160 279 Missouri St. 8 17\n163 308 UMass Lowell 10 14\n163 324 Western Carolina 10 14\n165 284 Charlotte 12 11\n166 20 UTEP 7 18\n166 117 Stanford 7 18\n166 196 Loyola Marymount 7 18\n169 277 Drexel 11 12\n170 236 Montana St. 10 13\n171 115 Oklahoma St. 9 14\n171 242 Pepperdine 9 14\n171 340 Wagner 9 14\n174 136 Eastern Michigan 8 15\n174 221 The Citadel 8 15\n174 307 Denver 8 15\n174 334 Fairleigh Dickinson 8 15\n178 198 South Alabama 9 13\n178 301 UMBC 9 13\n180 65 Tulsa 11 10\n180 100 Idaho St. 11 10\n180 281 Cornell 11 10\n180 311 St. Francis PA 11 10\n180 338 Dartmouth 11 10\n185 220 Norfolk St. 8 14\n185 315 North Carolina Central 8 14\n187 166 UC Santa Barbara 10 11\n187 189 Wyoming 10 11\n187 297 Maryland Eastern Shore 10 11\n190 215 Southern Miss 7 15\n190 312 Boston University 7 15\n192 320 Lafayette 9 12\n193 36 Hawaii 6 16\n194 130 Mississippi 8 13\n194 197 Portland 8 13\n196 169 Drake 10 10\n197 72 Duquesne 7 14\n197 106 Detroit 7 14\n197 127 Rutgers 7 14\n197 309 Indiana St. 7 14\n201 74 Abilene Christian 9 11\n201 243 Cal Poly 9 11\n203 75 Hofstra 11 8\n204 228 Florida Gulf Coast 6 15\n205 41 Southern Illinois 8 12\n205 182 Morehead St. 8 12\n205 317 Canisius 8 12\n208 191 James Madison 10 9\n209 94 William & Mary 5 16\n210 151 Liberty 7 13\n210 217 Mississippi Valley St. 7 13\n210 292 Northern Arizona 7 13\n213 294 Loyola MD 9 10\n214 179 Oral Roberts 11 7\n215 170 IUPUI 6 14\n215 247 Jackson St. 6 14\n215 319 Coppin St. 6 14\n218 40 Winthrop 8 11\n218 266 Central Connecticut 8 11\n220 232 VMI 10 8\n221 125 Seton Hall 7 12\n221 128 Furman 7 12\n221 143 North Dakota 7 12\n221 287 Ball St. 7 12\n225 322 Niagara 9 9\n226 119 Alcorn St. 6 13\n226 199 Hartford 6 13\n226 290 Nebraska Omaha 6 13\n229 50 UC Irvine 8 10\n229 233 Howard 8 10\n229 274 American 8 10\n229 286 Texas Southern 8 10\n233 327 UT Rio Grande Valley 10 7\n234 67 Central Michigan 5 14\n234 122 Stony Brook 5 14\n236 82 Yale 7 11\n236 248 Green Bay 7 11\n236 293 Cal St. Northridge 7 11\n239 326 Marist 9 8\n240 219 UCF 4 15\n241 57 La Salle 6 12\n241 238 Santa Clara 6 12\n241 261 Coastal Carolina 6 12\n244 66 North Texas 8 9\n244 139 Bowling Green 8 9\n244 259 Arkansas St. 8 9\n247 80 Oakland 5 13\n247 81 Akron 5 13\n247 137 Wake Forest 5 13\n247 152 Milwaukee 5 13\n247 226 Central Arkansas 5 13\n252 112 East Tennessee St. 7 10\n252 126 Marshall 7 10\n252 275 Charleston Southern 7 10\n255 87 UC Riverside 4 14\n255 90 Toledo 4 14\n255 103 Long Beach St. 4 14\n258 159 Nevada 6 11\n258 253 High Point 6 11\n260 239 Rice 8 8\n261 295 Southern 5 12\n262 173 Tennessee Tech 7 9\n262 176 Eastern Kentucky 7 9\n262 207 Bucknell 7 9\n262 245 Cal St. Fullerton 7 9\n262 313 Presbyterian 7 9\n267 85 Texas St. 4 13\n267 212 Bryant 4 13\n269 183 Holy Cross 6 10\n270 210 Western Michigan 5 11\n270 225 Hampton 5 11\n270 273 UMKC 5 11\n273 116 Ohio 7 8\n273 141 Idaho 7 8\n273 268 McNeese St. 7 8\n273 276 Brown 7 8\n273 316 South Carolina St. 7 8\n278 123 Minnesota 4 12\n279 84 Georgia Tech 6 9\n279 120 Texas A&M Corpus Chris 6 9\n279 298 Tennessee Martin 6 9\n282 267 Air Force 8 6\n283 35 Sacramento St. 3 13\n284 200 Louisiana Monroe 5 10\n284 214 Youngstown St. 5 10\n284 291 San Diego 5 10\n287 271 South Florida 7 7\n288 150 New Hampshire 6 8\n288 249 Stephen F. 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