March Madness Really Starts in November

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I bet you didn’t know that today officially marks the start of the college basketball season. With most of the attention in the sports world focused on football right now, it tends to get overshadowed, and it usually stays that way until the Super Bowl is over in early February.

So I thought I would give it some attention in my own way – by going through the list of top 25 ranked college basketball teams and taking a quick peak at each school’s website.

Why college basketball, you might be asking? Partially because I’m a college basketball fan, but more so because on the college level, there is a greater variety of website designs to look at than on the professional levels.

Some of the websites were not what I had expected at all. All of the schools on this list are major, world-renowned, brand-name universities. Yet from a design and usability perspective, some of them had absolutely awful websites. There’s no getting around it – that’s just what they are.

I won’t tell you what my favorites were, or which ones I liked the least, but you’ll probably be able to tell what I was thinking just by looking through the images below.

2008 Top 25 College Basketball Teams (Pre-season)

1. University of North Carolina

2. University of Connecticut

3. Louisville

4. UCLA

5. Duke

6. Pittsburgh

7. Michigan State

8. Texas

9. Notre Dame

10. Purdue

11. Gonzaga

12. Memphis

13. Tennessee

14. Oklahoma

15. Arizona State

16. University of Miami (Florida)

17. Marquette

18. Georgetown

19. University of Florida

20. Davidson

21. USC

22. Wisconsin

23. Kansas

24. Wake Forest

25. Villanova

Honorable Mentions

I would be remiss if I didn’t include these schools, all of which are near and dear to my immediate family. My favorite of the bunch by far is the first one – but then again, it is my alma mater, so of course I’m going to choose it!

Binghamton

University at Albany

Cornell

Siena College

Vanderbilt

Thoughts?

Now that you’ve seen them for yourself, which ones do you like and dislike? Is your alma mater’s better? Feel free to comment below and share with everyone!

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