Not sure Kyle, I was visiting some people in Toronto, and didn't catch much of the tournament early on.
My understanding is that is the case in most of the USA. My dad's side of the family is die hard New Mexico Lobos; only a couple of them went to the school, but they still rep their local team.
I live in Canada though... and NCAA ball is pretty huge here, as our University ball is poor by comparison. So you get tons of frontrunners/bandwagon hoppers here... exactly like ManUre. So annoying.
Edit: Andy would know better about the USA situation, I stand corrected...
Flight back to BC tomorrow.. Goodnight, people.