| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #19055 |
| 1 | Are you a fan of college basketball? |
| 800 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Yes | 59% | 63% | 54% | 64% | 50% | 60% | 60% | 57% | 60% | 62% | 58% | 46% |
| No | 40% | 35% | 44% | 35% | 49% | 38% | 34% | 42% | 36% | 36% | 40% | 52% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 18% | 58% | 42% | 54% | 32% | 14% |
| 2 | Which Kansas team will go the furthest in the NCAA tournament? Kansas University? Kansas State? Or Wichita state? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Kansas University | 74% | 79% | 69% | 64% | 73% | 82% | 84% | 68% | 83% | 77% | 71% | 72% |
| Kansas State | 13% | 9% | 18% | 23% | 12% | 6% | 9% | 18% | 7% | 17% | 5% | 17% |
| Wichita State | 11% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 6% | 12% | 9% | 6% | 20% | 11% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 3 | Which team will be the first to lose in the NCAA tournament? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Kansas University | 6% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 9% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Kansas State | 52% | 60% | 42% | 46% | 54% | 54% | 57% | 49% | 55% | 49% | 58% | 52% |
| Wichita State | 37% | 31% | 44% | 42% | 35% | 35% | 32% | 39% | 34% | 40% | 31% | 36% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 8% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 4 | If Wichita State and Kansas University meet in the tournament, who do you think would win? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.7% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Wichita State | 15% | 16% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 10% | 23% | 18% |
| Kansas University | 79% | 80% | 78% | 78% | 83% | 77% | 80% | 80% | 78% | 86% | 69% | 75% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 4% | 8% | 7% | 0% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 7% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 5 | If Wichita State and Kansas State meet in the tournament, who do you think would win? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Wichita State | 43% | 46% | 40% | 33% | 52% | 46% | 47% | 41% | 46% | 35% | 57% | 47% |
| Kansas State | 53% | 49% | 57% | 65% | 47% | 47% | 45% | 58% | 46% | 62% | 37% | 50% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 7% | 8% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 3% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 6 | Which team will you be rooting for in the NCAA tournament? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Kansas University | 54% | 52% | 56% | 47% | 54% | 59% | 60% | 50% | 59% | 58% | 48% | 51% |
| Kansas State | 24% | 23% | 25% | 36% | 18% | 15% | 23% | 29% | 19% | 28% | 15% | 34% |
| Wichita State | 14% | 17% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 14% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 8% |
| Other | 5% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 7 | Each team in the tournament is seeded with a number between 1 and 16. How high of a seed do you think Kansas University will receive? 1? 2? 3? 4? 5? 6? Or higher than that? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| 1 | 55% | 61% | 49% | 52% | 63% | 57% | 49% | 57% | 53% | 57% | 55% | 45% |
| 2 | 18% | 16% | 20% | 21% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 16% | 11% |
| 3 | 10% | 7% | 13% | 14% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 13% | 13% |
| 4 | 8% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 4% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 7% |
| 5 | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 8% |
| 6 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 5% |
| Higher | 3% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 8 | How high of a seed do you think Kansas State will receive? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| 1 | 6% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| 2 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 0% |
| 3 | 6% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 13% | 2% | 11% | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| 4 | 7% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 8% | 14% |
| 5 | 11% | 13% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 6 | 18% | 15% | 22% | 22% | 16% | 18% | 14% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Higher | 43% | 46% | 39% | 50% | 53% | 33% | 28% | 52% | 31% | 46% | 40% | 35% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 10% | 3% | 11% | 4% | 10% | 10% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 9 | How high of a seed do you think Wichita State will receive? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| 1 | 6% | 3% | 10% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| 2 | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 13% |
| 3 | 6% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 15% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| 4 | 13% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 6% | 19% | 16% | 9% | 18% | 11% | 15% | 13% |
| 5 | 13% | 16% | 8% | 8% | 18% | 12% | 15% | 12% | 13% | 9% | 19% | 13% |
| 6 | 15% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 16% |
| Higher | 34% | 33% | 35% | 34% | 45% | 32% | 23% | 39% | 28% | 39% | 28% | 25% |
| Not Sure | 10% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 13% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 12% | 9% | 8% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 10 | Which conference do you think will produce the NCAA champion? The ACC? The Big 10? Big 12? Big East? MVC? SEC? Pac 10? Or another conference? |
| 469 College Basketball Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| ACC | 11% | 17% | 5% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 4% |
| Big 10 | 6% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 4% | 9% | 4% | 11% | 2% |
| Big 12 | 60% | 54% | 67% | 74% | 54% | 49% | 58% | 66% | 53% | 66% | 49% | 62% |
| The Big East | 10% | 10% | 11% | 5% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 8% | 13% | 8% | 12% | 15% |
| MVC | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 6% |
| SEC | 7% | 10% | 4% | 4% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 5% | 3% |
| Pac-10 | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Another Conference | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 5% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Basketball Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 57% | 43% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| 11 | Do you wear your seat belt at all times when driving? Only during the day? Only at night? Or do you usually not wear a seat belt when driving? |
| 800 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 2.3% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| All The Time | 88% | 82% | 94% | 84% | 88% | 89% | 93% | 86% | 91% | 88% | 88% | 87% |
| Only During The Day | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Only At Night | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Never | 6% | 10% | 3% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 18% | 58% | 42% | 54% | 32% | 14% |
| 12 | Is a $10 fine for not wearing a seat belt while driving too strict? Too lenient? Or just about right? |
| 800 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Region | |||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Too Strict | 12% | 17% | 8% | 13% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 10% |
| Too Lenient | 46% | 45% | 47% | 44% | 47% | 50% | 43% | 45% | 47% | 48% | 44% | 44% |
| About Right | 39% | 37% | 42% | 40% | 36% | 37% | 46% | 38% | 41% | 39% | 38% | 43% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 18% | 58% | 42% | 54% | 32% | 14% |