The College Basketball belt map
146 cities · circle size = days held146 cities have held the College Basketball belt. Each circle is a city, sized by the days its teams have held it; press play to watch the belt travel reign by reign from Lexington, KY onward, or drag the slider to any reign. The longest-held cities: Los Angeles, CA (2,962 days over 26 reigns: UCLA, USC); Durham, NC (1,922 days over 28 reigns: Duke); Storrs, CT (1,570 days over 16 reigns: UConn); Philadelphia, PA (1,552 days over 26 reigns: Drexel, La Salle, Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph's, Temple, Villanova); Lexington, KY (1,536 days over 23 reigns: Kentucky).