March Madness 2011 Kicks Analysis #9: The Champ

Let’s roll it back to 1999. Who was the NCAA Men’s Basketball champion that year? Yep, the UConn Huskies wearing Nikes. How’s the kicks champions looked since then?

• 1999 Connecticut (Nike)
• 2000 Michigan State (Reebok Answers)
• 2001 Duke (Nike)
• 2002 Maryland (Nike Shox Stunners)
• 2003 Syracuse (Nike Shox)
• 2004 Connecticut (Nike Lebron Zoom Generation and Air Force Operates)
• 2005 North Carolina (Nike Retro Jordan X)
• 2006 Florida (Nike)
• 2007 Florida (Nike)
• 2008 Kansas (Adidas)
• 2009 North Carolina (Nike)
• 2010 Duke (Nike)
• 2011 Connecticut (Nike)

Busting out the old calculator, Nike has 11 of the past 13 victories for a 84% win rate. Michigan State’s Reeboks account for 8% along with Kansas’ Adidas for the remaining 8%. So when picking your brackets, play the odds and pick a Nike team as the last one standing. Just do it.