Kicks Analysis 2015 #3: Sweet 16
The sweet, sweet sixteen of ’15 looks like this:
- Kentucky (Nike)
- Purdue (Nike)
- Notre Dame (Under Armour)
- Wichita St. (Nike)
- Wisconsin (Adidas)
- North Carolina (Nike)
- Xavier (Nike)
- Arizona (Nike)
- Duke (Nike)
- Utah (Under Armour)
- UCLA (Adidas)
- Gonzaga (Nike)
- N.C. State (Adidas)
- Louisville (Adidas)
- Oklahoma (Nike)
- Michigan St. (Nike)
Nike commands 62.5% (10 out of 16) of the field, Adidas has 25% (4 out of 16), and Under Armour is still holding on with two teams in the Sweet 16 (12.5%).
How does this compare with the start of the tournament? Nike lost ground going from a 75% showing down to 62.5% so that means movement for Adidas and UA. Adidas upped their numbers going from 17% to 25% and Under Armour getting a slight bump from 8% to 12.5%.