--- description: Facebook looked at how much people are talking about March Madness teams across the country title: This Map Shows Which Sweet 16 Teams Are Generating Buzz Around the Country image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9508099cbec883a/69878525e53aba39d44d83ed/facebook-sweet-16.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [College Basketball](/tag/college-basketball/) ## College Basketball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Map Shows Which Sweet 16 Teams Are Generating Buzz Around the Country  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2015 2:03 PM CUT  The most talked-about teams on Facebook. The most talked-about teams on Facebook.Facebook  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2015 2:03 PM CUT While you’ve been keeping close tabs on your office March Madness pool, [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Sports/photos/a.452541012456.231181.359129892456/10153136653432457/?type=1&permPage=1 "undefined") has combed through more than 32 million posts, likes and comments about the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament to find out which Sweet Sixteen teams have captured the conversation (or your trash-talking) between March 15-23. Much of the chatter is regional—it’s no surprise, for example, that Wichita State has every county in Kansas talking and typing—but Facebook’s color-coded visualization shows the extent of coast-to-coast support for Kentucky, [which is currently favored](http://www.npr.org/2015/03/23/394906493/kentucky-still-favored-as-march-madness-heads-into-sweet-sixteen "undefined") to win. _Read More:_ [_Now That Your Bracket’s Busted, Here’s Who to Cheer for in the Sweet 16_](time.com/3756104/brackets-busted-cheer-sweet-16/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3757790/march-madness-facebook-map/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3757790/march-madness-facebook-map/"},"headline":"This Map Shows Which Sweet 16 Teams Are Generating Buzz Around the Country","datePublished":"2015-03-25T14:03:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:25:21.970Z","description":"Kentucky has coast-to-coast support","url":"https://time.com/3757790/march-madness-facebook-map/","keywords":["College Basketball","Sports topic","facebook","March Madness"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9508099cbec883a/69878525e53aba39d44d83ed/facebook-sweet-16.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9508099cbec883a/69878525e53aba39d44d83ed/facebook-sweet-16.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Facebook Sweet 16","caption":"The most talked-about teams on Facebook","creditText":"Facebook","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/college-basketball/","name":"College Basketball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3757790/march-madness-facebook-map/","name":"This Map Shows Which Sweet 16 Teams Are Generating Buzz Around the Country"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: March Madness 2015","description":"Take a look at the teams who could go all the way to the big dance this year.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KAqajX9Y/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-18T17:43:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KAqajX9Y.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3757790/march-madness-facebook-map/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3757790/march-madness-facebook-map/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```