UPDATE: VPI pet names called it! Duke has won the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament!
This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has an animal loving vibe with 12 teams sporting dog or cat related nicknames. But which team will have the pet power to cut down the nets on April 6 in Indianapolis? Will it be the Wildcats – Kentucky, Villanova or Arizona? Or, will the championship go to the dogs – Gonzaga, Virginia or Butler? To predict the 2015 champion, Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. (VPI), the nation’s first and largest provider of pet health insurance, analyzed its database of more than 525,000 insured pets to determine the March Madness winner based on pet name popularity.
Below is a list of the most popular pet names based on the teams participating in the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (total number of pets sharing that name in parenthesis):
Pet Name (number of pets) – 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Team
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The tournament will have plenty of canine support with the following breeds being represented:
- Bulldogs – (3) Gonzaga, Butler and Georgia
- Great Danes – Albany
- Terriers – Wofford
- Huskies – Northeastern
- King Charles “Cavaliers” – Virginia
Cats litter the March Madness brackets as well, including:
- Wildcats – (4) Kentucky, Villanova, Arizona and Davidson
- Bearcats – Cincinnati
Based on pet name popularity, the Duke Blue Devils will upset the top seeded Kentucky to win the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Duke ranks 36th overall on the list of VPI’s most popular pet names, which encompasses nearly 70,000 pet monikers from 525,000 insured pets. VPI pet names have already correctly predicted the NCAA College Football Champion and the Super Bowl Champion in 2015.
Does your pet have a March Madness moniker? Let us know in the comments below!
