NCAA - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:09:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Facebook Loves Cinderella — Florida Gulf Coast Tops Sweet 16 Talk When little-known Florida Gulf Coast University became the first No. 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16 round in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament, Facebook users took notice. The Eagles are the most-talked-about remaining college hoops team in the U.S., with fellow underdog Wichita State taking second place. However, in terms of Facebook page popularity, blue bloods Indiana, Kansas, Duke, and Michigan are among the most-liked.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/fgcu-facebook-sweet-16_b113904#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/fgcu-facebook-sweet-16_b113904 http://allfacebook.com/?p=113904 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:43:15 +0000 Duke Tops Facebook’s NCAA Bracket, Too SocialCode wasn’t the only company to use Facebook data as part of its methodology for selecting the winner of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament and select Duke: Facebook itself chose the Blue Devils, as well, filling out its bracket based on participating teams’ buzz on the social network over the past two weeks.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/duke-facebook-ncaa-bracket_b113363#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/duke-facebook-ncaa-bracket_b113363 http://allfacebook.com/?p=113363 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:08:36 +0000 SocialCode Algorithm Pegs Duke As NCAA Tournament Winner The 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament tips off later Tuesday night, and fans throughout the country are using various strategies to fill out their brackets, as is social marketing solutions provider SocialCode, which used its own algorithm to determine that Duke will cut down the nets April 8.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/socialcode-brackets_b113347#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/socialcode-brackets_b113347 http://allfacebook.com/?p=113347 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:21:30 +0000 Facebook Apps Bring The March Madness Home Sunday, 68 teams will be selected to play in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tournament — a time of year known as March Madness. Monday, people all over the country will be filling out brackets in office pools, picking the winners of all of those college basketball games. But with dozens of games going on, how can the casual fan keep track? There are some great Facebook-integrated applications that allow fans to get closer to the game, whether they’re following their alma maters, or just seeing if their brackets will survive the first round.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/facebook-march-madness-apps-2013_b113037#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-march-madness-apps-2013_b113037 http://allfacebook.com/?p=113037 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:45:25 +0000 Facebook Game Sports Pick ‘Em Opens Playbook To Brands People love sports. Sports fans love bragging rights. OHK Sports tapped into this sentiment for a fun Facebook game, SportsPicker, which allows users to challenge friends on sports predictions. OHK Sports announced Thursday that it is offering a similar service, Sports Pick ‘Em, to brands on Facebook that want to connect with sports fans.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/sports-pick-em_b104718#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/sports-pick-em_b104718 http://allfacebook.com/?p=104718 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:13:21 +0000 Stony Brook Students Celebrate College World Series Trip With Facebook Mosaic What do you get when a pack of Seawolves come together? Apparently, an awesome Facebook photo mosaic.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/stony-brook-students-celebrate-college-world-series-trip-with-facebook-mosaic_b91956#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/stony-brook-students-celebrate-college-world-series-trip-with-facebook-mosaic_b91956 http://allfacebook.com/?p=91956 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:58:39 +0000 Facebook Checks In More March Madness Applications The 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tipped off with two games last night, but there’s still plenty of time to fill those brackets out; the Atlantic Coast Conference, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and Sporting News are all providing social applications to do that via Facebook.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/facebook-march-madness-apps_b81805#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-march-madness-apps_b81805 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=81805 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:41:57 +0000