Collegehoopsnet.com's Spirit Awards
The Spirit
Awards is your chance to vote for the very best in college basketball.
College basketball is a lot more than just the game, its the total
experience of being a fan. The arena, the crowd, the band, the
cheerleaders, the coaches and much much more. Vote now for your
favorites in the 16 top categories listed below!
| 2003-04 Spirt
Awards Final Press Release |
 April
14th, 2004 -
CollegeHoopsnet.com announced the winners of the 2003-04
Spirit Awards. The Spirits honor the very best in the world of
college basketball, both on the court and off.
The
University of Kentucky took home three Spirit Awards,
including Best College Basketball Fans and Best Athletic
Department Website,
www.ukathletics.com. Duke University, which won two
Spirit Awards, was voted the nation’s Ultimate College Basketball
School.
The most
popular winner, with 42% of the vote for Favorite Team Nickname,
was the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin’
Cajuns. The University of Arizona was well represented in
The Spirits, as GoAZCats.com was chosen as the Best College
Basketball Fansite and Lute Olson was voted Favorite Coach in
College Basketball.
In the closest
race for a Spirit Award, the University of Southern California
barely edged out the University of Kentucky for Favorite Dance
Team by just 3 votes.
56 teams,
representing 20 conferences, were nominated in The Spirits’ 16
categories. The nominations were selected through an initial
round of voting open to CollegeHoopsnet.com writers and message
board readers. The final voting was open for 7 days, with fans
from around the country voting by filling out a ballot on
CollegeHoopsnet.com.
FINALSPIRIT AWARDS RESULTS -Percentage
of vote received
1) Best
Arena for College Basketball-
Butler,
Connecticut, Duke, Kansas, Rutgers, St John's
WINNER
- DUKE 25%, 2nd Place - RUTGERS 23%
2) Best
College Basketball Fans-
Connecticut, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Rutgers
WINNER
- KENTUCKY 32%, 2nd Place - RUTGERS 25%
3) Favorite
Team Nickname-
Campbell,
Louisiana Lafayette, St Louis, Texas, UC Irvine, UC Santa
Barbara, Wichita State
WINNER
- LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE 42%, 2nd Place - UC IRVINE 15%
4) Favorite
Team Logo-
Delaware,
Florida State, Gonzaga, Iowa, Providence, Richmond, Texas,
Washington State
WINNER
- GONZAGA 19%, 2nd Place - TEXAS 18%
5) Favorite
Team Mascot-
Arizona,
Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, St Joseph's, Stanford, Syracuse,
Western Kentucky
WINNER
- WESTERN KENTUCKY 21%, 2nd Place - ST JOSEPH'S 20%
6) Favorite
Team Uniforms-
Cincinnati, Duke, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, UCLA
WINNER
- NORTH CAROLINA 22%, 2nd Place - OREGON 18%
7) Favorite
Cheerleading Squad-
Arizona,
Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Morehead State, USC
WINNER
- KENTUCKY 26%, 2nd Place - ARIZONA 21%
8) Favorite
Dance Team-
CS
Fullerton, Florida, Florida State, Kentucky, Louisville,
Minnesota, USC
WINNER
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 23%, 2nd Place - KENTUCKY 23%
9) Favorite
Pep Band-
Arizona,
Connecticut, Florida A&M, Illinois, Maryland, Stanford, Wisconsin
WINNER
- FLORIDA A&M 20%, 2nd Place - STANFORD 19%
10) Best
Athletic Department Website-
Austin
Peay, Connecticut, Kentucky, Nort Carolina, Notre Dame, Pepperdine,
Vanderbilt
WINNER
- KENTUCKY 23%, 2nd Place - PEPPERDINE 14%
11) Best
Conference Website-
Atlantic
Coast Conference, Big 10 Conference, Big 12 Conference, Ivy
League, Northeast Conference
WINNER
- BIGTEN.ORG 26%, 2nd Place - IVYLEAGUESPORTS.COM 24%
12) Best
College Basketball Fansite-
DukeBasketballReport.com, GoAZCats.com, GoldenEagles.net,
MiamiHawkTalk.com, Phog.net,
TigerBoard.com
WINNER
- GOAZCATS.COM 27%, 2nd Place - MIAMIHAWKTALK.COM 21%
13) Game of
the Year: 2003-04-
Stanford/Arizona, Maryland/Duke, Ga Tech/OK State, UK/Miss St, OK
State/St Joes, Stanford/Washington St
WINNER - OKLAHOMA STATE/ST JOSEPH'S 27%, 2nd Place -
STANFORD/ARIZONA 26%
14) Favorite
Coach in College Basketball-
Jon
Chaney, Bob Knight, Mike Krzyzewski, Phil Martelli, Lute Olson,
Rick Pitino, Roy Williams, Jay Wright
WINNER - LUTE OLSON 24%, 2nd Place - BOB KNIGHT 14%
15) Fans
Choice: Coolest Team in Basketball-
Connecticut, Duke, Georgia Tech, Gonzaga, Louisville, Southern
Illinois, St Joseph's, UAB
WINNER
- ST JOSEPH'S 21%, 2nd Place - UCONN 17%
16) Ultimate
College Basketball School-
Arizona,
Connecticut, Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, Stanford
WINNER - DUKE 23%, ARIZONA 21%
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