Cinderella runs spur interest in lesser-known schools

Google search traffic spiked for Davidson in March 2008, Butler in March 2010 and 2011, and Florida Gulf Coast in March 2013 during each school's unexpected success in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Google Trends data is relative, so 100 is the most traffic of any of these search terms during the time period.
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