UPDATE: Ahem ... we hate to toot our own horn but -- toot!  Huskies 53, Bulldogs 41.

To celebrate Super Bowl Sunday, RiseSmart conducted a study earlier this year that showed an interesting correlation between Super Bowl winning cities and jobless rates.  In 17 of the past 20 matchups, the winner hailed from the metropolitan area with the lower unemployment rate.

So, does RiseSmart's "Super Bowl rule" carry over to March Madness?  We'll see tonight, as Butler takes on Connecticut in the NCAA men's basketball championship.

If the jobless rate correlation applies here, expect UConn to prevail over underdog Butler.  Butler's home town of Indianapolis had an average unemployment rate of 9.0 percent in 2010 and an 8.7 percent jobless rate in January 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  

By contrast, UConn's home base of Tolland County, in northeastern Connecticut, had a significantly lower average unemployment rate of 7.7 percent in 2010 and a 8.1 percent jobless rate in January 2011.   

Sorry, Bulldogs.  It looks like the Huskies' night.

Here's a sample of some of the media attention our Super Bowl correlation has garnered --