I was sitting around trying to think about a current event to write on. To be quite honest if I had slapped together another Hot Stove article or set of rankings I was going to leap out of my office window. I settled on making a fun-filled list. For all you NBA hardcore followers, please know that I am just having a little fun here.by Trevor Freeman
Before I tell you what the topic is, I want to inform diehard NBA fans that after reading this it is okay to post angry messages on our new board and shoot me nasty e-mails.
The topic of discussion today will be 25 reasons why the NBA game is the little sister to the NCAA game. As a reminder I do watch at least 5 hours of NBA hoop a week to go with the 10 I watch of college and I am just trying to have a little fun here. Without further adieu here is our list.
(25) Take a look at the crowd at an Atlanta Hawk game and compare it to the crowd at Georgia Tech.
(24) College Basketball can offset KG and Bron with Gathers and Bias. Looks to me like a wash.
(23) You can pronounce 95% of college basketball players’ names without any problems.
(22) Gonzaga, Valpo, Butler, Southern Illinois, Kent State. Nothing better than watching Cinderella at the Ball.
(21) Latrell Sprewell won’t tell you to (Suck his D*ck( as he is exiting the court.
(20) The NBA has degenerated to isolations and pick and rolls all game long. The college game is a team-oriented free-flowing game. The way I’m sure James Naismith likes it as he gazes from the heavens.
(19) Did I mention that James Naismith never had anything to do with the history of the NBA? However he was a professor at (Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk(, that’s right Naismith taught at Kansas.
(18) Quick, name 10 NBA coaches. I’ll give you three minutes. They don’t come quite as easily as names like Knight, Williams (both Roy and Gary), Boeheim, Olson, Calhoun, Krzyzweski, Keady, Smith, and Sutton.
(17) Speaking of General Robert Montgomery Knight……….college basketball has him and the NBA never will.
(16) Cameron Indoor Stadium. Built in 1940, still probably the best atmosphere for hoops on the planet.
(15) Stephen A. Smith and Bill Walton have absolutely nothing to do with commentating on college basketball.
(14) It’s the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back that matters. The players can come and go but as long as it says North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, and UCLA the people will watch.
(13) The NCAA Tournament is the second most gambled upon sporting event behind the Super Bowl. Who doesn’t have fun filling out their brackets every March?
(12) Bo Kimble, Bryce Drew, Harold Arcenaux, and (Mouse( McFadden. Who will ever forget their March contributions?
(11) Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson won’t attack you.
(10) NCAA players can’t go on strike; NCAA hoops can’t be locked out. You never have to worry about not watching your favorite teams play.
(9) The fans care more. From Spokane, Wash to Chapel Hill, NC the fans of college basketball add more to the game. If you did what the Cameron Crazies do during the game at Staples Center or MSG, they would escort you out of the building immediately.
(8) David Stern doesn’t change the rules for the playoffs or the actual game every season. In college, you’ve always been able to play a zone……speaking of zones….
(7) John Chaney’s matchup zone and Jim Boeheim’s 2-3 zone are run better than anything being run on an NBA court………..perhaps that’s because…….
(6) In college a coach is somebody that you actually have to listen to, in the NBA he’s somebody you get fired when you do not receive enough touches.
(5) 1992. Elite Eight. Duke-Kentucky. Name one NBA game that can match that one in quality of play and intensity……….
(4) Since we’re talking about actual games right now. Quick. First game-winning shot that comes into your head? Tell me it isn’t Derrick Whittenberg launching that airball which Lorenzo Charles caught and dunked to win the 1983 NCAA Title for North Carolina State and……………
(3) That reminds me. College Basketball had Jimmy V. (If you have a goal, if you have dream, don’t give up, don’t ever give up.(
(Hold on, I got something in my eye here)
(2) When presented with a choice of coaching the NBA’s marquee franchise, the Los Angeles Lakers, Mike Krzyzewski said no. Coach K decided he was better off coaching college’s marquee team, the Duke Blue Devils.
(1) 65 teams. Single elimination tournament. One Champion. Still the fairest way to decide a champ in any sport.
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3 replies on “25 Reasons why NCAA Hoops trumps the NBA”
Um, St. Bonaventure… (10) …You never have to worry about not watching your favorite teams play.
I have family (or step-family) that went to St. Bonaventure. They did not get to see their team play for a few games a few years ago…
On that note, great article. There are always exceptions thanks to that great ‘ole NCAA.
Thank You That was an unfortunate occurrence at St. Bonaventure. That school has a very underrated basketball tradition.
NCAA is watered down — The NCAA is watered-down. All of the talent is in the NBA. “But no one in the NBA plays defense.” Who wataches basketball to see good defense?!? You watch a sport for two reasons: 1. To be entertained and 2. To see your team win. Maybe if you follow a certain team, you’d want THEM to play D (Like the Detroit Pistons). Otherwise you want to see people get their ankles broken and get dunked on. Or you can watch Duke’s great zone press. Yuck.