It seems there isn't one person in all of America who doesn't have an opinion about the latest debacle regarding the BCS and its attempts to continue to monopolize college football. Recently, however, it has started to affect big-name programs. Will it affect the BCS? Probably not.
This is just one of the reasons why college basketball is far superior to college football. From March Madness to Never Nervous Pervis Ellison, here are 65 reasons why college basketball is better than college football.
65. The BCS. No BCS in college basketball, which means, guess what? No controversy, 65 teams play for the title.
64. Preseason tournaments. Did anyone catch the Maui Classic this year?
63. The band: both college football and basketball have bands, but the in the gym, you've got a drum kit and an electric guitar ... winner!
62. Larry Eustache. Some recruit and coach, others party. College basketball: where partying with opposing team's coeds happens.
61. Coach/player relationship. I don't think this is what Eustache had in mind, but because of the smaller rosters, you can feel the bond players and coaches form.
60. Pat Summitt. A head coach in a cheerleaders uniform, haven't seen it yet on the gridiron.
59. Rumeal Robinson rose from living on the street as a child to hitting two free throws with three seconds left to give Michigan the 1989 national championship. You won't find that type of pressure in college football; unless you're talking about kickers, but they're not real players.
58. Pervis Ellison, or Never Nervous Pervis, was the first of freshman phenoms to lead a team, rarely seen in college football.
57. Automatic bids. Do you want to see a team fight and scrap? Forget the three months of the college football season, watch a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship Game and you'll get an idea.
56. Blue chips.
55. Point Guard U. Yes, I'm biased, but the University of Arizona needs to be on here somewhere.
54. Indoors is where I want to be during the winter months.
53. "Send it in, Jerome": one of the best lines ever uttered in a college basketball game, by...
52. Bill Rafferty's lines are legendary.
51. St. Joseph's. Do you think a school of 7,500 enrollment would ever contend for a national championship in football?
50. Grant Hill to Christian Laettner.
49. A game everyday.
48. Stephen Curry.
47. Conference tournaments. See automatic bid.
46. The matchup zone.
45. Adam Morrison. Tom Hanks once said, "Are your crying? There's no crying in baseball!" Morrison obviously never saw this movie and left his emotions out on the court against UCLA in a regional semifinal match.
44. Selection Sunday.
43. Midnight Madness.
42. Freshman phenoms. From Carmelo Anthony to Kevin Durant, freshmen make more of an impact and provide more buzz in the college basketball game than they could ever do in football.
41. Indiana's old-school warmups.
40. Carolina Blue.
39. Lew Alcindor, the greatest college basketball player ever.
38. Jerry Tarkanian biting the towel.
37. Bob Knight.
36. Garbage time. You want to see 15,000 fans go wild, watch garbage time. You want to see 15,000 fans go wild at a college football game during garbage time, head to the parking lot.
35. Chaminade vs. Virginia.
34. 12 vs. 5.
33. UCLA's dynasty.
32. Bracketbuster Saturday. It's mid-majors pitted against each other with at-large berths on the line. Drama!
31. Princeton offense.
30. Bracketology.
29. Villanova.
28. Michigan's Fab Five.
27. Dick Vitale.
26. Cameron Crazies.
25. Student sections.
24. The V Foundation.
23. The crowd.
22. Ashley Judd.
21. Las Vegas. Head there for March Madness and I promise you it will be better than your 21st birthday.
20. Roy Williams, Jim Boeheim, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Calhoun. The Four Corners of current college coaches.
19. Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble. They scored by the buckets and when Gathers died unexpectedly, Kimble honored him.
18. Bench antics. From crossing arms to dances, sometimes there's more energy on the bench at a college basketball game than on the court.
17. Cutting down the nets.
16. Second chances. You never know when the opportunity will come to beat a team that took you down earlier in the season. Revenge is always prevalent.
15. Texas Western.
14. Marquee non-conference matchups.
13. A loss isn't the end. In college football, you lose and more than likely, your hopes of a championship are dashed, but in college basketball, it can make you stronger.
12. Duke vs. North Carolina. The greatest rivalry in sports hands down.
11. Notre Dame football. This is not a typo. Notre Dame Football is a joke and has hurt college football the last decade more than it has helped.
10. Larry vs. Magic.
9. The buzzer-beater.
8. Office pools.
7. One shining moment.
6. Cinderella.
5. Tobacco Road.
4. McArthur Court, home of the University of Oregon, built in the 1920s. These intimate arenas are what make college basketball so special.
3. John Wooden. The greatest coach ever and his pyramid of success not only helped basketball players, it continues to aid human beings.
2. March Madness. It is the greatest three weeks in sports with 65 teams all scrapping it out, leading to what college football will never be able to offer in the current format...
1. A true national champion.
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