To me, basketball is a sport consisting entirely of abnormally tall people in oversize shorts running back and forth in a space that is very small considering their freakish height. I find it very odd that this sport is built almost entirely around people who are outside the normal realm of height. There isn't another sport in which your genetics play suh a huge part in your success. The average guy is like 5'10" - he's a midget in the world of basketball.
I also don't understand why college basketball is so much more popular, it seems, than the major leaguesl. I mean, nobody cares about college baseball. So I don't get it.
I also learned just last week that it has field goals despite having no field.
All that said, I am stilll going to a Final Four Play-Off Party. They're having spinach dip!!
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Nobody cares about college basketball, but every sports fan participates in a betting pool for the NCAA tournament.
Maybe they all think that their vast sports knowledge gives them an edge in picking winners, and the tournament is sufficiently random that they do well enough to get addicted to it.
More likely, the seeming interest is because the tournament falls in the gaping hole between the end of the pro football season and the beginning of the major league baseball season.
Pro basketball games are dull. There's no pacing. Each team racks up about 100 points and then it all comes down to the last minute.
Now if they had a sniper who randomly fired tranquilizer darts at the players, I might be interested.
Posted by: Keith | April 12, 2006 2:31 PM