In an effort to get to know my readers better, which do you prefer, the NBA or NCAA Basketball?
I ask because often I am thinking of something to write, and there are times where I could probably write about either/or. Since I'm all about you, the reader (or at least that's what I tell you!), I was wondering which you prefer? And then, because I can, here are what I think the positives and negatives of each are:
NBA
Positives: the most skilled players in the world, extremely competitive playoff games, best athletes in the world doing unbelievable things with the basketball.
Negatives: players sometimes don't seem to try that hard at times during the regular season, too much isolation.
NCAA
Positives: great atmosphere, many different styles, players trying hard every game, the NCAA Tournament, the Cinderalla team.
Negatives: the players aren't as talented, lots of players can be hard to keep track of and follow.
Personally, I prefer the NCAA slightly. More than one person has complained to me that there are too many teams and players and it's impossible to follow... but that's what I love about the NCAA. With so many players and teams, there is always something new to learn, and there are so many different styles of play. With all the different coaches, there are hundreds of new schemes, styles of play, and all the rest. That is why I love college basketball. That, and the NCAA Tournament is by far the best sporting event one earth.
But enough about me. I ask you, the reader, which do you prefer... the NBA or NCAA Basketball?
Monday, February 12, 2007
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NCAA all the way. I can't even watch a quarter of an NBA game. something about it is so boring. even a close game.
If you root for them, how come you never write about UCLA?
Mainly because I don't get to see them play all that much. I mean, I watch UCLA's nationally televised games, but since I don't live near that area I don't get to see most of them. And when I can't see them play, there's not much I can add about them.
However, look for a writeup of them (and the rest of the top 10) sometime very soon. ;)
And to add on, that's the reason I don't write about the 76ers all that much... I follow the team and read about them elsewhere, but I am just not able to watch them play that much.
Fair enough.
Out of curiosity, how'd you end up following teams you rarely get to see?
If I'm going to watch a sport, I prefer to watch the best players the sport has to offer, so I watch more NBA games than NCAA games
"Out of curiosity, how'd you end up following teams you rarely get to see?"
For UCLA, it started back one year when I picked them to upset Duke in the NCAA Tournament... they didn't, but I really started to root for them from then on out for everything. Plus, I liked Jason Kapono, and he became the inspiration for my email address (uclabruins24 -AT- hotmail.com). It's a pretty lame way to start rooting for a team(s), but that's how it started.
For the 76ers, it basically started with Allen Iverson. I loved watching him play, and as a result loved watching the 76ers play whenever I could. So then the Sixers became "my team," and they are still my favorites even though Iverson has moved on.
So I wish I could claim that I was a UCLA and 76ers fan since I was bord, but that's not true. But I have been fans since I was about 10 or at least early teens.
I must admit though my deepest loyalties lie with the Vikings and Twins, who I have followed closely ever since I was old enough to start following them.
It's kind of a toss up for me. I love NCAA because I've always had a team right in my backyard to go watch (Oklahoma). But now, with the Hornets being in Oklahoma City, I have had a chance to watch about six NBA games up close and personal over the past couple years. I'm sure after the Hornets go back to New Orleans next year I'll go back to preferring the NCAA, but hopefully OKC gets a full-time team before too long.
Nothing matches the NCAA tournament, of course, but on a regular basis, I'll have to vote for the NBA.
I feel like I can turn on any NBA game and at least have some idea of the players, who interests me, etc. For college ball, it's much more of a crapshoot (though I enjoy learning about schools that will probably be in the tournament).
The NBA has only one positive.....Agent Zero. That is all.
NCAA, mostly because it seems like the games are faster and the wheat and the chaff are separated more easily.
The NBA's Eastern Conference is hell to watch unless it's a Wizards game and I want to see Agent Zero. All those teams are hideously sloppy. I've mostly stuck to Western Conference games this year.
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