NBA over College

There are many reasons that I like the NBA over College Basketball. The first is the playground rule. How many times have you been at the playground and all the best players are on the same time and they run about 11 games in a row without losing? A friend/foe that I sometimes refer to as "Life" had to remind me that I did the same thing in a high school basketball tournament and at the time, I thought it was tight but now that I look at it, it was actually kind of poo. I did the same thing that prime basketball universities always do. They get all the best talent and are expected to win. If they lose, they make excuses or it's some unfortunate set of circumstances that cause them to lose. (Think Chris Webber timeout.) Fortunately, my team did not lose but you get the point. Let's take a look at a few teams in the Sweet 16: Duke, Arizona, North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas, Connecticut, Michigan State and Syracuse. Now, think about it for a second and most casual college fans can realize that all of these colleges have won or been to National Championship in the last 15 years. Duke ( won 2001), Arizona (won 1997), North Carolina (Won 2005), Memphis(lost 2008), Kansas(won 2008), UCONN (won 2004), Michigan State (won 2000), and Syracuse( won 2003). Not only have these teams won in the last 15 years, 7 out of 8 has won or been to the championship in the last decade. Let's not forget Villanova won the title in 1985 and Louisville in 1986. Also, let's not mention that the college basketball instiuition of Rick Pitino won it with Kentucky in 1996 and has been to the final four with three different teams.(Providence, Kentucky, Lousiville). College Basketball is like picking a fantasy team on Madden football with no salary cap. In today's game, you could essentially have Peyton Manning at quarterback, Adrian Peterson at running back and Larry Fitzgerald at wide receiver. You would have the best offense in the league. Now, think about that in terms of college basketball. In the 2005 nba draft, North Carolina had 4 players in the first round of the nba draft: Marvin Williams (2), Raymond Felton (5), Sean May (13), & Rashad McCants (14). The only other team to have more than one player in the 2005 nba draft was Illinois with Deron Williams (3) and Luther Head(24). Can you guess who North Carolina played in the championship that year? Yep, Illinois. Now it sounds like my case is designed to be less for the NBA and more against college basketball. Without a stutter, I can easily state the the nba has a flawless resume. The nba has all the best talent in the WORLD and all the best coaches in the WORLD. What more do you need? A coach is a coach no matter what the level is as evident by John Calipari's and Rick Pitino's unimpressive stints in the NBA. So, I am saying that those two coaches are only good at a level where they can get all the best players in the country. On December 9, 2008, the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Lakers 113-101. The Lakers have the second best record in the league and the Kings have the worst record. So when a lower seed in a 64 man tournament beats a higher seed, you can now shut and understand that this happens in the NBA at least once a week. I picked the most extreme case with the Lakers and the Kings and I am trying to point out that the highest selling point of excitement for the NCAA happens every week in the NBA. Anyhow, since I just threw this article together I am going to close it out because I need to check my NCAA bracket results.