Random Thought

There is one big problem with the NCAA tournament. 68 teams, and 67 of them will end up with a loss in their last game...only one team finishes as a winner. Is that really fair? Why doesn't college basketball come up with a bowl system like they have in college football. There is no reason why press writers and coaches can't vote on the national champion after just one game. We should really know how good these teams are after seeing them play once.

Beside, college basketball players aren't really there to play basketball anyway. Out of 4,000 or so college basketball players, only about 50 or so get to move on to the NBA. The rest have to find a way to become accountants, teachers and physical therapists. The longer we drag out the college basketball season, the more impossible we make it for these kids to succeed in what they are really in college for. In fact, why not finish the college basketball season in early March like we do now, and play the college basketball bowl season around Memorial Day and give these kids time to concentrate on their final exams before playing that one basketball game that will determine the National Champion. Some games, however, could take place as early as St. Patrick's Day and Easter, while the big important National Championship game can take place right after the Indianapolis 500.

What could make this even better, is that we plan these college basketball bowl games around springtime festivals in the great college basketball cities around the country. We could rotate the National Championship game between cities like Indianapolis, Houston, New Orleans and Phoenix where we can turn the giant indoor football stadiums into giant basketball arenas. We can play the smaller college basketball bowl games in cities like Salt Lake and Albuquerque. We can pay the organizers of these bowl games millions of dollars. We can require the schools that participate to purchase enough tickets for the game to ensure that they lose money.

And how often do mid-majors win the title anyway? Why not ensure that there is a coalition of the Big-6 conferences get together to lock out all of the others. If the Big East can have 11 teams in the NCAA tournament, who needs the CAA? But hey, if the smaller conferences want to have a playoff, they can be broken into their own special subdivision.

Now that I have your attention. If you think that this would be a bad move for college basketball, why do you think it makes sense for college football?