I'm going to just use Tuesday night and Wednesday night as references for this blog, because that's really all I need.

 I've been a die-hard college basketball fan my whole life, going to DePaul games since I was 5 and filling out brackets since I learned how to spell.  Besides the fact that there's nothing like March Madness, what I love about college basketball is the passion of the kids and the paegentry involved.

Take Tuesday night, Duke vs. North Carolina.  Is there a bigger rivarly in sports? Maybe a few, but this game every year is so fun to watch, no matter how good or bad one of the teams is.  Even though Duke is ranked much higher than UNC it was a phenominal game with a great finish.  Do you get the thrill of watching JJ Redick drain threes from California by watching the NBA? Or the excitment of this heated rivalry.  Obviously with an 82 game schedule you're not going to get the big rivalry games in the NBA but thats why college basketball is better and more fun to watch.

Now last night, I got to watch my future school Northwestern upset the 1st place team in the big ten, Iowa.  Talk about fun to watch--a Princeton offense and pressing defense that culminates in a huge upset and fans running on the court?  Not to mention South Carolina's spirited upset over Florida last night.  The upsets are what make college basketball special and miles ahead of the NBA.  You don't have to hear players complain about salaries, or watch one player from each team take every play one-on-one and shoot 30% from the field, or watch teams fail to play defense in college basketball.  I'm happy the Detroit Pistons are doing so well because they play team basketball and great defense, but that's only one team.  What makes college basketball great is this Saturday I'm going to the DePaul vs. Villanova game.  DePaul is obviously a huge underdog but with enough student support and if they play their A game they can get the upset and maybe I'll get to rush the court.  You don't get that joy from watching the NBA I don't think, you don't get to see North Dakota St.'s kids jump up in excitement after beating Wisconsin or teams like Creighton and Southern Illinois upsetting teams in the tourney. 

The gameplay is better, the atmosphere is amazing, and college basketball will continue to reign over the NBA.