This is, by far, my favorite sport to watch. It’s chock full of hotties and edge-of-the-seat exciting. And come March, it gets super intense–more so than any other sport because it’s do or die.
These teams have one shot to make it to the next round and it often comes down to one final shot at the buzzer. They are playing with so much heart because for a lot of them, it is their final game–they aren’t going on to play professional basketball. It was hard to just pick a few reasons to learn college ball!
The Top 10!
1. The Ultimate Harvesting Ground of Hot Young College Guys They are in amazing physical condition, they are wearing sleeveless jerseys and their muscles are bulging all over the court. And educated! i mean, hello, it’s college ball! What more can you ask for? I don’t care how many years out of college you may be, indulge in your Mrs. Robinson fantasy then!
The March Madness Brackets. Pick your fave hotties and maybe win some cash!
2. You only have to watch 11 days of the year unless your man is a die hard fanatic for his alma mater or something. The regular season doesn’t mean a whole lot in college ball. In fact, often, the best teams all season wind up losing in the end. It all comes down to their playoff season: March Madness. And once the 65 teams are placed into their brackets, look out! It’s 11 days packed full of hot men. I mean, basketball games.
2a. Even in March Madness, only the last 20 seconds really matter.
Forget who was ahead with 5:00 minutes left in the game; in so many of these playoff round games, the final minute is where the action is at. It’s thrilling and often ends in a buzzer beating shot, or heartbreaking miss. Wow, just thinking about it made me itch for it to be March again!
3. It’s like a sneak preview of the hottest fall couture collections. No really! Think of it like this: The top college players get drafted in the NBA in June and make their professional debuts in November. So if you watch them play in March, you are totally getting a sneak peek at fall’s newest crop of hotties to watch for! Too bad they don’t have a catalog with home delivery to order from….
4. “Cinderella, The Big Dance, Sweet 16″ are all terms used to describe their playoffs! How bad could they be?
5. Filling out your own brackets. Come March, they release the top 65 teams headed to “the big dance” playoffs. It is so much fun to pick out the teams you want to win! I once chose my teams soley on school colors, colleges that sounded pretty or were near where I lived, and of course, which ones had the hottest guys and guess what, I won the pool! My guy friends were not too amused but hey, I got $150!
6. There is only one Dick Vitale and he is in the NCAA. He’s a Diaper Dandy, Baby, Dipsy-doo Dunk-a-roo Slam-Jam-Bam, Baby! No really, that’s what he says. Dicky V’s the legendary NCAA announcer with a voice that ingratiates its way into your brain. He really is impossible to describe but he is known for his “It’s Awesome, Baby!” and well, his own made-up language really. ESPN has even put out a dictionary to help you inderstand him: Dick Vitale’s Dictionary, it’s hysterical! He has been likened to an over-caffeniated Rosie O’Donell. He talks bout NCAA basketball the way she did Tom Cruise, sickeningly cute adjectives and all! (thanks to mark for the analogy!)
Genuis? Or Totally Insane? At least he is entertaining!
7. The fans are just as crazy as Dicky V. The stands are absolutely packed with war-painted faces screaming their heads off. And often, they are shirtless with additional war paint covering their stomachs. It’s quite strange. The school band is there too egging the crowd on with school anthemes and fight songs.
War-painted Jayhawks fans get cookoo for KU
8. School teams have seriously funny names like….the Hawaii Rainbows. I’m sure that strikes fear into the hearts of their opponents…the Maryland Terrapins (aka turtles). Others will leave you wondering what the heck it means. Seriously some are just made up stuff. Ohio State Buckeyes???? Oklahoma Sooners? Sooner than what? Illinois Fighting Illini. Um, ok. Can’t even really say that. Ill-inny? Ill-eye-ni? Scary I’m sure. And my favorite, the Southern Illinois Salukis. Which, after a painfully boring article about why on earth these people thought it would be a good name, I discovered is some ancient purebreed dog from Egypt.
The emaciated Saluki that is supposed to be a threat to opponents.
9. They are more accessible then the NBA players! So ladies, if you plan right and pick out a winner and stick with him for a few years and marry him, you could be helping him spend his $20 million per year salary! Ray Allen was at UConn and Paul Pierce at Kansas U. before pulling down $20 mil for the Celtics!
10. The cheerleaders. I’m actually serious. The big schools have amazing cheer teams that go to competitions and their talent level is unbelievable. And they are much more covered up then the the pro baller girls. Plus, they usually have guys on the squad!
About the author: Jennifer Taglione is the owner of this fabulous website Stiletto Sports. Despite writing well over 500 posts, she still maintains that she is not a sports writer! She is however a huge fan of Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Mark Sanchez, the Celtics, and totally kicks butt on March Madness brackets! Connect with her by following her on Twitter @StilettoSportsJ and subscribing to her weekly newsletter. For more info check out the About the Editor page!
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