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COLLEGE BASKETBALL OR NBA?

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MR. JAROME_CALVIN

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-Which one do you like better?

-Which teams do you like better?

-Which Radio Network Do you like to listen to better if they are talking about any of these topics?


I like both, it doesn't matter to me. If I like College Basketball, I like Boston College, Rhode Island. UMASS, Amherst College (Amherst, Massachusetts), NH Wildcats. Amherst College seems to be doing well in Football so far this year, and last year as well as last year with their Basketball team. I'm surprised they don't make it to the finals. I like any other team, all teams a good for me, as long as I have something entertaining to watch like that. I'm happy

If I like NBA, I like anytime, I like Celtics (Because that's my home team) But any one is fine for me. I'm happy to see all


I rather listen to either Fox Sports Radio (John Fricke is the best!!!) or Yahoo Sports Radio (Peter Brown is great Saturday and Sunday nights) if they are talking about these topics

and your thoughts???
 
Most people won't miss the NBA not going on in the early part of the season. There is too many games already and players are banged up and gassed by the time the NBA Finals arrive. We don't get to see the top level of play in the championship round. Give me college basketball any day.
 
i prefer nba by a mile. i've been spoiled by east and west coast voices - marv albert, greg papa, chick hearn, kevin calbro & spero dedes. the local college announcers are too homerish/amateurish for my tastes. there's exceptions at the national level - doug gottlieb is solid as an analyst but sticks mainly to tv nowadays. the ncca talk is usually decent nationally. i imagine we'll hear a ton of katz et. al during the lockout.

if there is a season, i hope john ireland crashes and burns in LA and a replacement is found soon. i think/hope spero with the NYK will thrive. i'm looking forward to the nba package just to hear him on games.

plus i hope ryen rusillo returns to the espn nba podcast.
 
thank you for your great responces.
I've heard of UCLA Bruins. I have to look out for them, because around ??? Early March, ESPN has 24 Hours of College Basketball. I look forward to seeing that.

Marv Albert has that very unique voice. The way he talk, he make you want to (watch/or listen more) weather he be on radio or tv.

Thank you for your great responces

Anyone else cares to respond? Tell us your thoughts?
 
LAUROJRM said:
I've heard of UCLA Bruins. I have to look out for them, because around ??? Early March, ESPN has 24 Hours of College Basketball. I look forward to seeing that.
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ESPN's 24 Hours of CB is held in November. I think its Nov. 9-10 this year.

ESPN radio really shouldn't bother with hoops outside of Gottleib. FSR does better with almost all of their hosts.
 
I much prefer college over NBA. I'm not obsessed with college b-ball as I am with football, so I have no real preference about which sports network I want to listen to coverage on. However, I'm interesting in hearing how Yahoo! Sports will cover it with their nightly Rivals show.
 
Friday December 2, 2011
I was switching the channels last night caught a tiny glimpse of Kentucky game. WOWWWWWWW!!!!! I must say, what a big Areana.
I think there must have been more people there than an NBA game. WOWWWW
They have big supporters there.
Around here, most times when I watch a Boston College Basketbal Game, or, Boston University, Northeastern University, UMASS Amherst, Amherst College, and New Hampshire, those crowds are very few, sometimes not even many people watching in the Areana.
(Side Note-Amherst College Football had the BEST record this (Current) past season)
Anyways.
How about if you watch Colleeg Basketball in your area? How big is the Arena or crowd?
Thank you for your time
 
Rupp Arena where UK plays holds 23500 people which is the largest basketball specific arena in the USA I believe. There are places that can seat more for basketball, like the dome in Indy, but those were built for NFL football. Most division 1 level college basketball teams have places that hold 8-15k people. For example I went to the University of Cincinnati where the Bearcats play at Fifth Third Arena at the Shoemaker Center. Catchy name huh? It holds 13,176. For several years when Bob Huggins was the coach it was sold out every game. A down period occurred after he left but they are rebuilding quite nicely. However they struggle with getting people to some of their early season cupcake match ups and even some Big East games. To me there is nothing better than the various rivalry games that occur in college basketball, the UC and Xavier one is a good example. Then the NCAA tourney is it's own animal. I like to watch the NBA during the regular season but I don't make special efforts to watch just if it is on. The NBA playoffs, especially the conference finals and the final series, is where you see the best basketball on the planet. The refs let the players play a little more as well.
 
Upper90 said:
Rupp Arena where UK plays holds 23500 people which is the largest basketball specific arena in the USA I believe. There are places that can seat more for basketball, like the dome in Indy, but those were built for NFL football. Most division 1 level college basketball teams have places that hold 8-15k people. For example I went to the University of Cincinnati where the Bearcats play at Fifth Third Arena at the Shoemaker Center. Catchy name huh? It holds 13,176. For several years when Bob Huggins was the coach it was sold out every game. A down period occurred after he left but they are rebuilding quite nicely. However they struggle with getting people to some of their early season cupcake match ups and even some Big East games. To me there is nothing better than the various rivalry games that occur in college basketball, the UC and Xavier one is a good example. Then the NCAA tourney is it's own animal. I like to watch the NBA during the regular season but I don't make special efforts to watch just if it is on. The NBA playoffs, especially the conference finals and the final series, is where you see the best basketball on the planet. The refs let the players play a little more as well.
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True about Rupp Arena, but the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University holds 33,000 for basketball (50,000 for football). Another large college basketball arena, is the Dean Smith Center at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (seating capacity 21,444).

Of course, you have NBA arenas that are regular (or semi-regular) home to men's basketball programs: Madison Square Garden (St. John's), Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia (Villanova), Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. (Georgetown), Philips Arena in Atlanta (Georgia Tech--for this season while Alexander Coliseum is being renovated), FedExForum in Memphis (University of Memphis), and Bradley Center in Milwaukee (Marquette).
 
This question has an easy answer - neither.

Basketball is fun to play but almost as repetitive as tennis to watch - and the constant stoppages ruin any flow the game might generate.

When I played, admittedly a l-o-n-g time ago, players were generally six feet tall, maybe an inch or two taller on occasion. No one was over 200 lbs. This meant there was a lot less physical contact under the net and more skill was needed for the shorter players to score from distance. We didn't need a three-point arc to encourage long shots and rebounding was an art instead of a flurry of elbows.

Over time the players got much taller and a lot heavier and the game took on more aspects of rugby on any drive to the net. Taller players meant the origination of the silliest scoring play in all of sports - the slam dunk. To accommodate the less maneuverable players single-step traveling became two-step and is almost never called today.

A game that was once style and grace became an urban gang-bang and bad conduct on the court is exceeded only by bad conduct off. Disgraceful.

As for media coverage, I can't stand listening to basketball announcers. Announcing each score in almost hysterical shouts is false given the number of points in a typical basketball game. And most announcers don't know when to shut up.

Before basketball fans explode at the generalizations made above, realize I understand there are plenty of exceptions to everything noted - but not enough of them to make me a fan.
 
I like Kentucky this year and the Miami Heat in the NBA. Kentucky is loaded with talent, albeit it young, but they have THE best kids in the country. And I think the Heat will bounce back in the strike shortened season. Their big 3 is better than any other teams.
 
I prefer college basketball to the NBA, but I prefer the NFL by a long shot to college football.
 
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