2008 Woodie Awards
Hard Hitting with Brandon Howard: College basketball dunks on the NBA
Sports Opinion
Brandon Howard
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: Sports
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The football season is just about over and that means another lack-luster year of NBA basketball. However, that also means another exciting college hoops season filled with triple over-time victories, diaper-dandies leading their teams to the top of the nation's best and an actual league where basketball players hold serious defense.
Many fans appreciate college basketball because it still shows magnificent team concept and it also shows that you don't have to look for that one person to be the hero because anybody can be the hero. College athletes play for their school and what it represents and this is why they play with an unlimited enthusiasm for the game. The upsets, the Cinderella teams, the experienced seniors, the electrifying diaper-dandies, the over packed student sections and the rivalries are what college and causal fans love about college basketball. Without all of those aspects, college basketball would be a lesser form of modern day NBA basketball.
NBA basketball is nowhere near exciting as college basketball. This year is the 99th year of college basketball and it is still as breathtaking as it was when the NCAA sanctioned it back in 1906.
Unlike college basketball, the NBA has been rather dull since "His Airness," also known as Michael Jordan, left the game after his second retirement, not his third. Air Jordan paved the way for young people who started watching NBA basketball in the 90s. Back then teams played an aggressive and ruthless type of defense. No one drove through the lane with free care because they knew there were five guys ready to cause any type of pain, any type of way. Back then teams played for championships, not for stats and notoriety. They also played all 82-season games with passion and did not take off an occasional game here and there.
NBA basketball now is worthless to watch unless somebody is getting dunked on or crossed up. Not all NBA players act gingerly and are arrogant when it comes to playing the game. But for those few players who still play with the passion to win for the team and play the game how it is supposed to be played, the fans thank you for showing us how the game of basketball is really supposed to be admired.
Many fans appreciate college basketball because it still shows magnificent team concept and it also shows that you don't have to look for that one person to be the hero because anybody can be the hero. College athletes play for their school and what it represents and this is why they play with an unlimited enthusiasm for the game. The upsets, the Cinderella teams, the experienced seniors, the electrifying diaper-dandies, the over packed student sections and the rivalries are what college and causal fans love about college basketball. Without all of those aspects, college basketball would be a lesser form of modern day NBA basketball.
NBA basketball is nowhere near exciting as college basketball. This year is the 99th year of college basketball and it is still as breathtaking as it was when the NCAA sanctioned it back in 1906.
Unlike college basketball, the NBA has been rather dull since "His Airness," also known as Michael Jordan, left the game after his second retirement, not his third. Air Jordan paved the way for young people who started watching NBA basketball in the 90s. Back then teams played an aggressive and ruthless type of defense. No one drove through the lane with free care because they knew there were five guys ready to cause any type of pain, any type of way. Back then teams played for championships, not for stats and notoriety. They also played all 82-season games with passion and did not take off an occasional game here and there.
NBA basketball now is worthless to watch unless somebody is getting dunked on or crossed up. Not all NBA players act gingerly and are arrogant when it comes to playing the game. But for those few players who still play with the passion to win for the team and play the game how it is supposed to be played, the fans thank you for showing us how the game of basketball is really supposed to be admired.
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