Do people who watch College Basketball tend to know more about basketball?

• Ive noticed people that say they dont watch college basketball dont know as much about the game as people who do. In watching college basketball you also get to see these young talents before they ever wear an NBA jersey. To me college basketball is more exciting and I enjoy talking about it more than the NBA. There is nothing like the upsets,the school pride,the cinderellas,and the NCAA Tournament. Im not saying people that dont watch college dont know anything about basketball Im just saying the college fans that post on here know more than just the NBA fans. During the NCAA Tournament this site was really fun to post on and the people here were alot more intelligent. Im a big NCAA basketball fan though Do people who watch College Basketball tend to know more about basketball? BQ: What are your 2 favorite college basketball teams?

• Answer:

  People who follow the college game closely as well as the NBA would probably know more about the players at both levels, as opposed to people who follow the NBA more than college. The college game changes so quickly now because the good players don't stay for more than a year. If you think about the Olympic Dream team in '92, every one of those guys except Magic Johnson played at least 3 years in college, Magic played two. (Bird 3 yrs plus redshirt, Jordan 3 years, Ewing 4 years, Robinson 4 years, Barkley 3 years, Mullin 4 years, Laettner 4 years, Pippen 4 years, Stockton 4 years, K. Malone 3 years Drexler 3 years) In those days, you could get used to players having 3 and 4 year rivalries with other players... that doesn't happen any more. It's actually pretty easy to lose track of college guys now because the ones that leave early go high in the draft to crappy teams and you never see them again...at least, it seems that way. But, I think it's probably true that the vast majority of NBA fans are also college fans, while there are a lot of college fans who don't really follow the NBA. I don't think you can make a generalization about pro fans and college fans though... any fan that takes the time to learn about the game, its history and its players can do so. I'm guessing you probably know more people who are big time college fans, which can sway your thinking in this area. But good job being a Scarlet Knights fan!! Forget them Tar Heels, lol...they just got lucky last year... and in 2005...and in 1993....and in 1982...and especially in 1957! Rutgers just never gets the lucky bounces, that's all. We'd have been national champions every year if we could just recruit lol