Top 5 Reasons March Madness is Better Than NBA Playoffs

Ok, I already wrote this blog once and it got deleted some how. But I really liked it so I am going to take the time to do it again.
The great thing about this blog is how mind-numbingly obvious it is. This one is a no brainer. All I have to do is state the facts and put a few commonly observed remarks by them. The differences between March Madness and NBA playoff is something we have all noticed. Come on, we have all filled out a bracket in our day. Here we go.

5. Popular By Association- Most of us have been to college,(if you are smart enough to get on the internet and read this blog) weather it be for just a semester or two, or seven years. No matter how long you were at college you were a part of something bigger. Of course the longer you were there the more of a bond you may have with your school. That bond transpires into everything associated with that school, including sports. If your school is in the big dance you feel as though you will be dancing too. That is why the fans are so rabid. No one can say, "I attended University of LA Lakers". They may live in LA but they really aren't a part of the Lakers, nor will cheering really really loudly make them any more a Laker.

4. Crazy Coaches- The college coaches are nuts!! They are emotionally involved with the game and the players. They don't want to win for the sake of winning, they need to keep a job. This is their livelihood. How many other professions do you know where a person puts their career in the hands or 19 year olds? You had better believe I would be throwing chairs on the court like Bobby Knight, or pushing players around like that other coach..Ok, that was Bobby Knight too. With every game a college coach watches the progress or demise of his career. NBA on the other hand, they will just go to some other team if they lose, or just retire because they make a few mill anyway. No biggy

3. Filling Out a Bracket- There is no bracket for the NBA finals. Need I say more? No, but I will. No matter if you are an ESPN Specialist of a mother of 3 that picks due to team colors, you have a chance of winning. There is a sense of empowering when filling out a bracket, I always think I am so smart when picking those huge upsets, like I know some future telling secret and I will be considered a genius amongst my peers for picking a big upset. How the heck are you going to make a seven game bracket?!?!?

2. Heart- I know NBA players are more talented than NCAA players, but there is something about how hard they play, the intensity, that is so appealing. There is something about still having a white guy make an impact on the game that is somewhat thrilling. You can only get that in March Madness. I think NBA players rely on there sheer athletic ability to get them through the games, but college athletes have to make up for lack of ability in pure hustle. Give me five hustlers over five show boats any day!!

1. Win or Go Home, NOT Win or Play Again, And if You Lose, We Will Play Again Just to be Sure, Then Maybe One More Time, Then You Might Go Home- I saw a commercial the other day on TNT advertising the NBA playoff, it had a little black kid saying "Win or Go Home" at the end of the commercial. It really made me laugh out loud (lol). If TNT wanted a literal catch phrase that little boy would have said "Win or we can play again, if you don't win that game we can play one more, and if you still don't win, its ok we will play again, and then one more time for financial reason and so our sponsors can get paid and we can really drag this thing out, but if you lose that game, you will go home!! BOOOYAHH!!". Now that is an NBA play off slogan. March Madness is the only playoff system that is true to the "win or go home" phrase. They bust their butts every game in fear of going home, not in fear of having to play the same team four more times! I seriously hope I am not the only one seeing humor...or shame in this, depending on how you look at it. Please, please, for all of us ADD people, go to a one game play off system!