UCollege basketball starts on Friday. This sport beats college football's monolith on any given day (not just Saturday).
Okay, put down the pitchforks, drives the bus-ers.
Hear me out.
Because college hoops is a better put together sport than college football. And here's why:
HOPE.
In college basketball, no matter how bad your team is, there is hope. In 1989, Rutgers basketball looked dead in the water. They were 10-12 in late February--another non-NCAA year about to go in the books, when something wonderful happened. That Scarlet Knights squad busted out 8 wins in a row, including their conference tournament and made a magical, memorable run to the Big Dance.