Kentucky easily. Kentucky as a basketball program can't hold a candle to Alabama as a football program, yet their fans act like they are indeed the Alabama of basketball.
On top of a sport that most of America does not care about. Everybody wants to be good at football. Outside of a few pockets of the country nobody cares about college basketball and it’s just an added bonus. Go look at the ratings of college basketball viewership in regular season. 8 Titles in over 100 years when the odds and participation leaned in their favor while Alabama has 7 Titles post Bear Bryant era…not even remotely close.Kentucky easily. Kentucky as a basketball program can't hold a candle to Alabama as a football program, yet their fans act like they are indeed the Alabama of basketball.
Not. Even. Close.
They won most of their titles when the tournament was 8 all white teams in shorty shorts with a coach named Adolph.
It would be funny if UTEP entered the tournament and beat them.Kentucky easily. Kentucky as a basketball program can't hold a candle to Alabama as a football program, yet their fans act like they are indeed the Alabama of basketball.
Not. Even. Close.
They won most of their titles when the tournament was 8 all white teams in shorty shorts with a coach named Adolph.
Is this a serious post? Do you honestly want to compare the histories of Kentucky and Kansas? Kentucky has more wins, a better winning percentage, double the amount of national titles, more national title game appearances, and more final fours. Besides that, KU is a better program. The only thing that Carolina has more of than Kentucky is final four appearances.
UCLA has one great stretch under Wooden. But if you’re going to qualify Kentucky’s success, shouldn’t you be doing the same with UCLA? After all, they were most successful in an era where you only had to win four games to win the title and when the tournament was regionalized. Meaning you only had to beat teams from the west coast to reach the final four. I honestly would put UCLA behind KY and UNC, and maybe even KU. All of those programs have won titles under at least three different coaches.
I'm a football fan first, basketball second, but would disagree that most of america doesn't care about basketball. Can't really compare regular season viewership b/c half the games are played during the week, and many more games, as regular season isn't as important. March Madness is a sporting event like none other. CFB going to 12 teams is a step in right direction.
Yes people love March madness…that’s it. Outside of the states of Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina nobody really cares man. People just like the tournament and like to see multiple games on at the same time and root for upsets. It’s all about March and after the first two weekends people move on to other stuff and do not think about it until the next March. If people cared the schools in the Sec would have a history of basketball to match their football.
That was the fault of SEC teams in the past that didn't invest in other sports outside of football. The last 15-20 years they have,and it's shown. 8 SEC teams in the tournament this year. Second most in the tournament field. Not to mention the huge success with baseball and softball. College Football can be king,but I think the SEC has flourished as a conference in large part to football.
Sec has always taken pride in baseball and other sports for that matter (basketball not so much)…you would be surprised how little people care about college basketball nationwide…if it was so popular most programs wouldn’t need football to exist…very few even make a profit…in the real world if you don’t make a profit we know what happens to your job or position
Ratings and money support his point. I don’t care about any basketball besides Tennessee until March. It’s hard to care because regular season games are rendered meaningless by a tournament that randomizes the entire season. And basketball is the most affected by officiating.
