A lot of it is the difference between college football and basketball. College football has no parity right now and there are just a handful of super teams. Combine that with the smaller amount of games and you have less opportunities to feel good about a season.
In basketball, you have more parity. And between early season tourneys, conference races, conference tourney and the National tournament (plus multiple games against rivals) you have more opportunities for accolades.
The SP+ ranking for football program is probably comparable year in and year out to the Kenpom rankings for the basketball program but college basketball is fun and most college football games feel pointless unless you are Alabama, OSU and two others.
YesâŚand it is the only sport where a single loss basically ruins your entire season. This board is going to melt down a couple times when we lose this year, but it will be minor and temporary because we will have another game in a couple of days and it takes all season to really know if youâre having a bad year. In football it is now perfection or nothingâŚwhich is why I have come around on the idea of an expanded playoff.
Excited for actual basketball content starting with the scrimmage today.
Lots of true tidbits in this. There are more opportunities for real âsuccessâ in college basketball according to a number of events that you mention. In CFB, is it a successful season if you take fifth in your conference and make it to the Music City Bowl presented by Cheetos? (Not that thereâs anything wrong with Cheetos, mind you.) But for most CBB teams, making it to the NCAA Menâs Basketball Tournament is a pretty big deal and - unless you have GREAT ASPIRATIONS once you get there - the mark of a successful season. Unless, of course, you get beat by, say, the Summit League representative or get bounced in the First FourâŚ
A lot of apples and oranges comparisons, but I thought the same about how Xavier Simpsonâs suspension was rather, um, brief⌠There is a lot of protection to student athletes. Iâm not endorsing it, not approving it, but itâs evident in nearly all such transgressions.
I would assume it will always vary depending on circumstance and those that it directly effected. I look at such dichotomy as school/NCAA punishment versus additional judicial action for more egregious crimes/violations.
Canât really compare to the Kofi thing because one is an NCAA eligibility penalty and one is a team issued suspension. Programs can set their own rules for things like failed drug tests, DUIs, etc.
