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Why is college basketball so popular? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by DonT012@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I had no idea just how popular college basketball is. For example, the subreddit has 2.2M subscribers. Although here it has 8.5M, it's really absurd how popular college basketball is. What's so special about it compared to NBA? I mean only Americans can really watch it. While in the NBA, it's more global. I've even heard that the revenue generated for unpaid college basketball players is extremely high, some even higher than certain NBA franchises.

Why is college basketball so popular? What makes this so special if those players are not proven to be in the NBA yet? On the other hand, college baseball isn't really popular compared to MLB itself.

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[–] thesch@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Imagine a postseason where a team like the Lakers could potentially be knocked out by like a semi-pro team based in Montana. That's what makes college basketball exciting. You can see some small school you've never heard of being able to take out Duke.