To see college basketball is to see a bumbling bastardization of Dr. Naismith’s invention. What is March Madness without possessions that end in turnovers, bodies falling on the ground, and coaches screaming? What is it without trite announcers that discuss Coach K’s accomplishments with glee?
March Madness, the infamous NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament that happens in late March to early April, is an American institution — in all of the capitalist and long-established ways that America has chosen to be. Players aren’t getting paid, and TV executives and the NCAA itself are making the loot on the backs of the college kids sweating and stumbling all over the court for our entertainment.