Top 5 Reasons College Football Makes College Basketball Look Like a Joke

Jan 24, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Louisiana Lafayette Ragin Cajuns forward Shawn Long (21) is called for a charge defended by Georgia State Panthers forward T.J. Shipes (31) in the first half of their game at GSU Sports Arena. Georgia State won 75-64. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports

3. College Basketball Embraces Poor Play

The 35 second shot clock, one and one on free throws in the bonus, no continuation rule, technical foul being two shots and the ball, and the way players are not forced to play defense shows that college basketball bends over backwards for teams with lesser talent.

Essentially, the sport cheapens the beauty of an upset, and that is all college basketball ever goes for.

Consider that women’s basketball has fewer seconds to get a shot off on offense than men’s. But why does men’s keep this shot clock?

Because that way a subpar team could get away with holding the ball in a game to possibly steal a win in the end.

Why is the technical foul two shots and the ball and free throws one and one in the bonus? Because it allows for more comebacks at the end, even if the comebacks are not legitimate.

All of these, along with playing eight fewer minutes and pathetic free throw shooting, are reasons why scoring is so much lower in college basketball than the NBA. People who think they are smart will always say the NBA plays no defense.

People who know basketball understand that it’s the other way around: college basketball limits offenses significantly in order to help out bad teams.

The final proof of that is the way the game is called. Players get way more charging calls and get away with way more fouls on defense in college than in the NBA. You can always get away with not playing defense in college by flopping on a charge. And it honestly makes the sport pathetic to watch.

These rules allow for all these Cinderella teams to get hot in the NCAA Tournament, and in the most annoying way, we all freak out over it when it happens. Nobody remembers the upsets in college basketball overall because, honestly, nobody cares.

That’s because college basketball has set up a system where they happen all the time.

Next: Reason No. 2: Big Games Matter in College Football but Not in College Basketball