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Do you think it’s easier to dominate college football or college basketball?
Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:37 pm
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Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:39 pm to LukeSidewalker
by dominate do you mean national titles? if so, football by far.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:40 pm to LukeSidewalker
You can build up a b-ball program 10x faster
Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:42 pm to LukeSidewalker
Harder to win titles in basketball.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:43 pm to LukeSidewalker
Way harder in shooty hoops
Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:46 pm to LukeSidewalker
Basketball. Fewer people to pay.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:46 pm to LukeSidewalker
Bouncy Ball.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:48 pm to rebelrouser
quote:It's much harder to win a 64 team tournament than a 4 team
Basketball. Fewer people to pay.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 4:58 pm to diddlydawg7
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You can build up a b-ball program 10x faster
Agree, but you can also fall back into mediocrity 10x faster. In football it is much easier to consistently stay at the top once you are there. The more variables there are, the easier it is to crush those beneath you consistently. For example in football with 22 starters, if almost all of my 22 are a little better than your 22 players then that adds up to a sizable talent disparity collectively. In basketball if my 5 are a little better than your 5, there is still not a massive talent gap and things like luck, "off nights", etc can easily overcome minor talent deficiencies.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 5:00 pm to LukeSidewalker
good thread
Posted on 3/13/18 at 5:13 pm to LukeSidewalker
That is restricted to the already-established blue bloods. So it's only "easy" if you're already one of those in either sport.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 5:15 pm to LukeSidewalker
Easily CFB. Because your chances dramatically decrease with such a large tournament of finding a bad match up.
It's much easier to stay strong in CBB I think. Because talent is more important in CBB than football. So if you recruit well, you will be good most years. Football a lot more goes into success.
It's much easier to stay strong in CBB I think. Because talent is more important in CBB than football. So if you recruit well, you will be good most years. Football a lot more goes into success.
Posted on 3/13/18 at 5:15 pm to LukeSidewalker
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Posted on 3/13/18 at 5:24 pm to oleyeller
Would it be safe to compare a final four in b-ball to a national championship in football?
When trying to relate the two.
When trying to relate the two.
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Posted on 3/13/18 at 5:54 pm to LukeSidewalker
People can give all sorts of answers for all sorts of reasons, but there's really no solid proof for any of them. Perhaps the most practical way to look at it is that you can count on the fingers of one hand all the programs that have truly dominated either sport for an extended stretch of years. Just because Bama currently dominates CFB or UCLA once dominated CBB, that doesn't mean one is easier than the other. When we talk domination of a single sport, we're generally talking once-in-three-or-four-generations type deals. There will always be programs like Duke basketball or FSU football that go on really good streaks, but outside of programs like Bama or UCLA, there's generally a fair variety in the annals of programs who win the NC. I mean, some decades could have 10 different national champions for both sports and nobody would be shocked
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Posted on 3/13/18 at 5:56 pm to randomways
For most of us, neither..
Posted on 3/13/18 at 6:18 pm to LukeSidewalker
It’s a lot easier in football. Basketball is harder because you have to win a 64 team tournament and the top players leave after a year . It’s easier to turn a basketball program around fast but almost impossible to dominate. Different teams win in basketball ball almost every year .
Posted on 3/13/18 at 6:26 pm to LukeSidewalker
Football is the easiest but baseball is harder than both
Posted on 3/13/18 at 6:29 pm to LukeSidewalker
Id say more of getting a top 4 seed is almost like a national championship in football. Purely in terms of "who is the best"
Posted on 3/13/18 at 6:32 pm to tjv305
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It’s a lot easier in football. Basketball is harder because you have to win a 64 team tournament and the top players leave after a year . It’s easier to turn a basketball program around fast but almost impossible to dominate. Different teams win in basketball ball almost every year .
You hear this argument a lot, but most people seem to overlook the fact that you can also make the opposite argument just as easily. That is, thanks to the large tourney and the autobids, teams have significantly more control over their destinies. You can be eliminated from contending for the CFB crown before you even get chance to give it your best shot. How many times has the CBB title gone to a team that wasn't one of the top 4 (or 8) going into the post-season? In football, these teams literally couldn't have won the title because they wouldn't have been allowed to compete for it.
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