Why March is the start of the college basketball season

Why March is the start of the college basketball season

March Madness is the best of all postseasons, but college basketball’s regular season is quickly becoming the worst.

Jenni Carlson

By Jenni Carlson

| Mar 11, 2024, 3:30pm CDT

Jenni Carlson

By Jenni Carlson

Mar 11, 2024, 3:30pm CDT

Even though the college basketball season started four months ago, March feels more and more like the actual start of college basketball. The regular season has become an almost unwatchable slog. Why has the sport’s regular season gone so far downhill? And how does the NCAA Tournament save the sport every single year? Berry and I will talk about all that and more on The Jenni & Berry Show.

Episode highlights:

1:30: How exciting is the start of tournament week?

4:15: How much attention have you paid to the regular season?

6:10: Are low-scoring games a problem in college basketball?

6:45: What is the biggest story in college basketball?

10:00: Even the simplest of things, such as Senior Day, have gone downhill.

11:30: How do you keep track of where the stars or the villains are?

12:00: Why is March such a salvation for college basketball?

15:00: What about the buzzer beaters?

17:00: Is the women’s tournament going to ever reach the same madness level?

20:45: What will it be like next year with OSU in the Big 12 tournaments and OU in the SEC tournaments?

24:00: How far could the OU men and OU women get in March?

Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove

Creative Director: Michael Lane

Social media: Bobby Howard

Director of Content: Mike Sherman

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Jenni Carlson is a columnist with the Sellout Crowd network. Follow her on Twitter at @JenniCarlson_OK. Email [email protected].

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