1.   Aside from four Notre Dame hoop telecasts, this is the only college basketball NBC has all year.

2.   Basketball had its own labor troubles.

3.   Basketball has always had talkers.

4.   Basketball has different angels.

5.   Basketball even has a few stories, at least in Boston, with most of them involving Larry Bird.

6.   Basketball has four divisions based on geography, with the West leaning toward ballet and the East toward pro wrestling, but no true rivalry.

7.   Basketball has just two rounds.

8.   Basketball should have some kind of national structure, as in professional baseball.

9.   Basketball has dozens of teams playing every day.

10.   Basketball has much more action.