The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college.
It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football.
I suspect the real reason the N.F.L. and N.B.A. don't want high schoolers and college underclassmen to play with their ball is that they don't want to jeopardize their relationship with National Collegiate Athletic Association, which serves as a sort of free minor league and unpaid promotional department for the pros.
I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because I realized the NBA's not going to happen.
I don't watch college basketball.
College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
In college, a loss is pretty devastating. That feeling kind of goes away in an 82-game season. You hate to lose, but you also have a lot more games to make up for it.
The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.
When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.
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