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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2098011, member: 199"] I was Celtics of the sixties and occasionally seeing the tournament final with UCLA but for some reason I never really followed men's basketball except for always wanting to see how Princeton terrorized the big powers in the early rounds of the NCAA - they usually lost but the final score was 36-34 and the winners were exhausted. And the year Princeton won the NIT I followed along. I think the Len Bilas death was sort of the death knell for my following men's basketball pro or college, probably held on for a few more years, but it had certainly changed for the worse by then. Still remember the wonder that was Dr. J sort of nostalgically - he would be so commonplace now that no one would notice. Discovering women's basketball and specifically Uconn was a return to those earlier simpler days of basketball mostly below the rim with passing and teamwork and defense. I just find the whole men's side distasteful - too many unpleasant people playing a sport that their athleticism has outgrown. I recognize the incredible athleticism, but I don't particularly want to watch it, just as I am not going to watch gymnastics on a regular basis, or track and field. [/QUOTE]