To me it is the most boring sport. I’ve been forcefed b ball my whole life. I just can’t. I like football and adore hockey but basketball just isn’t exciting.
You would have to visit a small midwestern/Great Plains town during tournament time.
Nonstop action, the gyms are packed, entire towns turn out.
Win or lose you get to see the real America at play.
To you and others its boring but to a lot of people who pay to watch it in person or watch it on TV its massively popular. Now i will note that College Basketball has gone down in quality because of the AAU street style ball they teach in highschool but the college game is still solidly good. The one thing that many people may not like about collegiate or pro is that with so many games a team has time and chances to correct itself and a few loses in a row doesn’t kill the team and so a regular season isn’t so crucial whereas football, every game matters