College basketball rankings stir up interest during the NCAA regular season. But Selection Sunday marks the beginning of the most exciting time of the year for NCAA basketball fans. Everybody tunes in for the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on CBS to find out who's in, to see who gets their bubble burst, and to watch Jim Nantz and Billy Packer interview the tournament committee chairman. Shortly after the show college basketball websites light up with people downloading brackets, starting up office pools, and searching for expert team analysis.
I'll bet 90% of the people who fill out an NCAA tournament bracket don't pay any attention to the college hoops scene until March Madness rolls around. That's where true college basketball fans can take advantage and use their knowledge of the NCAA landscape to fill out a better bracket than their competition.