COLLEGE BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS
⦿ The college basketball season culminates with the so called “March Madness” which is the playoff tournament that the best teams from the regular season qualify for
⦿ Some US states such as Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina are extremely enthusiastic about college basketball, making the sport the most watched and most popular sport in these states
⦿ To enter the NBA, players need to play at least one year of college basketball, meaning that almost every NBA player nowadays comes through the college system
⦿ There are roughly 2000 college basketball teams each for men and for women and about 30,000 college players for each gender
⦿ Scholarship limits per team: D1 Men – 13, D1 Women – 15, D2 Men – 10, D2 Women – 10, NAIA Men & Women – 11, NJCAA Men & Women – 15
⦿ Former college players in the Pros: Michael Jordan, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum, Trae Young, Zion Williamson
