If it were not for the tournament, many sports "fans" would never think about basketball. It would escape their notice altogether as they transition from the football season to the football recruiting period. But because there is relatively little going on in football for a few weeks, they condescend to become temporary "experts" about a sport they totally disregard for the rest of the year. So, the tournament does force basketball into the spotlight for a few short weeks.
However, the tournament gives a totally skewed view of the basketball season, because people in general (even real basketball fans) tend not to remember the season, but only the tournament - and the tournament is NOT the season. A team could be totally dominant in the regular season, to the point of making a case for being the greatest team of all time, and have one cold shooting night early in the tournament, then be largely forgotten by history because they did not win the tournament - and that is just not right.
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