I have never understood the lack of involvemnet from the students. To expand on Wick's comments, I am one of the people that doesn't follow basketball. I do, however, watch the tournament in march, but if I miss a few games or miss a few rounds......no big deal. I don't record the games.
Perhaps I would be interested in watching more basketball if I felt that the team had a legitimate chance of making the tournament. It seems that something always happens and we end up in the middle of the pack at best.
As I have stated before, football is the only sport that matters to me. I could care less about all other sports to be honest. It is not a slam on any of our athletes or anything, just the best college spectator sport IMOP and a sport that defines our athletic program, university, and region. Plus, there aren't a million games like so many other sports so every game counts too.
In addition, basketball games happen at 7 o'clock on Tuesday nights in February. I rather drink wine at home. When I was in college, I was more into drinking wine with the ladies if you get my drift.