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Top Five Reasons to Watch March Madness on CBS
By Julie Nisbet

The Network TV Slut is taking a break from her regularly scheduled programming and telling you why 24 is the best show on television to inform you of the top five reasons to watch March Madness on CBS.

5. For all you office-bound folk trying to master One Sorry Blog’s Art of Faking Work: the ALT + TAB option in Windows, along with 30-second updates on ESPN.com, now allows us quick access to the games ALL day long, while still giving the appearance of working hard on your TPS Reports. Fill out a bracket, shell out 5 bucks to enter your office pool, and seriously, Thursday and Friday at work have never gone faster. There are games on ALL day, scores are constantly being updated, and you can quickly switch back to that report the second you hear your boss’s squeaky shoes. Don’t forget to fill out the bracket though. When #12 Arkansas upsets the #5 Trojans in the first round, it won’t mean as much unless you have money at stake.

4. The new NBA rule that has kept Greg Oden, Kevin Durant and all those other amazingly talented 18-year-olds out of the pros this year. It’s true that many people think this rule has ruined college basketball, because these kids don’t go to class, drag down graduation rates (not that Ohio State’s could be much lower), and generally couldn’t care less about whatever school they’re going to. Regardless of whether it’s a good or bad thing, they make for incredibly entertaining basketball and this year’s freshman class is a reason to tune in this March.

3. For those of you who aren’t so keen on the basketball aspect of March Madness but don’t mind a little eye candy, take a break from drooling over Jack Bauer and Tony Almeda, and check out the tall, good looking, and uber-athletic boys of the NCAA. Sounds like a pretty good reason to watch if you ask me.

2. Because the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL combined have nothing on Adam Morrison hitting himself in the head with a basketball four times and then crying like a baby at center court after losing to UCLA. You can’t buy intensity like that. That, my friends, is something that only comes with good old American school spirit and watching that intensity sure beats spending yet another hour watching Lost and wondering if the writers will EVER explain the damn polar bear. You won’t find it in any professional sport either. Kobe isn’t going to risk messing up his million-dollar face by smacking himself with a basketball. Why do you think he didn’t go to college?

And finally…the #1 reason you should watch March Madness…

Because Ohio State is overrated, and there is nothing sweeter, after yet another disappointing season for the Wolverines, than to watch an overrated #1 Buckeye team get taken down by an underdog. Seeing this happen twice in three months, in two different sports, will be priceless. Let’s just hope no one gets hurt in the first minute for celebrating an early 3-pointer.