Just in case 150 reasons weren't enough, I'll leave you with 100 more. The guy above tried to come up with 251, but his time ran out. And I got tired.We'll leave the rest up to you. Please extend the list in the comments section below.
Thanks, all, for your valued contributions to both lists, and for your continued support through 250 blog entries. I appreciate you.
1.) Magic's junior sky hook to beat Boston in game 4 of the '87 Finals
2.) Dr. J's reverse lay-up against the 76ers
3.) John Wall
4.) John Wall's dance
5) Pat Summitt's 1,000+ wins
6) MJ's 38 points with the flu
7) Havlicek stole the ball
8) The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
9) Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith on TNT
10) The Game of the Century. '68 Dome Game
11) Miracle Minute
12) Club Trillion
13) Syracuse's 2-3 Zone
14) Jeremy Lin
15) Derek Fisher's prayer with 0.4 seconds left
16) Elgin Baylor netting 61 points
17) Larry Bird's trash talking, and backing it up
18) Earl Lloyd breaking the color barrier
19) 720 Dunk by the "Air Up There"
20) Britney Griner
21) Glory Road
22) Pistol: The Birth of a Legend
23) Obama commentating at G'town-Duke game
24) Homemade hoops
25) Steve Nash on social media
26) Syracuse vs Connecticut: 6 OTs
27) Blindfolded halfcourt shot goes in; prank backfires
28) Free Darko
29) Indiana-Purdue rivalry
30) Behind the backboard shots
31) Dude Perfect
32) Joakim Noah busts a move
33) Onions
34) George Mason's Final 4 run
35) Mario Chalmers for the tie
36) The Basketball Jones - Bringin' The Cheer
37) "I could give a flip about North Carolina right now."
38) Kevin Garnett's "Anything is possible" victory speech
39) KB24 tallies 81
40) Warriors upset the Mavs in NBA Playoffs
41) We Talkin' About Practice
42) ESPN College GameDay
43) Midnight Madness
44) The Mid-Majority
45) Wesley Johnson's emergence
46) Dwight Howard's Superman dunk
47) Sundiata Gaines' game winning 3
48) McGrady's 13 in 35 seconds
49) CCNY wins NIT and NCAA
50) Hank Luisetti's one-handed jumper on the run
51) What is Love?
52) Bill Walton's '73 title performance
53) Loose Balls
54) They Call Me Coach, by John Wooden
55) Kevin Laue earns a scholarship to Manhattan College
56) Gunnin' for that Number 1 Spot
57) Suns-Celtics triple overtime game in '75
58) NBA on NBC theme song
59) Ball is Life and HoopMixTape.com mixes
60) Tom Konchalski using a typewriter to issue his evaluation reports
61) Between the legs dunk in a game
62) NBA on ESPN RV commercials
63) George Mikan vs The Knicks
64) Guitar Hero
65) The Dream Shake
66) "Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion."
67) David Thompson walking the sky
68) The Birdman
69) Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond
70) St. Cecilia Gym
71) Bulls vs. Blazers for Sega
72) NBA Live 95
73) Original 13 rules
74) Over the head basket to win game
75) Reebok - The Question
76) Adidas KB8
77) Air Jordan I
78) 73 year old man makes college team
79) FIBA World Championships
80) Morgan Wooten's legacy
81) Ned Irish packing out The Garden
82) Oscar Schmidt
83) A Season on the Brink, by John Feinstein
84) Big Game, Small World, by Alexander Wolff
85) Basketball Times
86) Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook
87) Big East Tournament
88) Pitino's white suit
89) Keith Smart: "The Shot"
90) Game winner sitting down
91) Black Fives
92) Erin Andrews on the sidelines
93) Hoops Nation: A Guide to America's Best Pick-up Basketball
94) Final Four weekend
95) ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia
96) Bracketology
97) Ridiculous Upside blog
98) Philadelphia Sphas
99) Allen Fieldhouse
100) Brandon Jennings' double-nickel
