So I got around to watching my first college basketball game of the 2009 season.  Naturally, being an alum of THE University of Texas, I couldn't pass up the chance to watch my Longhorns.  That and on my cable system the four-letter and their second network are back-to-back, which made flipping channels between the basketball game and the Civil War game infinitely easier. Toward the end of the game the announcers began to fill time (always a freaking favorite for me, he says sarcastically!) by announcing that Texas coach Rick Barnes doesn't believe his squad is the 2nd best team in the country (their current rank); and the announcers agreed. After viewing the game, my first thought was "Yep.  That's about right".  My next thought was, "Why the hell does college basketball...