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@kgbaby1466
March 24, 2026 at 2:05 pm
Def agree
@duskey87
March 24, 2026 at 2:07 pm
The diction on this point is peak😂😂
@Likemike702
March 24, 2026 at 2:10 pm
Best of 7 will always be harder
@Getoffmysondicker
March 24, 2026 at 5:53 pm
Disagree you have to be near perfect for 1 game 6 times in a row. I 100% get what chalmers is saying while there is more skill in the nba there is also more randomness in ncaa. The nba separates the good from the great and the ncaa gives the good teams a chance to beat the great ones. You only get a few years in college compared to nba you can play as long as you can.
@therealist2798
March 24, 2026 at 8:19 pm
…a seven game series is harder for the players…but in “one game for all the marbles” its harder for the coach…FOR THE PLAYERS, THE PHYSICAL TOLL AND PRESSURE MOUNTS OVER A GRUELING SEVEN GAME SERIES…but a coach is more at ease because he can change game plans and try different things over a 7 game series…BUT IN A “ONE GAME FOR ALL THE MARBLES”, ITS LESS OF A PHYSICAL TOLL ON THE PLAYERS, BUT ITS PRESSURE PACKED FOR THE COACH, BECAUSE HE HAS ONE SHOT TO GET IT RIGHT, SO HE HAS TO BE PERFECT.
@zolavib1187
March 24, 2026 at 8:41 pm
Definitely one game. Sure like he said you get beat four time that means you’re not the better team. But if you’re the better team and you have a fluke or things don’t come together for a game or two you have a chance. NCAA you only get one shot and you better make it count. The scenario is definitely harder. Now the difference is a handful of players from that league will move on to the NBA where the highest skill resides. But the thing is those MF are lazy af. That’s why college ball is more exciting.
@JaySwavo
March 24, 2026 at 8:50 pm
@therealist2798it’s not harder when you have more than one game to turn your series around. Football is actually harder than Basketball in general.
@Realwavyabe
March 24, 2026 at 2:17 pm
Non-argument. You rarely see major upsets in the NBA playoffs. March madness is literally called madness for a reason, winner takes all – one game.
@zazasnruntz7505
March 24, 2026 at 5:21 pm
Ncaa is where non whites can pretend they matter in sports. Non white Americans barely make it to the nba
@Realwavyabe
March 24, 2026 at 7:07 pm
@zazasnruntz7505 your life is miserable you disgusting racist maggot
@blikketty77
March 24, 2026 at 2:32 pm
NBA is harder to WIN, NCAA is easier to LOSE. One dude has a poor game in the tourney or someone on the other team goes nuts, you can be cooked.
Top 8-10 guys on NBA teams that win a chip will be in the league in 5 years UNLESS they are old. There are plenty of guys on NCAA championship teams that won’t even stick in the league.
@anhiirr
March 24, 2026 at 9:15 pm
yep harder to win easier to lose i a good way of putting it. Hard to be the favored team and lose but in reality theyre all supposed to play out and a lot of ppl get what they deserve putting too many eggs in basket relying on freshmen to win them a do or die scenario game.
@calebfernandez7782
March 24, 2026 at 2:49 pm
Idk… The NCAA is hard and requires a bit of luck or fortune as well ..
@81senzanome
March 24, 2026 at 2:50 pm
Why today journalists are only capable to ask stupid or negative questions?😂😅
@Ascended_One_1
March 24, 2026 at 6:13 pm
You gonna cry?
@81senzanome
March 24, 2026 at 6:16 pm
@Ascended_One_1what do you want
@lyrics9830
March 24, 2026 at 3:03 pm
NBA is harder. Especially when you “are the guy” “the face of the franchise?” And you have to live up to expectations with people saying he has to get a championship this and this. It’s different from college where you are all surrounded by 3-4-5 stars players already outta high schools. But I get what he saying tho.
@thellamaman
March 24, 2026 at 3:25 pm
Honestly I think a high school championship is the hardest think about all the pressure those kids are under and how they let the whole town down if they lose 😢
@1994Trill
March 24, 2026 at 4:07 pm
Nah bro. I think middle school is the hardest for sure
@777RL
March 24, 2026 at 3:57 pm
Trying to generate clicks and views. Simple.
@1994Trill
March 24, 2026 at 4:07 pm
What a silly question 😂
@darnelnj23
March 24, 2026 at 4:30 pm
What was the question?
@sharifnasser7635
March 24, 2026 at 5:52 pm
@darnelnj23 its in the video bro?
@randomguy19166
March 24, 2026 at 4:38 pm
Winning 1 game will never be harder than beating the same team 4 times. Sorta common sense
@gvngbvngiggy
March 24, 2026 at 7:17 pm
It’s harder if you’re the favored team because you’re done if you have one bad game, but easier for the underdogs to win.
@Jaevon90
March 24, 2026 at 7:25 pm
@gvngbvngiggybut that’s also why it’s easier,any team can win cause you only need to beat them once,but in the NBA you have to beat them 4 times
@randomguy19166
March 24, 2026 at 7:41 pm
@gvngbvngiggy you said a whole lot of nothing. Winning 1 game for the favored team is still easier than them winning 4 games.
@haywood0457
March 24, 2026 at 5:48 pm
Winning 1 game is arguably harder than beating someone 4 times straight for the exact same reasons yall are saying 4 games is more difficult! Playing someone consecutively means you can adjust. Most times, the stronger team simply prevails because they are just better. But when you play a team only once and winner moves on, you MUST be on your A+ game because there is not other opportunity. Essentially, randomness is mostly out of the equation in a long series whereas randomness is in total play with one game. I think yall or nothing in one game is more difficult. And this includes sports like football. It’s also why game 7s in sports are so hyped because it comes down to that ONE game.
@mithicash1444
March 24, 2026 at 6:24 pm
Comparing college with a professional league is insane to me. The team that will win the NBA title will live and breathe for nothing but basketball. People like to look at NBA players and envy the money they make, but they don’t realize that their training take way more time than the average job.
@anhiirr
March 24, 2026 at 9:12 pm
upsets/favored teams or not a lot of the OLD way of NCAA that “Talent” wasnt even going to be NBA pros…thats already funny enough let alone a #1 pick being a champ the way magic and kobe can jump into an organization like the lakers that dont have anything but winning in their optics day 1 for magic and drafting kobe to be a future face of the franchise. The levels arent even close.
@Keepcalm-lovesports
March 24, 2026 at 7:31 pm
How can this be asked on a professional show? Comparing professionals from all over the world and teenagers is stupid. Lebron, Luka, Kobe, etc. never played in college either
@anhiirr
March 24, 2026 at 9:13 pm
Yep and a lot of “talent” in the NCAA doesnt entirely or remotely equate to NBA as the last 30 years have proven CHAMPION at that level or not(favored they were supposed to win) that energy can stay where it belongs
@MrOhioPlayer
March 24, 2026 at 11:01 pm
YALL MFS DONT PLAY LIKE GROWN MEN, WHY YALL LOSING BY 50 IF YOU GOT KIDS!!!!!!! NBA IS A JOKE.