Originally Posted by
maroonmania
Women's college basketball is a national sport because everyone can play basketball. College baseball, mostly due to the season starting in Feb and March, is not, because a big portion of the country doesn't really have appropriate weather to play baseball for a big part of the season. Even schools up North that play and do well like Oregon State, Washington, Michigan, etc. don't get much of a crowd because who wants to sit out in the cold and be miserable to watch a baseball game?