Playboy's College Basketball Preview

December, 1983

In the past decade, college basketball has enjoyed the most explosive growth in popularity of any spectator sport since Romans started tossing Christians to the lions. Arenas sell out months in advance. Television audiences multiply astronomically. Schools where basketballs once dribbled through the shadows of the football program now construct immense arenas. Dozens of small, otherwise obscure colleges are producing top-ranking teams. Lightning-quick point guards and seven-foot centers are beco...