Poll: What time of the season do you start tapping into college basketball?

There are places in this country where interest in college sport reigns supreme. College football in Alabama, for example. College basketball in Kentucky, for another.

In a professional sports city like Chicago? Yeah, good luck with that.

But even NFL crazies and NBA fans end up participating in college hoop season. It’s a cold and hard fact because – come on – everyone is coming around. If it’s not in November, then maybe after the Super Bowl. If not, then of course for March Madness. Go ahead, try to deny it. You can not. You wouldn’t dare.

In this week’s’ Polling Place ‘, your home for the Sun-Times’ sports polls on Twitter, we asked respondents when they start going to school: right from the start, after football or not until March. .

“Never is not an option?” “@ Mike9827 commented.

OK, very good, so he dared. We always bet he could at least hum “One Shining Moment”.

Also this time: a Blackhawks poll and a Bears poll. Let’s come to them:

Poll # 1: When Do You Start Watching College Basketball?

Results: In the first week of games alone, Illinois missed a game at Marquette, DePaul came off the three-point line late in a Rutgers upset, and Kansas and Duke made statements against Michigan State and Kentucky. , respectively. And that’s just a small slice of the early season pie. It’s great fun for those who dig it, but hey, you do it yourself.

Poll # 2: Would you like the Blackhawks to drop the “interim” title tag from Derek King and lock him up as a coach?

Results: We won’t lie – we knew it was far too early to ask this question. But we also knew there would be a fair number of “yes’s” given how crazy Hawks fans were for King in his first handful of games since taking over from Jeremy Colliton. “Realistically and objectively, it makes sense to wait a bit,” @ arosen76 wrote. “But the fan in me says yes because I love this creepy guy.”

Poll # 3: The Bears host the Ravens on Sunday. What about this four-game losing streak?

Results: According to @ RAGreen2019, it “depends on the version of the defense that appears”. Will it be the version without rusher star pass Khalil Mack or the version without rusher star pass Khalil Mack? Phew, it’s the same, isn’t it? With Mack out – for the season – it will be tough for the Bears 3-6 against the Ravens 6-3.