The NBA Playoffs will begin in a couple of weeks...and there is no hype surrounding the league heading into the postseason. The NBA rarely makes news for happenings on the court...while the league stays in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

We compare NBA ratings to March Madness and women's college basketball. We discuss how March Madness dominates the NBA...and how women's college basketball ratings compete with the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

We explain how the media will blame LeBron James not being in the playoffs for low ratings...and discuss several other excuses the media will use to cover for potential low ratings for the NBA Playoffs.