You know how much I love the BCS, right? It's times like these, March Madness, that I really start to miss that convoluted, nonsensical, arbitrary system for determining a National Champion. This tournament, which pits teams head-to-head so that the champion can be determined on the court seems so...boring.

So I started thinking...what if the BCS ran college basketball as well as college football? What kind of post-season exhibition games that mean nothing would we have to look forward to? And who would play in the BCS National Championship Game?

First, some ground rules...

We'll use the 2011-2012 bowl game schedule.

Same rules as football, BCS Conference champions get auto-BCS bids. At-large bids determined by any non-BCS teams highly ranked and remaining at-large teams.



I will try my best to stick to bowl-conference affiliations.



Mid-Major bowl affiliations will be re-imagined amongst the different conferences in basketball.

Keep the same order in which the bowls are played.

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas, NV

Arizona Wildcats (23-11) vs. New Mexico Lobos (27-6)



Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, HI

Memphis Tigers (26-8) vs. St. Mary's Gaels (27-5)



AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, Shreveport, LA

Maryland Terrapins (17-15) vs. No. 20 UNLV Runnin' Rebels (26-8)



Little Caesars Bowl, Detroit, MI

Iowa Hawkeyes (17-16) vs. No. 11 Murray St. Racers (30-1)



Belk Bowl, Charlotte, NC

Miami Hurricanes (19-12) vs. No.9 Marquette Golden Eagles (25-7)



Military Bowl, Washington, D.C.

Marshall Thundering Herd (21-13) vs. Harvard Crimson (26-4)



Holiday Bowl, San Diego, CA

Texas Longhorns (20-13) vs. California Golden Bears (24-9)



Champs Sports Bowl, Orlando, FL

Virginia Cavaliers (22-9) vs. No.23 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (22-11)



Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, TX

No. 25 Iowa St. Cyclones (22-10) vs. Washington Huskies (21-10)



Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Dallas, TX

Southern Miss. Golden Eagles (25-8) vs. Colorado St. Rams (20-11)



New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Bronx, NY

No. 13 Georgetown Hoyas (23-8) vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers (19-14)



Music City Bowl, Nashville, TN

Clemson Tigers (16-15) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (18-14)



Insight Bowl, Tempe, Ariz.

No. 15 Indiana Hoosiers (25-8) vs. Kansas St. Wildcats (21-10)



Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl, Houston, TX

Purdue Boilermakers (21-12) vs. Connecticut Huskies (20-13)



Hyundai Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX

N.C. State Wolfpack (22-12) vs. Oregon Ducks (22-9)



AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN









Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, San Francisco, CA









Chick-fil-A Bowl, Atlanta, GA









TicketCity Bowl, Dallas, TX

Northwestern Wildcats (18-13) vs. No. 19 Creighton Bluejays (28-5)



Outback Bowl, Tampa, FL

No. 10 Michigan Wolverines (24-9) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (18-14)



Capital One Bowl, Orlando, FL

No. 7 Ohio St. Buckeyes (27-7) vs. No. 22 Florida Gators (23-10)



Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL

No. 14 Wisconsin Badgers (24-9) vs. Mississippi Rebels (20-13)



Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA

No. 8 Michigan St. Spartans (27-7, Big 10 Champs) vs.Colorado Buffaloes (23-11, Pac-12 Champs)

Tostitos Fiesta, Glendale, AZ

No. 5 Missouri Tigers (30-4, Big 12 Champs) vs. No. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels (29-5)



Sugar, New Orleans, LA

Vanderbilt Commodores (24-10, SEC Champs) vs. No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (27-6)



Orange Bowl, Miami, FL

Louisville Cardinals (26-9, Big East Champs) vs. No. 17 Florida St. Seminoles (24-9, ACC Champs)

Cotton Bowl, Arlington, TX

No. 12 Baylor Bears (27-7) vs. Alabama Crimson Tide (21-11)



BBVA Compass Bowl, Birmingham, AL

Cincinnati Bearcats (24-10) vs. Illinois Fighting Illini (17-15)



GoDaddy.com, Mobile, AL

Akron Zips(22-11) vs. VCU Rams (28-6)



BCS Championship Game, Miami, Fla.

No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats (32-2) vs. No. 2 Syracuse Orange (31-2)



Reminder: As dumb as this all way, remember, this is exactly how we determine our football national champion.