This Tuesday will be Exhibit A to all those who have ever asked the question: "don't you have anything better to do with your time?"  Starting at 11 p.m. on Monday, November 16 (straight up midnight on the East coast of course) ESPN will air 24 straight hours of live college basketball.

That's right, an entire day of college hoops.  Jack Bauer meets John Wooden.  It's a true test of fanhood.  Anyone can watch Gonzaga-Michigan State or Memphis-Kansas in prime time but it takes a special kind of fan to enjoy a Northern Colorado-Hawaii matchup at 3 a.m.  How many people do you know will take in a pre-dawn Monmouth-St. Peter's matchup?  A midday Northeastern-Siena tilt?

Come March, college basketball becomes the ultimate test of stamina and character. Teams often play three times in three days just to earn the right to be in the NCAA Tournament.  Basketball fanatics will take in 12 hours day in and day out during Championship Week and the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament.  But to sit through a full day of November hoops takes a special kind of fan.  It takes more than just stamina, character, concentration and energy drinks.  No, it takes something more.  It takes a little insanity.

And that's exactly why my co-host Greg Matzek and I will be taking part in the first annual 24 Hour Hoops Watching Challenge.  There will be tweets and blog updates throughout the night and day.  Only the true couch potatoes survive.  Oh and by the way to answer the original question, no we have nothing better to do with our time.