re: Does college basketball or football more accurately decide a champion?

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Does anyone really believe that a 64 team tournament accurately decides a champion?

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It's the only thing a tournament does.

To further support how awesome March Madness is, the champion must win six straight games (or possibly seven, depending on seeding) over tournament teams. I can't remember, but I think like five teams won six straight over tournament teams in the regular season last year. To win the tournament, you have to do something that almost no team in the country can ever do.

To the people who say that to be the champ, you only have to be hot at the right time, that's not a good argument. There's two possible paths to a championship:
1) Win your conference tournament and then win the NCAA tournament. That means you have to be perfect for an entire month. "Hot at the right time" doesn't really apply. Going undefeated for a month with at least 75% of that month coming against tournament teams means way more than "being hot at the right time."
2) Be in the 20th percentile of teams during the regular season and then win the tournament. That's not "hot at the right time." That's completely deserving of the title.