College basketball counts as a fandom? I mean, I get (well in theory anyways since I'm not one) being a sports fan, fan of a particular league or level of a sport or a fan of that sport in particular, but I don't see it connecting into the 'tradition' as it were, of fandom. I mean, maybe it's just my personal definition, but I think of fandoms as being related to works of fiction.

I have no problem with someone wanting to hash out who's making the playoffs or Rookie of the Year or the Cy Young Award (dammit, I never remember how to spell that -- that's the pitching one, right?) but is it fandom in the same sense as Dexter, Heroes or HIMYM? I really don't see it. And yes, I know Cy Young (spelling?) is baseball not basketball. It's the principle of the thing.

I mean, is there something in the generally accepted definition of fandom that allows you to put basketball in the mix?