To celebrate the month of madness for college basketball, here's your list of ways that croquet and hoops are pretty much the same.

1. Both games are played on courts.

2. In both sports, it's all about scoring hoops.

3. When the opportunity is there, you have to run

4. You can battle for an entire game, but a lot times it's going to come down to making one final shot.

5. In both sports, sometimes you really need to just guard the hoop.

6. Using a trap can generate offense in both sports.

7. In basketball, the home team wears white. In croquet, everyone is made to feel like the home team.

8. Hitting a 10-foot hoop shot feels a lot like draining a guarded three-pointer.

9. Deadness and fouls have a similar effect. Get into trouble in either sport and it really limits your options.

10. There are times in both sports when you feel like throwing a chair onto the court.

Peel or die -- MHD