Can you get a basket with that baseball in the field zone?

I'm currently working on a news story about March Madness and how it affects workplace productivity. Though I am not completely clueless about the rules, etc. of basketball, I realize I know absolutely nothing about college basketball, and it thus makes me overly concerned about how I will present it in public forum.

I feel like the kind of person that would be watching a game (or is it a "match"? Don't worry ... I know it's not) and cheer excitedly, "Yay! They scored a basket in the end goal!" or "They hit a home run into the basket in the field zone! They're going to the Super Series for SURE!"