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I’m glad Arizona State lost to USC.  We don’t need Sun Devil fans getting too high and mighty on us, plus this guarantees we’ll send at least five teams to the NCAA Tournament (Washington, UCLA, USC, California….and, uh, the fifth team is escaping me at the moment).

I don’t really have anything else to add.  Just happy that ASU lost, and hope we can all celebrate sending an extra team to the tourney.  Go Dawgs!

Conference tournaments are no fun.  Fans usually hold their breath during these meaningless postseason shenanigans, hoping against hope that their team suffers no injuries or has to labor through victories.  Yes, it’s always nice to win a conference tourney (especially if you absolutely need that automatic NCAA bid), but for those teams already locked in to an at-large Big Dance slot, this might as well be a jamboree exhibition game.

The worst part is, conference tournaments aren’t even necessary.  They’re simply a way for a league to bring in some extra money, while propping up student-athletes as revenue-building machines in the process.  The NCAA loves to claim that they “care about the student-athlete.”  But in reality, while these kids are missing classes (and in many cases finals) to attend these half-empty crapfests, the NCAA is capitalizing on their lack of appreciation for the young men and women who are essentially writing their paychecks.  It’s an absolute travesty.

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