Question du jour - 3/8/07  DIARY RETREAD WARNING (If this topic
has already been brought up, make sure you admonish me before
giving me the link to where I can find it.)  Why do we have
conference championship tournaments?  Just like the rest of you,
I'm sure I'll figure out a way to take a five hour lunch today
to tune in  because it's fun. But seriously, besides the money
the conference takes in, what's the benefit?  It's not that big
of a deal for the Big Six Conference schools who already have
the records to get in (other than getting tired leg right before
the Dance), but if you're a school from one of these small
conferences, why would you want to condense 8 weeks of blood,
sweat, and tears into 3 gut-wrenching days unless you already
have nothing to lose?  Obviously, some people agree as evidenced
by Wiggo the other day when he pointed out that one of the small
conferences gave its top two seeds a double-buy, basically
assuring each team of making it to the finals. But even then,
that doesn't guarantee