“I’d prefer my team rest up in the conference tournament. They’ve got a bid locked up in the Big Dance, there’s nothing to gain but everything to lose!”
“My team is on fire right now! They’re only an 8 seed overall, but they went on a run in the SEC tournament and now I think thy could win it all!”
What I’ve presented above is two very common arguments fans use when relating their team’s successes or failures in a conference tournament to the upcoming NCAA tournament.