After the loss at Florida on Saturday, Kentucky Coach John Calipari expressed his dislike of the Southeastern Conference Tournament in the form of a pointed question.
“I’m not a big proponent of playing three, four days in a row at the end of the year,” he said. “We already have a league champion. . . . What are we doing this for?”
Let’s count the ways, beginning with the advice made famous in the Watergate scandal of 40-some years ago: Follow the money.
“They’re tremendous revenue producers for the conferences,” retired NCAA executive Tom Jernstedt said when asked why conferences play postseason tournaments.