What about the LPIT, or the Last Place Invitational Tournament? Why does such a tournament not exist in order to reward, well, nothing?
Okay, there’s a reason why no such tournament exists because teams near the bottom of their conference would tank just to make a postseason tournament.
But, if such a tournament existed, Texas Basketball would be in it.
The Texas Longhorns finished in last place in the Big 12 conference this season after Oklahoma surged past the Horns at the end of the regular season. But, Texas won in the Big 12 tournament and OU was bounced in the first round, so we’ll call it even.