On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Greg Berge wrote:
 
> If Cornell "squeaked" in, then I suggest that any team which did not
> get an automatic bid by winning their regular season or tournament
> "backed" in.
>
snip, snip
> Congratulations to all the teams who earned their way into the
> tournament by winning their regular season title or their
> tournament title.
>
The conference tournaments are a device to earn money.  They are exciting
because the fans and players take them seriously, and I enjoy them as
well.  However, I believe that the regular season is undervalued.  But
then again, I'm for limiting the playoffs in the leagues to four teams to
*really* make the regular season count.  If they did it that way I'd
probably agree more with the above comments.  YMMV.
 
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