This is why I f*cking hate conference tournaments

[MililaniBuckeye]

F*cking Lewis wins the MIVA tournament and goes to Hawaii despite being unranked and having a 19-13 record. Ohio State was 21-8 before having to play Lewis, which just happened to get hot right when they needed. They entered the tournament barely over .500 with a 16-13 record. Where in the f*ck is Lewis University anyways?! The regular season champ should get the automatic bid...championship tourneys and title games do nothing but negate the regular season.

 

[osugrad21]

Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois...They were 13th in the nation when they knocked off tOSU http://lewisflyers.collegesports.com/sports/m-volley/spec-rel/050304aaa.html

 

[tibor75]

Kind of like how Ohio State didn't deserve to win the CCHA crown, right?

 

[Buckeyehead]

Conference tourneys exist for one reason - money.

The increased exposure opportunities with more and more sports networks coupled with the legal requirements of Title IX - the need to max revenues even in sports that don't historically create a lot of them - add up to all collegiate sports looking for more and more reasons to play more games.

Conference tourneys are here to stay...

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Yo, Rashmish, did I say that OSU deserved the CCHA crown?

 

[JCOSU86]

Yo, Rashmish

Mili, you crack me up...