One of the things I do not like (and there are many) about the over-emphasis in college basketball upon one short tournament is that it brings a totally perverted reasoning concerning the worth of coaches. "He didn't make the NCAA Tournament, and so we are firing him." Never mind that he won more games than anyone else around. Never mind that his peers regarded him as one of the best coaches they know. Never mind that his program is generally envied and copied in the business. He didn't make the NCAA tournament.
That might possibly be a valid yardstick at a power conference school, since finishing in the top half of those leagues usually will get you to the Dance. But with teams at lower levels, to judge a coach on that standard - to FIRE a coach based on that standard (and it happens) is idiotic, at least.
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