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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4570865, member: 2117"] I personally love them. I think they give teams motivation to keep playing and improving throughout the year since they still can make the tournament even if they've had a mediocre regular season. Helps teams to prevent checking out. Teams are often peak around this time too and are playing the same squads for the 2nd or third time, so you get some intense battles with a lot of emotion and high quality play. If you watched the Big Ten Tournament this year, it was fantastic. Both semis were prime viewing and Iowa put up a ridiculous showing in the championship game. The LSU/Tennessee semifinal was a great game as well, plus in the PAC you had some major upsets and great games. Regionals/conference championships are my favorite weekends for WCBB. For most players/coaches, it's a huge badge of honor to win your conference tournament too. To me All Star games are bland since players just having fun rather than playing motivated intense basketball. I also can't imagine many coaches would allow their kids to risk injury right before the tournament for a game like that. [/QUOTE]