<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Some Cinderellas are more equal than&nbsp;others.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>While <a href="http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/are-conference-tournaments-the-best-way-to-award-n-c-a-a-bids/" target="_blank">this whole <em>NYT</em> piece</a> is a marvel to behold, this paragraph is the most awesome of all:</p>
<blockquote><p>Andy Glockner of SI.com and <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21854109/cruelty-of-small-league-tournaments-is-inevitable----and-wrong">Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports</a> are not fans of what Glockner terms the “<a title="Glockner's article" href="http://college-basketball.si.com/2013/03/10/small-conference-entertainment-complex-claims-middle-tennessee-state-stony-brook/">small conference entertainment complex</a><a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21854109/cruelty-of-small-league-tournaments-is-inevitable----and-wrong">.”</a> <strong>They argue that sending a team that wins a tournament rather than an entire regular season isn’t necessarily fair and that a worse team is more likely to emerge from a tournament rather than a regular season.  </strong><em>[Emphasis added.]<br />
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<p>Well, yeah.  But brackets are fun!</p>
<p>Honestly, I don&#8217;t know how these people keep their stories straight.</p>
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