Well, it’s gameday. Tonight, *late* tonight, it’ll be the Cats versus Oklahoma in the second round of the SEC tournament. And that brings up some questions.

As a fan, I care a lot more about UK progressing deep into the NCAA tournament, the Big Show, that starts next week. March Madness. So who in the world thought it would be a good idea to take our teams and put them through a rapid fire meat grinder called the SEC tournament, the week before the NCAA? I don’t know the answer to who, but I can safely say that it’s a TERRIBLE idea. The teams need a week of rest, time to heal. Not a hellacious day-after-day competition with the same dudes who beat the crap out of them all season long. Crown the SEC Champion based on the regular season record, not after some made-for-TV, crammed-in-between tournament. Auburn, you win. Here’s a trophy. Now let’s rest a week and get ready for competing with the rest of the nation’s teams.

This might be the one thing I agreed with Cal on – the SEC tournament doesn’t matter. It’s a damaging distraction, particularly in the SEC, as the level of competition is waaaay tougher than in most conferences. If ACC or PAC12 teams had to play in the SEC they’d be at the dead bottom.

You can try to make the Darwinistic “competition creates stronger teams” argument, and that is probably true in the long term. But in the short term, getting the hell beat out of you a few days in a row just makes you weaker. Tired. Injured.

So I’ll watch the games, because my team is playing, but I think the whole SEC Tourney thing is a horrible idea. A disservice to the players.