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Some coaches don’t believe conference tournaments are a good idea this year

As of right now, 31 of the 32 Division-I college basketball conferences plan to play their conference tournaments. However, according to 41 head coaches surveyed by CBS’s Matt Norlander, more than one in four believe it’s not a good idea.

Norlander posed the simple question: “Should your league stage a conference tournament this season?” While 73 percent of those 41 coaches answered “yes,” 27 percent answered “no.” The main reason for this answer is that the conference tournament isn’t a necessary appendage to the NCAA Tournament, especially in a year like this one.

Now, I know 27 percent doesn’t seem like a huge number, but that’s more than one in every four coaches.