Is Geno Trying To Kill The Big East Tournament

“Me personally, if we didn’t have a [conference] tournament, it wouldn’t bother me one iota. It wouldn’t bother me one bit,” Auriemma told media Tuesday. “Some coaches might say, ‘Yeah well, that’s because you think you’re in the NCAA Tournament, but we’re not going to have a chance to play our way in.’ What can I say to that, I don’t know. You had all year long to play your way in.”


www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-geno-big-east-tournament-20210203-20210202-2nt7ri5ytzcmbdaci23woziexy-story.html

The coaches talk.  I wonder what kind of numbers split they have?  I would imagine there is some TV dollars at stake; the gate is inconsequential.