For Calipari to make this claim should rightfully, open him up to a world of criticism. First, it makes him a hypocrite. While he's happy to soak up all the foundational benefits of UK being a member of the conference, it's an arrogant position to openly claim the conference tournament has no value nor is of any interest to him, but what would you expect from a narcissist? For some teams, who've had a lackluster season, winning the conference tournament is the only path to an NCAA tournament invitation. Considering the overall result of the Calipari malaise on this program, it may be that winning this very tournament could be Kentucky's best future opportunity to gain the same invitation into the tournament that Calipari claims as the only one the matters. It's sad that this man believes his opinion matters to anyone. He continually fails at the highest level on college basketball biggest stage, even though he's been given (not earned) every advantage to succeed. He cloaks himself in every imaginable excuse and when those excuses fail, he resorts to name-calling ... which confirms his failures and validate the criticism. No one is perfect and everyone experiences their own level of failure but the most important lesson that should be learned is humility and a willingness to honestly assess the failures and work to change and correct the missteps. This is where Calipari deserves all the criticism he sees today. The man has no humility, offers no solutions, and refuses to correct mistakes because of some sort of sickening pride that will forever be the poison that undermines the cure. If the trajectory of this program continues under Cal, the SEC tournament becomes more and more important, ironically.
