Everyone loves an underdog story in March. The NCAA Tournament has become an institution in the sports world because of the upsets each year. Fans of all different teams come together to watch a scrappy underdog no one had heard of two weeks ago take a Blue Blood down to the wire.
Those upsets help put teams, and sometimes an entire conference, on the map. So you can understand why a mid-major conference might want to put a thumb on the scale a little to help its best teams reach the Big Dance.
The Sun Belt Conference announced in August it would change the conference tournament format.
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