have a duke or some other dominant type team to give it validation. now the whole 64 becomes a big joke when the winner of the nit would be 50-50 with the winner of the ncaa. so the season means nothing and whoever gets hot, lucky and the benefit of refs calls can say they are champions big deal. so george mason gets hot and wins they have really not done much more than someone winning the preseason nit or maui classic. in no way does this tournament prove who is the best team but just who got lucky.