Finally a voice of reason here. Ferd for all the years he's been imitating a sports writer, don't get it. Unless it's preseason tournaments that is covered by national TV money, big names are not coming nor many major conference schools especially once the conference play starts. No team wants to sacrifice the players staying fresh for conference play, including Hawaii. It makes no sense, especially for teams like Hawaii to get beaten up by way superior teams and risk their competitiveness in conference. For Hawaii, there's only one way to make the big dance, that's to win the conference championship. Unlike the old geezer and rest of the dodos here, Matlin and Ganot know full well that the success of the program is solely dependent on success in conference play. Getting to the big dance and possibly winning a game offers huge financial payoff, way more than a little bump in attendance bigger foes may offer. Ferd needs to go bye bye into the night. PLEASE!