That has never happened before. It is symptomatic of a troubling trend. Money, big money, has come to college hoops, bringing with it all the evils and seductions it always brings. The NCAA tournament dazzles the rest of us, but it blinds those who run colleges and universities. Presidents succumb to delusions of grandeur.
Athletic directors suffer visions of grandiosity.
To fantasize is fine. But not at the expense of all reason and reality. All the previous parameters have been warped and all the measuring sticks perverted. That constitutes flaming failure. Ambitions and aspirations are laudable.