Perhaps we should stop trying to win conference tournaments. We have had so many season-damaging injuries in them. Yes, we got a better seed, but we also lost our best player and it may have affected Dent as well.
We have seen this movie so many time before whether it is Jordan Adams, Jaime Jaquez, Adem Bona, or Jaylen Clark.
Conference tournaments don't really matter, unless you get a key injury.