Conference Tournaments

I've just gotta put my two cents in regarding conference circuses, err tournaments. What is the damn point? So they play 16-18 conference games that decide who is the conference champion, and then we find the need to play a tournament after that, where a team can find its groove and get lucky to the tune of a "conference championship."
Lets use an anology: Imagine if David Stern said "Ok guys you're still going to play 82 games but after that, we're going to have division tournaments in between your grueling regular season and your grueling playoffs. The winner of this tournament will get an at large berth to the playoffs. Those of you who have played well all year and already have earnerd a real playoff berth must go to this tournament and play 4 games in 4 days and risk injury and fatigue less than a week before the real playoffs start, with very little to gain!" It sounds ludicrous doesn't it? He'd be impeached immediately.
My point is: if I was a good basketball team who has had a good season, I would stay at home and forfeit, and let the guys I'm gonna play next week beat up on each other.