Rimshot.
I wouldn't say I was ripping the league. I would say that the conference just isn't deserving of three bids. None of the other teams in conference played their way into a bid, and Fox did their darndest to play out of a bid, especially after their pre-conference surge.
That said, I don't think its a horrible league, I think its probably is a good league. But the rest of the teams don't belong in the tournament. They simply didn't earn it. Its not a bad conference, just not a three bid conference.

Also, UPS is going to have a very difficult team beating PLU on Saturday (yes, I'm assuming they win Thursday night) because the guys play at the same time, and sorry to say, as a UPS student, that the vast majority of the students will be drunk and not go to the woman's game. The crowd was a large factor in the UPS win over PLU, and they will not have that same advantage. I think it will come down to whoever makes a critical basket at about the two minute mark.

The NWC is not a good conference. There are two good teams (UPS and PLU) and the rest of the conference is marginal at best. George Fox proved that in conference they can't play against "tough" teams and Whitman went 3-5 on the road in conference. Its not a tough match-up for a rested and excited UPS team. If anything, PLU should be worried about UPS beating Whitman so bad that they are on a high. Remember, UPS dismantled PLU in Parkland. I think this one will be close.

PLU and UPS should both get in the tourny, but not George Fox or Whitman.