I've noticed in the CBS coverage of the 2006 NCAA Tournament that all
of the team coaches are wearing the same lapel pin.  It's a rather
large, hexagonal shaped pin .  Why are they all wearing this pin? What
is it symbolic for?

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 21 Mar 2006 00:49 PST

Here's a picture of coach Mike McConathy wearing one of the pins:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060319/483/dtp13903192211

To my eye, the logo on the pin closely resembles the NCAA basketball
logo seen in the top center of this page:
www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens

Let me know what you think.

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 21 Mar 2006 00:50 PST

That second link should have been:
http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens

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Clarification of Question by st3o-ga on 21 Mar 2006 12:57 PST

I can believe that.  I was just curious if it represented some sort of
anniversary or milestone?

Though yes, I can believe it looks like the NCAA basketball.

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 21 Mar 2006 17:51 PST

Perhaps it has something to do with the NCAA's 100th anniversary which
they're celebrating this year:
http://web1.ncaa.org/cent/

Let me know if you consider the information provided so far to be
acceptable as the official answer here. Thanks.

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Clarification of Question by st3o-ga on 21 Mar 2006 18:18 PST

That looks gooooood.  I'll take that as official

Okay, great.  We'll make it official...

Coach Mike McConathy wearing one of the pins:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060319/483/dtp13903192211

NCAA basketball logo here:
http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens

The NCAA's 100th anniversary:
http://web1.ncaa.org/cent/

Thanks again!

It symolizes that they have accepted that they are slaves to the NCAA system.