A quick look at conference success in the NCAA Tournament so far
Conference partcipation (teams per conference) in the NCAA Tournament began as follows:
Seven teams: Big 12
Six teams: Big Ten, ACC, Atlantic 10, Pac 12
Four teams: American Athletic Conference, Big East
Three teams: SEC
Two teams: Mountain West, West Coast Conference
One team: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, CAA, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, MVC, NEC, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Sun Belt, Summit League, WAC
After one week, we're down to the following:
Three teams: Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC
Two teams: American Athletic Conference, Big 12
One team: Mountain West, Atlantic 10, ACC
Zero teams: Big East, America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, CAA, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, MVC, NEC, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Sun Belt, Summit League, WAC
Final thought: What stands out to me is that all three SEC teams made it to the Sweet Sixteen while the ACC, Big 12, and Big East combined only had three total teams survive the weekend.
I doubt Kentucky makes it against any of the other 1 seeds, and doubt Tennessee makes it past Duke if they don't get trolled by Mercer.
I don't think that's being fair at all.
Wichita St. is a LEGIT team...UK was preseason #1 and played their best game of the season. They won by 2 fucking points. People need to quit acting like the Shockers didn't play a great game and they got blown out by a shit team who played horribly.
I watched the KY game and part of their 1st round game. I thought they were very impressive.
That's actually rather remarkable to me, that the field can narrow from 30 or 31 conferences to representatives from only eight of them by the time you reach the Sweet Sixteen. That being said, it is nice to see that the Big Ten is well-represented for a second straight year. I think we had four teams last year, and that might have been the biggest group from a single conference in the Sweet Sixteen.
Michigan, OSU, MSU, and Indiana all made it. I believe the record for a conference is five, a number the Big East fielded in 2009.
One was a 1 seed, supposed to make it that far. Another was an under seeded 11 seed that played team that was 1-6 coming in, a way overseeded team as the 6 seed and then a 14 seed. I think Kentuck's win was by far the best. WSU looked like the best 1 seed on Thursday/Friday and Kentucky gave them a hell of a game. However I think what Tennessee is doing right now is a little blown out of proportion.
b/c they are used to playing teams of 16-seed talent.
And then they played Kentucky better than anyone else all year, just so happens that it was also Kentucky's best game of the year. Wichita State was/is legit, it's just unfortunate they had to play a Kentucky team (who is playing at an incredibly high level) so early in the tournament.
March 25th, 2014 at 12:37 AM ^
(Except Florida who looked sluggish against Albany and iffy against Pitt early) KU with the big W nd Tennessee looking good. However, I will not let this change my perception of their league. This holds to how that league is - good teams at the top and everyone else is 2014 Purdue
I think the ACC, Big 12 and Big East had 4 teams survive. Unless there was a mistake saying both ACC and Big 12 have two left.
The ACC, Big 12, and Big East have Virginia, Iowa State, and Baylor remaining.
Louisville remains from the AAC (American Athletic Conference) along with UConn. I changed "AAC" to "American Athletic Conference" above. "AAC" is not something people are used to seeing, myself included, and I should have avoided it.
but the punchline was delivered in such a rambling way that the reader gets lost trying to read it literally. I did a few double-takes before I deciphered what he was trying to say. (I think.)
I think that it should be read, "Everybody from the ACC, Big East, and B12 advanced. Why hasn't ESPN corrected the scores yet?"
... I'm also a fan of Big East basketball. At the start of the season, there seemed to be much excitement and good will surrounding the new, sleeker conference. Down the stretch, however, the league really showed some growing (shrinking?) pains. The Creighton-Providence final in MSG was a bit deflating, and now there's the poor performance in the NCAA tourney. While it seems a bit unfair to blame the specific tournament teams for not making it to the Sweet Sixteen--if only because Marquette and Georgetown were considered to be the two most talented teams coming into the season and failed to make the tournament--it's still not a reassuring sign that the league won't be represented this weekend. It will be interesting to see whether the league can recruit at a top level when they can't sell in-conference games against Syracuse, UConn, and Louisville.
looks like we are Vegas favored by 2 vs. Tenn.
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