Power Conferences (Sweet 16)

[Bob Green]

The so-called Power Conferences went a combined 24-10 in the first round:

Big East 7-1
Big 12 5-1
ACC 3-1
Big Ten 3-1
Pac 10 3-3
SEC 3-3

So much for the Pac 10 being the dominant conference this season.

[throatybeard]

And so much for the BE not deserving all those bids.

[JasonEvans]

And so much for the BE not deserving all those bids.

If UConn does not get upset in a game they easily could have won the BEast would be really impressive.

Then again, conference dominance does not come from round one. For the most past, the major conference teams tend to be the higher seeded teams most of the time in the first game. What really shows your mettle is getting teams to the Sweet 16.

--Jason "Clemson's implosion against Villanova was the single most maddening thing to happen in the tourney yesterday" Evans

[YmoBeThere]

The SEC just wasn't that good either...

[Bob Green]

The conference breakdown for the 16 teams is as follows:

Big East - 3 (Louisville, West Virginia, Villanova)
Pac 10 - 3 (UCLA, Stanford, Washington State)
Big Ten - 2 (Wisconsin, Michigan State)
Big 12 - 2 (Kansas, Texas)
ACC - 1 (UNC)
SEC - 1 (Tennessee)
Atlantic 10 - 1 (Xavier)
Conference USA - 1 (Memphis)
Southern Conference - 1 (Davidson)
Sun Belt - 1 (Western Kentucky)

I guess I wrote the Pac 10 off too soon after they went 3-3 in the first round as all three of their remaining teams advanced to the Sweet 16.

[devildeac]

If UConn does not get upset in a game they easily could have won the BEast would be really impressive.

Then again, conference dominance does not come from round one. For the most past, the major conference teams tend to be the higher seeded teams most of the time in the first game. What really shows your mettle is getting teams to the Sweet 16.

--Jason "Clemson's implosion against Villanova was the single most maddening thing to happen in the tourney yesterday" Evans

JE, you forgot, Villanova does not have a DUKE in it...

The tiggers must have thought an alternative spelling for Villanova was 'unc' 'cuz that's just about how they played.

[blazindw]

The conference breakdown for the Elite 8:
Big 12 - 2 (Kansas, Texas)
Big East - 1 (Louisville)
Pac 10 - 1 (UCLA)
ACC - 1 (UNC)
Atlantic 10 - 1 (Xavier)
Conference USA - 1 (Memphis)
Southern Conference - 1 (Davidson)

5 from the "BCS" conferences, 1 true mid-major (Davidson) and 2 from the "not quite mid-major, not quite big-time" conferences (Memphis & Xavier). The Big 12 is still on track to place 2 teams in the Final Four, which would be the 9th time in 10 years a conference placed 2 teams in the Final Four should they both win on Sunday.

[sandinmyshoes]

I keep in mind that Miami nearly took out Texas.

[SMO]

The so-called Power Conferences went a combined 24-10 in the first round:

Big East 7-1
Big 12 5-1
ACC 3-1
Big Ten 3-1
Pac 10 3-3
SEC 3-3

So much for the Pac 10 being the dominant conference this season.

Bob, thanks for summarizing. I must say though, that measuring conference quality by record in the tourney is misleading. The better conferences get more teams, and every team except one takes a loss at some point. That means the better conferences are likely to rack up more losses, thus skewing the comparison.