Sixteen schools each year win at least two NCAA games. The conference's dead weight comes from Virginia and South Carolina. All four have made one Sweet 16 and Georgia Tech made the Final Four (the championship game) in 2004.įlorida State and Miami had the same number of wins and Sweet 16's, but Florida State's was in 2011 and Miami's was in 2000. Of the next four teams (Georgia Tech, NC State, Wake Forest and Boston College), three of them have struggled recently but had success earlier in the decade. Pitt and Xavier have made five Sweet 16 or better appearances without a Final Four. Pittsburgh is tied with Xavier for the most NCAA Tournament wins since 2000 without a Final Four appearance. Of the nine schools that have won a championship since 2000, four are or will be ACC schools. Present or future ACC schools have won six of the 13 national championships since 2000. With the addition of Syracuse and Pittsburgh, the ACC will have five schools that have averaged at least one win per season since 2000 (13 wins or more). Not surprisingly, North Carolina and Duke lead the list. I show each major conference's performance, using each conference's future alignment (as of April 2012) instead of the present alignment, as well as the top schools and the worst BCS conference teams. Plus, the "First Four" format is only two years old. A team should not be credited for winning an extra game because they were one of the last four at-large teams to get a bid. My criteria is tournament wins, and I counted wins for each team in the six "major" conferences as well as other strong mid-major schools.įor the purposes of this article, only wins in the Round of 64 or later count (wins in "First Four" games do not count). So this article measures the performance of NCAA basketball schools in the NCAA Tournament since 2000. Likewise, one year alone should not define a conference. I think the overall performance of a conference in a tournament has to be taken into account. I don't believe the SEC is the best basketball conference just because one of their teams won the championship. Ohio is not a better program now than Duke.Īlso, people may debate whether or not one conference is stronger than another.
Often, the strength of a program is judged heavily by recent events. When people said Illinois "reached" for Brad Stevens or Shaka Smart, they were implying that their current schools were "better" than Illinois. Some people said it was a great program others said it wasn't. When Illinois's head coach position opened up, people debated on whether Illinois was a good program or not. The offseason will be filled with people debating about various teams and conferences. Any time a head coaching job opens, people will discuss the state of the basketball program. Congratulations to Kentucky for winning the championship. At the same time, we’ve got to control, value the basketball and play the aggressor.”Īnd now with all eyes on March Madness, the rest of the nation and seeing just what the Big 12 Conference is made of after an impressive opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament.This past month, we finished another college basketball season and another NCAA Tournament. We play in the league that’s the most physical, so my guess would be whoever we play outside the league, it may not be that same level of defensive intensity that we see night in and night out. We play the teams that are the most physical. Otzelberger said, “I don’t know who we will play and how that will all go, but I do know that we’re playing in the best league in the country. But this is not necessarily unusual for the Big 12, since back in 2018, the league had four teams in the Sweet 16.Īfter losing in the Big 12 Tournament last week to Texas Tech, Iowa State head coach T.J. The same happened in 2019, when only Texas Tech reached the Sweet 16, but the Red Raiders also made the National Championship game.
Last season, Baylor was the only team in the league to make the Sweet 16, however they would go on to win the National Title.
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