Who has the best conference records in March Madness heading into the Final Four?
Saint Peter’s Cinderella run to the Elite Eight produced the best mid-major conference record at this year’s NCAA Tournament.
But among the heavyweights, the Atlantic Coast Conference sparkled. The ACC had two teams advance to the Final Four, and the league is guaranteed a representative in the national title game with UNC and Duke squaring off in a national semifinal Saturday.
Before the tournament began, the Big Ten had the most tournament bids, while the SEC was tied with the Big 12 and Big East for the second most.
But March Madness wasn’t kind to the Big Ten and SEC, with both conferences failing to get a team to the Final Four. And only one team from either league advanced to the Elite Eight.
Kansas, from the Big 12, and Villanova, from the Big East, are in the other Final Four game this weekend.
So how do the conference records shake out with three games remaining in the 2022 NCAA Tournament?
Here’s how things stand so far:
ACC
Record: 13-3 (five teams)
MAAC
Record: 3-1 (one team)
Big 12
Record: 11-5 (six teams)
American
Record: 4-2 (two teams)
Big East
Record: 7-5 (six teams)
Pac-12
Record: 4-3 (three teams)
West Coast
Record: 3-3 (three teams)
Big Ten
Record: 9-9 (nine teams)
Ohio Valley
Record: 1-1 (one team)
WAC
Record: 1-1 (one team)
Horizon
Record: 1-1 (one team)
SWAC
Record: 1-1 (one team)
SEC
Record: 5-6 (six teams)
Atlantic 10
Record: 1-2 (two teams)
Mountain West
Record: 0-4 (four teams)
America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Conference USA, Colonial, Ivy, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Patriot, Southern, Summit, Sun Belt, Northeast, Southland
Record: 0-1 for each (one team each)
