First 2009 March Madness thread

[horseofcourse]

Since going to 64 teams in 1985, the ACC has had 22 final 4 teams, the Big 10--16, the SEC...14, the Big 12...12, and the big East 11, PAC 10...9. And if you consider that 5 of those 11 big East appearances came in 1985 and 1987...it is even worse for the Big East. Just go the last 20 years and the final 4 appearances are...

ACC--20
Big 10--15
SEC-- 13
Big 12--9
PAC 10--8
Big East--6

Since 1985, multiple teams in the final 4...Big 10--5 times, ACC 4 times, Big 12 and SEC 3 times, big East 2 times. Years with no final 4 teams...ACC 6 times, Big 10--12 times, SEC 13 times, Big 12--15 times, Big East--15 times.

To be fair the Big East has done great when they get to the final 4 with 4 titles and 4 runner ups, compared to 6 and 5 for the ACC, 5 and 3 for the SEC, 3 and 5 for the Big 10, 2 and 3 for the Big 12 and 2 and 2 for the Pac 10. So of their 11 final 4 teams, 8 have reached the championship game compared to 11 out of 22 for the ACC. 8 out of 14 for the SEC, 8 out of 16 for the Big 10, 5 out of 12 for the Big 12, and 4 out of 9 for the PAC 10.