College Basketball: Which Conference Is the Best?

I’m sure everyone has long heard debate over what conference is the greatest. Most of you have probably even joined in those debates to talk about which conferences are over-rated and under-rated.  

The point of this article is to get some hard numbers out there to compare the major conferences in Tournament competition. You will notice that I don’t care what seed you are in either tournament, the point is if you’re in either the NCAA tournament or the NIT, you’re playing against teams at the same level as you.

Why is the NIT important? I know that most of you probably don’t care about the NIT. Guess what, I don’t care about you. I’m writing the article, and I think it’s important so it’s included.

The NIT is important because it provides an idea of middle competition. Is the conference well balanced, or is the conference full of bottom feeders that the top few teams feed off of? That’s why the NIT is included in this article. 

Enough of the introduction, it’s time for some numbers. Enjoy

NCAA Tournament 

Baylor – Big 12 – 0-1

Kansas – Big 12 – 6-0

Kansas St. – Big 12 – 1-1

Oklahoma – Big 12 – 1-1

Texas – Big 12 – 3-1

Texas A&M – Big 12 – 1-1

Big 12 Aggregate = 12-5

Connecticut – Big East – 0-1

Georgetown – Big East – 1-1

Louisville – Big East – 3-1

Marquette – Big East – 1-1

Notre Dame – Big East – 1-1

Pittsburgh – Big East – 1-1

Villanova – Big East – 2-1

West Virginia – Big East – 2-1

Big East Aggregate = 11-8

Arizona – Pac 10 – 0-1

Oregon – Pac 10 – 0-1

Washington State – Pac 10 – 2-1

Stanford – Pac 10 – 2-1

UCLA – Pac 10 – 4-1

Southern California – Pac 10 – 0-1

Pac 10 Aggregate = 8-6

Duke – ACC – 1-1

Clemson – ACC – 0-1

Miami (Fla.) – ACC – 1-1

North Carolina – ACC – 4-1

ACC Aggregate = 6-4

Indiana – Big Ten – 0-1

Michigan State – Big Ten – 2-1

Purdue – Big Ten – 1-1

Wisconsin – Big Ten – 2-1

Big Ten Aggregate = 5-4

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