EddyP
Well-Known Member
Making the Dance: Best NCAA Conferences by Final Four ...
Saw something in another thread about how the B1G perfoms in the Dance so I dug this up from a couple years ago. Interesting. Acc is clearly the best(although a 2 team dominance) but...
Second
"However, as was the case two years ago, I believe 2nd place will surprise you -- The Big Ten appears to be the clear leader for the second best basketball conference in the country. During the past 10 years they have 8 Final Four appearances (only 1 less than the ACC and 2 more than the next closest B12). Additionally, during the past 5 years, 3 of the national runner-ups have come from the B10 (not even the ACC has had that many teams in NC games during the past 5 years). Those three runners-up, Michigan State, Ohio State and Illinois, further demonstrates the conferences depth. They had 1 NC in the past 10 years and 4 in the past 30 which is comparable to other conferences, but their total overall FF appearances were so clearly higher than other non-ACC conferences that they appear a clear choice for 2nd."
Saw something in another thread about how the B1G perfoms in the Dance so I dug this up from a couple years ago. Interesting. Acc is clearly the best(although a 2 team dominance) but...
Second
"However, as was the case two years ago, I believe 2nd place will surprise you -- The Big Ten appears to be the clear leader for the second best basketball conference in the country. During the past 10 years they have 8 Final Four appearances (only 1 less than the ACC and 2 more than the next closest B12). Additionally, during the past 5 years, 3 of the national runner-ups have come from the B10 (not even the ACC has had that many teams in NC games during the past 5 years). Those three runners-up, Michigan State, Ohio State and Illinois, further demonstrates the conferences depth. They had 1 NC in the past 10 years and 4 in the past 30 which is comparable to other conferences, but their total overall FF appearances were so clearly higher than other non-ACC conferences that they appear a clear choice for 2nd."
