Conference NCAA records

[SWC75]

Since The Big Dance ended I've been complaining some stats on conference NCAA records, looking at it several difference ways and here is the result.

Here are the year by year best performances by a conference in the NCAA tournament since 1975, the year teams other than the conference champions were allowed in the tournament. These are the conferences with the top five in number of wins each year with the number of losses being the tie breaker:


1975 PAC8 6-1, SEC 4-2, ACC and Missouri Valley 3-2, Big10 and WAC 2-2

1976 Big10 9-1, PAC8 3-2, Big8, Southern and WAC 2-2

1977 ACC 6-2, Sun Belt 3-1, Big Sky and Southern 2-1, SEC 2-2

1978 SEC 5-0, ACC 4-2, Big10 3-2, Eastern 8 2-1, SWC 2-3

1979 Big10 5-1, Ivy 4-1, Missouri Valley 4-2, New York-New Jersey 7 3-1, Pac 10 3-2

1980 Big10 10-4, Metro 7-2, ACC 6-3, Pac10 6-4, SEC 4-3

1981 ACC 8-4, Big10 6-2, Big8 and WAC 5-3SEC 4-4

1982 Big East 9-6, ACC 7-3, SWC 4-2, Big8 3-2, Metro 3-3

1983 ACC 11-3, SEC 6-4, Big East 6-5, SWC 5-2, Big10 5-4

1984 Big East 8-2, ACC 8-5, SWC 5-3, Big10 and Metro 4-2

1985 Big East 17-5, ACC 12-5, SEC 7-5, Metro 4-2, Big8 4-3

1986 ACC 13-6, SEC 12-5, Metro 7-2, Big8 7-5,Big East 4-3

1987 Big East 14-4, Big10 13-5, SEC 8-6, Big8 5-4, ACC 5-6

1988 Big8 14-3, ACC 9-5, Big10 7-5, SEC 6-5, PAC10 4-2

1989 Big10 16-4, ACC 12-6, Big East 10-5, Big8 4-4, Big West 3-1

1990 ACC 13-6, Big West 8-2, Big10 8-6, SWC 7-3, Big East 7-5

1991 ACC 11-5, Big East 9-5, Big10 7-2, Big8 6-2, SWC 3-2, Atlantic 10, Big West, Pac10 3-3

1992 Big10 14-5, ACC 12-4, SEC 5-3, Big8 5-6, Pac10 4-4

1993 ACC 14-5, Big10 10-5, SEC 8-4, Atlantic 10 7-4, Big 8 5-6

1994 SEC 12-3, ACC 10-5, Big10 10-8, Big8 7-3, Big East 7-6

1995 SEC 11-5, ACC 10-5, Big East 8-2, Pac10 8-4, Big8 8-5

1996 SEC 14-3, Big East 12-5, C-USA 6-4, ACC 6-5, SWC and WAC 3-2

1997 Pac10 13-4, ACC and Big 10 8-6, Big8 7-5, C-USA 5-4

1998 Pac10 11-4, ACC 10-5, SEC 7-4, Big East and Big 10 7-5

1999 Big10 13-7, Big East 10-4, SEC 10-6, ACC 7-3, Big12 4-5

2000 Big10 15-5, SEC 11-6, Big12 9-6, Big East 8-5, ACC 7-3

2001 Pac10 13-5, ACC 11-5, Big10 11-6, Big East 5-5, SEC 5-6

2002 Big12 13-6, ACC 9-3, Big10 9-5, Pac10 9-6, Big East 6-6

2003 Big12 14-6, Big East 12-3, Big10 8-4, Pac10 6-5, SEC 6-6

2004 ACC 14-6, Big East 11-5, Big12 10-4, A10 6-3, SEC 6-6

2005 ACC 12-4, Big10 12-5, Big East 7-6, Big12 and SEC 6-6

2006 Big East 14-8, SEC 12-6, Pac10 8-4, Colonial 4-2, ACC 4-3

2007 SEC 12-3, Pac10 11-5, Big10 8-7, Big12 6-4, ACC 6-6

2008 Big East 12-9, Big12 11-6, Pac10 8-5, ACC 5-3, Big10 5-4

2009 Big East 16-9, Big12 11-6, Big10 9-7, ACC 8-5, Pac10 6-6

2010 ACC 9-5, Big10 9-5, Big12 9-7, Big East 8-8,. SEC 6-4

2011 Big East 13-10, ACC 7-4, SEC 7-5, Big10 7-7, Horizon 5-1

2012 Big East 13-9, Big 10 10-6, SEC 9-3, Big12 9-7, ACC 7-5

2013 Big10 14-7, Big East 12-6, Missouri Valley 5-2, Pac12 5-4, SEC 4-3

2014 American, SEC 9-3, Big10 8-5, Pac12 8-6, A10, Big12 6-6

2015 ACC 17-5, Big10 12-7, Pac12 7-5, SEC 5-5, Big12 5-7

2016 ACC 19-7, Big12 9-8, Big East 8-2, Big10 6-6, Pac12 4-7


The winning conferences:

ACC 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016 =12 times

Big East 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2012 = 9 times

Big 10 1976, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2013 = 8 times

SEC 1978, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2014 = 6 times

PAC 8/10/12 1975, 1997, 1998, 2001 = 4 times

Big 8/12 1988, 2002, 2003 = 3 times

 

[SWC75]

And here are the cumulative records of the conferences since 1975:


ACC 362-189 .657

Big 10: 321-195 .622

Big East 295-192 .606

SEC: 252-173 .593

Big 8/12 235-183 .562

PAC 8/10/12: 188-142 .570

Metro/C-USA 101-91 .526

Atlantic 10 86-106 .448 (Includes Eastern 8 and Yankee which merged into it)

Western Athletic 60-84 .426 (1-15 since 2006)

Missouri Valley 50-69 .420

Southwest 43-46 .483 (dissolved in 1996)

West Coast 39-57 .406

Big West 32-53 .376 (2-23 since 1994)

Midwestern/Horizon 28-37 .431

ECAC South/Colonial 26-40 .650

American South/Sun Belt 22-57 .386 (4-25 since 1994)

Mid-American 21-46 .313

Mountain West 18-33 .353

Great Midwest 15-14 .517 (dissolved when Conference USA was formed)

Ivy 15-43 .259

American 11-8 .578

Southland 11-38 .224

Southern 11-42 .208

Mid-Continent/Summit 8-30 .211

Big Sky 8-49 .140 (3-41 since 1983)

Ohio Valley 6-42 .125

America East 5-32 .135 (formerly ECAC North and North Atlantic)

Atlantic Sun 5-32 .135 (formerly Trans America)

East Coast 4-16 .200 (Not the current ECC, which is in D2: this was formed form the old Middle Atlantic conference and folded in 1994)

NY-NJ 7 3-3 .500 (1976-78: dissolved when the Big East was formed)

Patriot 3-23 .115

Big South 2-22 .083

Southwest Athletic 2-28 .071 (The SWAC, not the SWC)

Mid-Eastern 2-29 .065 (MEAC)

Metro Atlantic 2-36 .053 (MAAC)

ECAC Metro/Northeast 1-32 .030

 

[SWC75]

Here are the current DI Conferences and the NCAA records, (from 1939, not 1975), and national championships of their current members, (only those who have played in the tournament listed):

Atlantic Coast Conference
Boston College 22-19
Duke 107-35 (5)
Clemson 9-11
Florida State 15-14
Georgia Tech 23-16
Louisville 72-41 (3)
U. of Miami 8-8
North Carolina 117-45 (5)
No. Carolina St. 37-25 (2)
Notre Dame 37-39
Pittsburgh 24-27
Syracuse 65-38 (1)
Virginia 28-20
Virginia Tech 6-8
Wake Forest 28-22
TOTAL 598-368 (16)

Big 10
Illinois 40-31
Indiana 66-34 (5)
Iowa 29-27
Maryland 42-25 (1)
Michigan 52-25 (1)
Michigan State 63-29 (2)
Minnesota 13-13
Nebraska 0-7
Ohio State 55-30 (1)
Penn State 9-11
Purdue 35-28
Rutgers 5-7
Wisconsin 36-21 (1)
TOTAL: 445-288 (11)

Southeastern Conference
Alabama 20-20
Arkansas 41-30 (1)
Auburn 12-8
Florida 42-17 (2)
Georgia 7-12
Kentucky 123-50 (8)
Louisiana State 24-24
Mississippi 5-8
Mississippi State 11-10
Missouri 22-25
South Carolina 4-9
Tennessee 19-21
Texas A&M 11-14
Vanderbilt 10-15
TOTAL 351-263 (11)

PAC 12
Arizona 54-32 (1)
Arizona State 13-15
California 20-19
Colorado 10-16
Oregon 19-13 (1)
Oregon State 12-20
Stanford 22-16 (1)
Southern California 12-19
UCLA 104-40 (11)
Utah 38-32 (1)
Washington 18-17
Washington State 6-6
TOTAL 328-245 (15)

Big 12
Baylor 11-12
Iowa State 18-18
Kansas 100-44 (3)
Kansas State 33-32
Oklahoma 41-29
Oklahoma State 38-26 (2)
Texas 35-36
Texas Christian 5-7
Texas Tech 2-7
West Virginia 27-27
TOTAL 310-238 (5)

Big East Conference
Butler 21-14
Creighton 12-20
DePaul 21-25
Georgetown 47-29 (1)
Marquette 41-32 (1)
Providence 15-19
St. John’s 27-31
Seton Hall 15-10
Villanova 57-35 (2)
Xavier 24-26
TOTAL: 280-241 (4)

American Athletic Conference
Central Florida 0-4
Cincinnati 44-29 (2)
Connecticut 59-30 (4)
East Carolina 0-2
Houston 26-24
Memphis 34-26
South Florida 2-3
Southern Methodist 10-13
Temple 33-32
Tulane 3-3
Tulsa 12-16
TOTAL 223-182 (6)

Atlantic 10 Conference
Davidson 8-14
Dayton 19-19
Duquesne 3-5
Fordham 2-4
George Mason 5-6
George Washington 4-11
LaSalle 14-11 (1)
Massachusetts 11-9
Rhode Island 6-8
Richmond 8-9
St. Bonaventure 6-8
St. Joseph’s 19-25
St. Louis 6-10
Virginia Commonwealth 13-15
TOTAL 124-154 (1)

West Coast Conference
Brigham Young 15-32
Gonzaga 23-19
Loyola Marymount 5-5
Pacific 4-10
Pepperdine 5-14
Portland 0-2
St. Mary’s (Cal) 4-8
San Diego 1-4
San Francisco 21-14 (2)
Santa Clara 11-13
TOTAL 89-121 (2)

Mountain West Conference
Air Force 0-4
Boise State 0-7
Colorado State 4-11
Fresno State 2-6
Nevada-Reno 4-6
New Mexico 8-16
San Diego State 6-11
San Jose State 0-3
UNLV 33-19 (1)
Utah State 6-22
Wyoming 9-19 (1)
TOTAL 72-124 (2)

Missouri Valley Conference
Bradley 11-8
Drake 5-4
Evansville 1-5
Illinois State 3-6
Indiana State 5-4
Loyola-Chicago 9-4 (1)
Missouri State 3-6
Northern Iowa 4-7
Southern Illinois 6-10
Wichita State 17-14
TOTAL 64-68 (1)

CONFERENCE USA
Alabama-Birmingham 10-15
Charlotte 7-12
Florida Atlantic 0-1
Florida International 0-1
Louisiana Tech 4-5
Marshall 0-5
Middle Tennessee St. 3-8
North Texas St. 0-3
Old Dominion 3-11
Rice 2-5
Southern Mississippi 0-3
Texas-El Paso 14-16 (1)
Texas-San Antonio 1-4
Western Kentucky 19-24
TOTAL 63-113 (1) (2 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Ivy
Brown 0-2
Columbia 2-4
Cornell 2-6
Dartmouth 10-7
Harvard 2-6
Pennsylvania 13-25
Princeton 13-28
Yale 1-5
TOTAL 43-83

Mid-American Conference
Akron 0-3
Ball State 3-7
Bowling Green 1-5
Buffalo 0-2
Central Michigan 3-4
Eastern Michigan 3-4
Kent State 4-5
Miami U. 6-19
Northern Illinois 0-3
Ohio University 7-14
Toledo 1-4
Western Michigan 2-4
TOTAL 30-74

Patriot
American U. 0-3
Boston University 2-7
Bucknell 2-5
Colgate 0-2
Holy Cross 8-13 (1)
Lafayette 0-5
Lehigh 1-5
Loyola-Maryland 0-2
Navy 8-12
TOTAL 21-54 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Western Athletic
Cal-Bakersfield 0-1
New Mexico St. 10-24
Seattle 10-13 (Their last NCAA win was in 1964)
TOTAL 20-38 (They've lost almost all of their original membership to other conferences)

Metro Atlantic
Canisius 6-4
Fairfield 0-3
Iona 1-11
Manhattan 3-9
Marist 0-2
Monmouth 1-4
Niagara 2-4
St. Peter’s 0-3
Rider 0-3
Siena 4-6
TOTAL 17- 49 (3 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Big Sky
Eastern Washington 0-1
Idaho 1-4
Idaho State 8-13 (6-9 in the 1950’s)
Montana 2-10
Montana State 0-3
Northern Arizona 0-2
Northern Colorado 0-1
Portland State 0-2
Southern Utah 0-1
Weber State 6-17 (0-2 in this century)
TOTAL 17-54

Horizon
Cleveland State 3-2
Detroit 3-6
Illinois-Chicago 0-3
Oakland 1-3
Valparaiso 2-9
Wisconsin-Green Bay 1-5
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3-4
Wright State 0-2
TOTAL 13-34 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Big West
Cal Poly 1-1
Cal-Santa Barbara 1-5
Fullerton State 2-2
Hawaii 1-5
Long Beach State 7-10 (7-5 when Jerry Tarkanian was coaching there in the 70’s)
Northridge State 0-2
TOTAL 12-25 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Ohio Valley
Austin Peay St. 2-8
Belmont 0-7
Eastern Illinois 0-2
Eastern Kentucky 0-8
Morehead State 6-8
Murray State 3-15
SE Missouri State 0-1
Tennessee State 0-2
Tennessee Tech 0-2
TOTAL 11-53 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Southland
Houston Baptist 0-1
Lamar 5-6
McNeese State 0-2
New Orleans 1-4
Nicholls State 0-2
Sam Houston State 0-2
SE Louisiana 0-1
Stephen . Austin 2-4
NW Louisiana 2-3
TA&M Corpus Christi 0-1
TOTAL 10-26 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Southern
Chattanooga 3-11
East Tennessee St. 2-10
Furman 1-7
Mercer 1-3
Samford 0-2
Virginia Military 3-3
Western Carolina 0-1
Wofford 0-4
TOTAL 10-41

Colonial
Delaware 0-5
Drexel 1-4
Hofstra 0-4
James Madison 4-5
UNC Wilmington 1-5
Northeastern 3-8
Towson 0-2
TOTAL 9-33 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Sun Belt
Appalachian St. 0-2
Arkansas-Little Rock 2-5
Arkansas State 0-1
Georgia Southern 0-3
Georgia State 2-3
Louisiana-Lafayette 4-11
Louisiana Monroe 0-6
South Alabama 1-8
Texas-Arlington 0-1
Texas State 0-2
Troy 0-1
TOTAL 9-43

Atlantic Sun
North Florida 0-1
Florida-Gulf Coast 3-2
Jacksonville 4-5 (4-1 in 1970 with Artis Gilmore)
TOTAL 7-8

Mid-Eastern
Coppin State 1-4
Delaware State 0-1
Florida A&M 1-3
Hampton 2-6
Howard 0-2
Morgan State 0-2
No. Carolina A&T 1-10
No. Carolina Central 0-1
So. Carolina State 0-5
TOTAL 5-34 (3 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Southwest Athletic
Alabama A&M 0-1
Alabama State 0-4
Alcorn State 3-6
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0-1
Jackson State 0-3
Mississippi Valley 0-5
Prairie View 0-1
Southern University 1-9
Texas Southern 0-6
TOTAL 4-36 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Summit
IUPUI 0-1
North Dakota State 1-3
Oral Roberts 2-5
So. Dakota State 0-2
TOTAL 3-11

America East
Albany (NY) 1-5
Binghamton 0-1
Maryland-Baltimore Cty 0-1
Stony Brook 0-1
Vermont 2-5
TOTAL 3-13 (2 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Big South
Campbell 0-1
Charleston Southern 0-1
Coastal Carolina 0-4
College of Charleston 1-4
Liberty 0-3
UNC-Ashville 2-4
Radford 0-2
Winthrop 1-9
TOTAL 3-24 (2 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Northeast
Central Connecitcut 0-3
Fairleigh Dickinson 0-5
LIU-Brooklyn 0-6
Mount St. Mary’s 1-4
Robert Morris 2-8
St. Francis (Pa) 0-1
Wagner 0-1
TOTAL 3-28 (2 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Comment: I think the conferences with single digit wins and some of those above that are clearly in the wrong division. The idea of divisions is to give everybody a shot at a championship they can win. What shot do these schools have? There should be either a Division 1AA or these conferences should be shifted back to Division II where they clearly belong.

 

[longtimefan]

Here are the current DI Conferences and the NCAA records, (from 1939, not 1975), and national championships of their current members, (only those who have played in the tournament listed):

Atlantic Coast Conference
Boston College 22-19
Duke 107-35 (5)
Clemson 9-11
Florida State 15-14
Georgia Tech 23-16
Louisville 72-41 (3)
U. of Miami 8-8
North Carolina 117-45 (5)
No. Carolina St. 37-25 (2)
Notre Dame 37-39
Pittsburgh 24-27
Syracuse 65-38 (1)
Virginia 28-20
Virginia Tech 6-8
Wake Forest 28-22
TOTAL 598-368 (16)

Big 10
Illinois 40-31
Indiana 66-34 (5)
Iowa 29-27
Maryland 42-25 (1)
Michigan 52-25 (1)
Michigan State 63-29 (2)
Minnesota 13-13
Nebraska 0-7
Ohio State 55-30 (1)
Penn State 9-11
Purdue 35-28
Rutgers 5-7
Wisconsin 36-21 (1)
TOTAL: 445-288 (11)

Southeastern Conference
Alabama 20-20
Arkansas 41-30 (1)
Auburn 12-8
Florida 42-17 (2)
Georgia 7-12
Kentucky 123-50 (8)
Louisiana State 24-24
Mississippi 5-8
Mississippi State 11-10
Missouri 22-25
South Carolina 4-9
Tennessee 19-21
Texas A&M 11-14
Vanderbilt 10-15
TOTAL 351-263 (11)

PAC 12
Arizona 54-32 (1)
Arizona State 13-15
California 20-19
Colorado 10-16
Oregon 19-13 (1)
Oregon State 12-20
Stanford 22-16 (1)
Southern California 12-19
UCLA 104-40 (11)
Utah 38-32 (1)
Washington 18-17
Washington State 6-6
TOTAL 328-245 (15)

Big 12
Baylor 11-12
Iowa State 18-18
Kansas 100-44 (3)
Kansas State 33-32
Oklahoma 41-29
Oklahoma State 38-26 (2)
Texas 35-36
Texas Christian 5-7
Texas Tech 2-7
West Virginia 27-27
TOTAL 310-238 (5)

Big East Conference
Butler 21-14
Creighton 12-20
DePaul 21-25
Georgetown 47-29 (1)
Marquette 41-32 (1)
Providence 15-19
St. John’s 27-31
Seton Hall 15-10
Villanova 57-35 (2)
Xavier 24-26
TOTAL: 280-241 (4)

American Athletic Conference
Central Florida 0-4
Cincinnati 44-29 (2)
Connecticut 59-30 (4)
East Carolina 0-2
Houston 26-24
Memphis 34-26
South Florida 2-3
Southern Methodist 10-13
Temple 33-32
Tulane 3-3
Tulsa 12-16
TOTAL 223-182 (6)

Atlantic 10 Conference
Davidson 8-14
Dayton 19-19
Duquesne 3-5
Fordham 2-4
George Mason 5-6
George Washington 4-11
LaSalle 14-11 (1)
Massachusetts 11-9
Rhode Island 6-8
Richmond 8-9
St. Bonaventure 6-8
St. Joseph’s 19-25
St. Louis 6-10
Virginia Commonwealth 13-15
TOTAL 124-154 (1)

West Coast Conference
Brigham Young 15-32
Gonzaga 23-19
Loyola Marymount 5-5
Pacific 4-10
Pepperdine 5-14
Portland 0-2
St. Mary’s (Cal) 4-8
San Diego 1-4
San Francisco 21-14 (2)
Santa Clara 11-13
TOTAL 89-121 (2)

Mountain West Conference
Air Force 0-4
Boise State 0-7
Colorado State 4-11
Fresno State 2-6
Nevada-Reno 4-6
New Mexico 8-16
San Diego State 6-11
San Jose State 0-3
UNLV 33-19 (1)
Utah State 6-22
Wyoming 9-19 (1)
TOTAL 72-124 (2)

Missouri Valley Conference
Bradley 11-8
Drake 5-4
Evansville 1-5
Illinois State 3-6
Indiana State 5-4
Loyola-Chicago 9-4 (1)
Missouri State 3-6
Northern Iowa 4-7
Southern Illinois 6-10
Wichita State 17-14
TOTAL 64-68 (1)

CONFERENCE USA
Alabama-Birmingham 10-15
Charlotte 7-12
Florida Atlantic 0-1
Florida International 0-1
Louisiana Tech 4-5
Marshall 0-5
Middle Tennessee St. 3-8
North Texas St. 0-3
Old Dominion 3-11
Rice 2-5
Southern Mississippi 0-3
Texas-El Paso 14-16 (1)
Texas-San Antonio 1-4
Western Kentucky 19-24
TOTAL 63-113 (1) (2 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Ivy
Brown 0-2
Columbia 2-4
Cornell 2-6
Dartmouth 10-7
Harvard 2-6
Pennsylvania 13-25
Princeton 13-28
Yale 1-5
TOTAL 43-83

Mid-American Conference
Akron 0-3
Ball State 3-7
Bowling Green 1-5
Buffalo 0-2
Central Michigan 3-4
Eastern Michigan 3-4
Kent State 4-5
Miami U. 6-19
Northern Illinois 0-3
Ohio University 7-14
Toledo 1-4
Western Michigan 2-4
TOTAL 30-74

Patriot
American U. 0-3
Boston University 2-7
Bucknell 2-5
Colgate 0-2
Holy Cross 8-13 (1)
Lafayette 0-5
Lehigh 1-5
Loyola-Maryland 0-2
Navy 8-12
TOTAL 21-54 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Western Athletic
Cal-Bakersfield 0-1
New Mexico St. 10-24
Seattle 10-13 (Their last NCAA win was in 1964)
TOTAL 20-38 (They've lost almost all of their original membership to other conferences)

Metro Atlantic
Canisius 6-4
Fairfield 0-3
Iona 1-11
Manhattan 3-9
Marist 0-2
Monmouth 1-4
Niagara 2-4
St. Peter’s 0-3
Rider 0-3
Siena 4-6
TOTAL 17- 49 (3 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Big Sky
Eastern Washington 0-1
Idaho 1-4
Idaho State 8-13 (6-9 in the 1950’s)
Montana 2-10
Montana State 0-3
Northern Arizona 0-2
Northern Colorado 0-1
Portland State 0-2
Southern Utah 0-1
Weber State 6-17 (0-2 in this century)
TOTAL 17-54

Horizon
Cleveland State 3-2
Detroit 3-6
Illinois-Chicago 0-3
Oakland 1-3
Valparaiso 2-9
Wisconsin-Green Bay 1-5
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3-4
Wright State 0-2
TOTAL 13-34 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Big West
Cal Poly 1-1
Cal-Santa Barbara 1-5
Fullerton State 2-2
Hawaii 1-5
Long Beach State 7-10 (7-5 when Jerry Tarkanian was coaching there in the 70’s)
Northridge State 0-2
TOTAL 12-25 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Ohio Valley
Austin Peay St. 2-8
Belmont 0-7
Eastern Illinois 0-2
Eastern Kentucky 0-8
Morehead State 6-8
Murray State 3-15
SE Missouri State 0-1
Tennessee State 0-2
Tennessee Tech 0-2
TOTAL 11-53 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Southland
Houston Baptist 0-1
Lamar 5-6
McNeese State 0-2
New Orleans 1-4
Nicholls State 0-2
Sam Houston State 0-2
SE Louisiana 0-1
Stephen . Austin 2-4
NW Louisiana 2-3
TA&M Corpus Christi 0-1
TOTAL 10-26 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Southern
Chattanooga 3-11
East Tennessee St. 2-10
Furman 1-7
Mercer 1-3
Samford 0-2
Virginia Military 3-3
Western Carolina 0-1
Wofford 0-4
TOTAL 10-41

Colonial
Delaware 0-5
Drexel 1-4
Hofstra 0-4
James Madison 4-5
UNC Wilmington 1-5
Northeastern 3-8
Towson 0-2
TOTAL 9-33 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Sun Belt
Appalachian St. 0-2
Arkansas-Little Rock 2-5
Arkansas State 0-1
Georgia Southern 0-3
Georgia State 2-3
Louisiana-Lafayette 4-11
Louisiana Monroe 0-6
South Alabama 1-8
Texas-Arlington 0-1
Texas State 0-2
Troy 0-1
TOTAL 9-43

Atlantic Sun
North Florida 0-1
Florida-Gulf Coast 3-2
Jacksonville 4-5 (4-1 in 1970 with Artis Gilmore)
TOTAL 7-8

Mid-Eastern
Coppin State 1-4
Delaware State 0-1
Florida A&M 1-3
Hampton 2-6
Howard 0-2
Morgan State 0-2
No. Carolina A&T 1-10
No. Carolina Central 0-1
So. Carolina State 0-5
TOTAL 5-34 (3 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Southwest Athletic
Alabama A&M 0-1
Alabama State 0-4
Alcorn State 3-6
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0-1
Jackson State 0-3
Mississippi Valley 0-5
Prairie View 0-1
Southern University 1-9
Texas Southern 0-6
TOTAL 4-36 (1 win was in a play-in game for the 16th seed)

Summit
IUPUI 0-1
North Dakota State 1-3
Oral Roberts 2-5
So. Dakota State 0-2
TOTAL 3-11

America East
Albany (NY) 1-5
Binghamton 0-1
Maryland-Baltimore Cty 0-1
Stony Brook 0-1
Vermont 2-5
TOTAL 3-13 (2 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Big South
Campbell 0-1
Charleston Southern 0-1
Coastal Carolina 0-4
College of Charleston 1-4
Liberty 0-3
UNC-Ashville 2-4
Radford 0-2
Winthrop 1-9
TOTAL 3-24 (2 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Northeast
Central Connecitcut 0-3
Fairleigh Dickinson 0-5
LIU-Brooklyn 0-6
Mount St. Mary’s 1-4
Robert Morris 2-8
St. Francis (Pa) 0-1
Wagner 0-1
TOTAL 3-28 (2 wins were in play-in games for the 16th seed)

Comment: I think the conferences with single digit wins and some of those above that are clearly in the wrong division. The idea of divisions is to give everybody a shot at a championship they can win. What shot do these schools have? There should be either a Division 1AA or these conferences should be shifted back to Division II where they clearly belong.

It's interesting how some of the "power" programs (or at least high-profile ones) have very mediocre NCAA tourney records:

WVa 27-27
ND 37-39
Tennessee 19-21
Pitt 24-27
St John's 27-31
Texas 35-36
BYU 15-32!

 

[skurey]

What's the best single year by a conference?

 

[NYCorange]

Since The Big Dance ended I've been complaining some stats on conference NCAA records, looking at it several difference ways and here is the result.

Here are the year by year best performances by a conference in the NCAA tournament since 1975, the year teams other than the conference champions were allowed in the tournament. These are the conferences with the top five in number of wins each year with the number of losses being the tie breaker:


1975 PAC8 6-1, SEC 4-2, ACC and Missouri Valley 3-2, Big10 and WAC 2-2

1976 Big10 9-1, PAC8 3-2, Big8, Southern and WAC 2-2

1977 ACC 6-2, Sun Belt 3-1, Big Sky and Southern 2-1, SEC 2-2

1978 SEC 5-0, ACC 4-2, Big10 3-2, Eastern 8 2-1, SWC 2-3

1979 Big10 5-1, Ivy 4-1, Missouri Valley 4-2, New York-New Jersey 7 3-1, Pac 10 3-2

1980 Big10 10-4, Metro 7-2, ACC 6-3, Pac10 6-4, SEC 4-3

1981 ACC 8-4, Big10 6-2, Big8 and WAC 5-3SEC 4-4

1982 Big East 9-6, ACC 7-3, SWC 4-2, Big8 3-2, Metro 3-3

1983 ACC 11-3, SEC 6-4, Big East 6-5, SWC 5-2, Big10 5-4

1984 Big East 8-2, ACC 8-5, SWC 5-3, Big10 and Metro 4-2

1985 Big East 17-5, ACC 12-5, SEC 7-5, Metro 4-2, Big8 4-3

1986 ACC 13-6, SEC 12-5, Metro 7-2, Big8 7-5,Big East 4-3

1987 Big East 14-4, Big10 13-5, SEC 8-6, Big8 5-4, ACC 5-6

1988 Big8 14-3, ACC 9-5, Big10 7-5, SEC 6-5, PAC10 4-2

1989 Big10 16-4, ACC 12-6, Big East 10-5, Big8 4-4, Big West 3-1

1990 ACC 13-6, Big West 8-2, Big10 8-6, SWC 7-3, Big East 7-5

1991 ACC 11-5, Big East 9-5, Big10 7-2, Big8 6-2, SWC 3-2, Atlantic 10, Big West, Pac10 3-3

1992 Big10 14-5, ACC 12-4, SEC 5-3, Big8 5-6, Pac10 4-4

1993 ACC 14-5, Big10 10-5, SEC 8-4, Atlantic 10 7-4, Big 8 5-6

1994 SEC 12-3, ACC 10-5, Big10 10-8, Big8 7-3, Big East 7-6

1995 SEC 11-5, ACC 10-5, Big East 8-2, Pac10 8-4, Big8 8-5

1996 SEC 14-3, Big East 12-5, C-USA 6-4, ACC 6-5, SWC and WAC 3-2

1997 Pac10 13-4, ACC and Big 10 8-6, Big8 7-5, C-USA 5-4

1998 Pac10 11-4, ACC 10-5, SEC 7-4, Big East and Big 10 7-5

1999 Big10 13-7, Big East 10-4, SEC 10-6, ACC 7-3, Big12 4-5

2000 Big10 15-5, SEC 11-6, Big12 9-6, Big East 8-5, ACC 7-3

2001 Pac10 13-5, ACC 11-5, Big10 11-6, Big East 5-5, SEC 5-6

2002 Big12 13-6, ACC 9-3, Big10 9-5, Pac10 9-6, Big East 6-6

2003 Big12 14-6, Big East 12-3, Big10 8-4, Pac10 6-5, SEC 6-6

2004 ACC 14-6, Big East 11-5, Big12 10-4, A10 6-3, SEC 6-6

2005 ACC 12-4, Big10 12-5, Big East 7-6, Big12 and SEC 6-6

2006 Big East 14-8, SEC 12-6, Pac10 8-4, Colonial 4-2, ACC 4-3

2007 SEC 12-3, Pac10 11-5, Big10 8-7, Big12 6-4, ACC 6-6

2008 Big East 12-9, Big12 11-6, Pac10 8-5, ACC 5-3, Big10 5-4

2009 Big East 16-9, Big12 11-6, Big10 9-7, ACC 8-5, Pac10 6-6

2010 ACC 9-5, Big10 9-5, Big12 9-7, Big East 8-8,. SEC 6-4

2011 Big East 13-10, ACC 7-4, SEC 7-5, Big10 7-7, Horizon 5-1

2012 Big East 13-9, Big 10 10-6, SEC 9-3, Big12 9-7, ACC 7-5

2013 Big10 14-7, Big East 12-6, Missouri Valley 5-2, Pac12 5-4, SEC 4-3

2014 American, SEC 9-3, Big10 8-5, Pac12 8-6, A10, Big12 6-6

2015 ACC 17-5, Big10 12-7, Pac12 7-5, SEC 5-5, Big12 5-7

2016 ACC 19-7, Big12 9-8, Big East 8-2, Big10 6-6, Pac12 4-7


The winning conferences:

ACC 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016 =12 times

Big East 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2012 = 9 times

Big 10 1976, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2013 = 8 times

SEC 1978, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2014 = 6 times

PAC 8/10/12 1975, 1997, 1998, 2001 = 4 times

Big 8/12 1988, 2002, 2003 = 3 times

Not to be nitpicky because I really like this data, but just looking over it, the Big East's 2016 record caught my eye. They definitely had 5 teams in the tourney (Butler, Providence, Villanova, Seton Hall, Xavier) and thus should have 4 losses...

 

[SWC75]

Not to be nitpicky because I really like this data, but just looking over it, the Big East's 2016 record caught my eye. They definitely had 5 teams in the tourney (Butler, Providence, Villanova, Seton Hall, Xavier) and thus should have 4 losses...

It's probably not the only error in there. I was scanning the fields, year by year and making a stroke tally.

 

[SWC75]

What's the best single year by a conference?

If you go by wins - losses, the Big East was +12 in 1985 and the ACC +12 each of the last two years.

 

[DonLightfoot]

Bored Historian, EH! I think the key word there is "bored"

Now, having said that, I get a real kick out of all this type of stuff. Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to compile it.