On yesterday's broadcast of ACC PM, Mark Packer went into quite the monologue about comparing the P6 conferences: How many NCAAT bids has each conference received since a team from that conference won a National Championship?
From "memory" I think it was:
Big 12 - "0", as Kansas won in 2022
ACC - "12", as UVA won in 2019
Big East - "18", as Villanova won in 2018
SEC - "40 something", as UK won in 2012
Pac 12 - "105-ish", as Arizona won in 1997
Big Ten+ - "130", as MSU won in 2000
But Pack went on to note that the Big Ten has had 190 teams receive bids since 1990 (Michigan won in 1989), and only once has the Big Ten won the Championship game. In that same time frame, teams from the ACC have won 11 National Championships
His point: here is the ACC "fighting" to get 5 teams into the NCAAT this year, while the Big Ten may get as many as 9. And what do the Big Ten teams do in the tournament? L, L, L, L, L, L, L ...
And if last year was any indication of how good the ACC teams can be and usually are, come tournament time, the 2022 version of lower seeded ACC teams got three to the Elite Eight; 2 to the Final Four; and 1 to the Championship game
Pack was just stating facts. How, year-after-year-after-year, can one "committee" be so wrong, and continue to invite so many Big Ten teams to the tournament? AND, have them take up so many higher seeds, only to see them continue to fail?
What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing repeatedly and hoping for a different result ...
From "memory" I think it was:
Big 12 - "0", as Kansas won in 2022
ACC - "12", as UVA won in 2019
Big East - "18", as Villanova won in 2018
SEC - "40 something", as UK won in 2012
Pac 12 - "105-ish", as Arizona won in 1997
Big Ten+ - "130", as MSU won in 2000
But Pack went on to note that the Big Ten has had 190 teams receive bids since 1990 (Michigan won in 1989), and only once has the Big Ten won the Championship game. In that same time frame, teams from the ACC have won 11 National Championships
His point: here is the ACC "fighting" to get 5 teams into the NCAAT this year, while the Big Ten may get as many as 9. And what do the Big Ten teams do in the tournament? L, L, L, L, L, L, L ...
And if last year was any indication of how good the ACC teams can be and usually are, come tournament time, the 2022 version of lower seeded ACC teams got three to the Elite Eight; 2 to the Final Four; and 1 to the Championship game
Pack was just stating facts. How, year-after-year-after-year, can one "committee" be so wrong, and continue to invite so many Big Ten teams to the tournament? AND, have them take up so many higher seeds, only to see them continue to fail?
What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing repeatedly and hoping for a different result ...