Recent Tournament Records by Conference

Since 2000, the Atlantic Coast Conference has the best winning percentage in the tournament.  Here is a list of conference records since 2000:


 

Record by Conference

Conference	W	L	Win Pct
Atlantic Coast	110	60	0.647
Big Twelve	112	71	0.612
Big Ten	110	71	0.608
Big East	131	86	0.604
Southeastern	91	65	0.583
Pacific Twelve	79	57	0.581
Horizon League	20	16	0.556
Conference USA	34	34	0.500
West Coast	19	22	0.463
Atlantic Ten	29	35	0.453
Colonial	14	17	0.452
Mid American	8	13	0.381
Missouri Valley	14	25	0.359
Western Athletic	10	21	0.323
Mountain West	15	33	0.313
Metro Atlantic	5	14	0.263
Ohio Valley	4	13	0.235
Sun Belt	4	14	0.222
Big South	3	13	0.188
Mideastern	3	13	0.188
Patriot	3	13	0.188
Southern	3	13	0.188
Southland	3	13	0.188
Big West	3	14	0.176
America East	2	13	0.133
Ivy League	2	13	0.133
Northeast	2	13	0.133
Atlantic Sun	1	13	0.071
Big Sky	1	13	0.071
Southwestern Athletic	1	13	0.071
Summit League	1	13	0.071

   A look at more recent history reveals the following best conferences:
Best record since 
2001 - Atlantic Coast 103-57 . 644
2002 - Atlantic Coast 92-52 .639
2003 - Atlantic Coast 82-49 .626
2004 - Atlantic Coast 77-45 .631
2005 - Horizon League 17-10 .630
2006 - Southeastern 52-30 .634
2007 - Horizon League 14-8 .636
2008 - Horizon League 12-6 .667
2009 - Horizon League 11-5 .688
2010 - Horizon League 10-3 .769
2011 - Horizon League 5-2 .714
2012 - Southeastern 10-3 .769

Most Championships Since 2000:
1. Atlantic Coast 5
2. Big East 3
    Southeastern 3

Most Championship Game Appearances Since 2000:
1. Atlantic Coast 6
2. Big Ten 5
3. Southeastern 4
4. Big Twelve 3
    Big East 3

Most Final Fours Since 2000:
1. Atlantic Coast 10
    Big Ten 10
3. Big East 8
4. Big Twelve 7
5. Southeastern 6
6. Pacific Twelve 4
7. Conference USA 3

Most Elite Eights Since 2000:
1. Big Twelve 21
2. Big East 16
3. Big Ten 14
4. Southeastern 13
    Atlantic Coast 13
6. Pacific Twelve 11
7. Conference USA 5
8. Atlantic Ten 4

Most Sweet Sixteens Since 2000:
1. Big East 37
2. Big Ten 28
    Big Twelve 28
4. Atlantic Coast 26
5. Southeastern 23
6. Pacific Twelve 22
7. Atlantic Ten 8
    Conference USA 8
9. Horizon League 5
    Missouri Valley 5
    West Coast 5
12. Mountain West 4