Last Eight In: St. Bonaventure, Baylor, Florida State, Temple, Butler, Utah, Maryland, SMU
First Eight Out: Syracuse, Tennessee, Boise State, Clemson, Northwestern, Middle Tennessee, Houston, Oklahoma State
The ACC dominated the Big Ten/ACC Challenge this year, winning a record 11 games. Michigan State and Purdue picked up quality wins, but the ACC proved to be a very good conference from top to bottom. At the moment we have eight ACC teams in the NCAA Tournament. Of course they will have to beat up on each other once conference play rolls around, but the conference can certainly get eight or nine teams in the tournament due to their strong overall performance so far in non-conference play.
ACC: Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech
American: Cincinnati, SMU, Temple, Wichita State
Big East: Butler, Creighton, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier
Big 12: Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Big Ten: Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue
Pac-12: Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA, USC, Utah
SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas A&M
A-10: Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure
CAA: Charleston
C-USA: Western Kentucky
Horizon: Oakland
MAC: Western Michigan
MVC: Loyola (IL)
MWC: Nevada
WCC: Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s
America East: Vermont
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: Idaho
Big South: UNC-Asheville
Big West: UC Irvine
Ivy League: Harvard
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: North Carolina A&T
NEC: Mount St. Mary’s
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: Furman
Southland: Lamar
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Texas-Arlington
SWAC: Texas Southern
WAC: Grand Canyon