Woop you are 100% correct the ACC owns and dominates the Big East. I apologize for every questioning your ACC and basketball knowledge as you have aggressively expressed that the ACC has a better record against the Big East and the Big East cannot even hold the ACC's jock strap. I sincerely apologize and wanted to leave you with these stats to mull over.
ACC vs. Big East for the past 5 seasons
Overall Record 34-39
Duke: 9-4 (5 wins against St. John's)
FSU: 1-2
GTech: 3-3
BC: 0-3 since joining ACC
Maryland: 1-4
NC St: 2-6
UNC: 8-2
Wake: 4-4
Clemson: 2-4
UVA: 2-4
Vatech: 2-1 since joining ACC
Miami: 0-2 since joining ACC
College basketball fans know the Big East has 16 teams in its
basketball conference. This compares with the other major college
basketball conferences that have between ten and twelve teams.
So, it is not surprising that the Big East, as a basketball conference,
has the most wins all-time. But, more significantly, the Big East also
has the highest percentage of wins all time. So the Big East clearly
has the best all time NCAA basketball conference record.
1. Big East - .619 (21,125 – 13,019) St. John's leads with 1668 wins
2. ACC - .590 (14,789 – 10,289) North Carolina leads with 1827 wins; Duke -- 1737
3. Pac 10 - .580 (13,719 – 9,931) UCLA leads with 1530 wins; Oregon State -- 1529
4. SEC - .57923 (15,236 – 11,068) The Kentucky Wildcats lead the nation with 1876 all time wins
5. Big Ten - .57918 (14,417 – 10,475) Indiana leads with 1555 wins
6. Big-12 - .566 (15,434 – 11,823) Texas
leads with 1457 wins. Note the Big-12 is actually # 2 in all time wins,
but # 6 in winning percentage.
Of course, the Big East has 16 teams in its basketball conference. This compares with the other major college basketball conferences which all have between ten and twelve teams.
Still, even if you divide the number of conference teams by the number
of bids, the Big East still comes out on top with an average of 20.88
all time bids per team.
This compares to the # 2 conference (ACC) which averages 17.08 all time NCAA tournament bids per team. The Big Ten, with only 11 schools, averages 17.55 bids per team.
So, here is the ranking, by conference, of the number of all-time March Madness bids:
1. Big East (334) Louisville leads with 32; Syracuse -- 31
2. ACC (205) North Carolina leads with 38; Duke -- 30
3. Big-12 (201) Kansas leads with 35
4. Big Ten (193) Indiana leads with 33. Northwestern is the only team
in any of the major basketball conferences to have NEVER been invited
to the Big Dance. Northwestern had a good basketball program in the
1930's -- before March Madness started. They've had no basketball glory
since.
5. SEC (187) The Kentucky Wildcats lead the nation with 48
6. Pac 10 (158) UCLA leads with 40
Clearly, it's a matter of opinion. But, the Big East leads in the
number of all-time bids and is tied for the number of teams in the
all-time Final Four.
They are in the middle of the pack for all-time championships. But,
they have more teams who have done it (7) than anyone else. Some of the
other conferences have been historically led by one or two teams. The
Big East has historically had greater depth at the top of their
conference – as far as performance in March Madness.