The Big East set a record with four teams in the Elite Eight during the 2009 NCAA Tournament. That’s half the teams in the regional finals from one conference.
These are the days of the old Big East, where the 16-team juggernaut regularly got nine or ten teams into the field.
That year, the four that made the Elite Eight were No. 1 Louisville, No. 1 UConn, No. 1 Pittsburgh, and No. 3 Villanova. The latter two played in the East Regional championship.
In 2016, the ACC matched the Big East with four teams in the Elite Eight after setting a new record for most Sweet 16 teams from the same conference.
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