The committee has spoken, and according to their judgment (which is always questionable) the Big East was the best conference in the country top to bottom. The phrase top to bottom is a little vague, but it basically means that the Big East has the most competitive teams in the nation. Not the best group of teams, but the largest number of good teams. That’s why the Big East has 8 teams in the NCAA tournament, more than any other conference. The time for bragging rights is still a few days away, however, since there will be some intriguing matchups to settle nose to nose which league has the better teams.

Below, we’ve complied a list of the BCS conferences and broken down their total number of NCAA tournament teams along with their seedings. Then, we’ve included the three Big East vs. BCS games in the first round and the six potential second round games between the Big East and other BCS Teams. Those are the ones for the real bragging rights.

Keep in mind that there is a slight chance that all of the teams that make it to the Elite Eight are from the Big East- that would mean that Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, and Villanova all upset the #1 seeds.

Big East: 8 Bids
Seed	Region	School
#2	Midwest	Georgetown
#3	East	Louisville
#4	South	Pittsburgh
#4	West	Connecticut
#5	East	Notre Dame
#6	South	Marquette
#7	West	West Virginia
#12	Midwest	Villanova

Pac-10: 6 Bids
Seed	Region	School
#1	West	UCLA
#3	South	Stanford
#4	East	Washington State
#6	Midwest	USC
#9	South	Oregon
#10	West	Arizona

Big 12: 6 Bids
Seed	Region	School
#1	Midwest	Kansas
#2	South	Texas
#6	East	Oklahoma
#9	West	Texas A&M
#11	Midwest	Kansas State
#11	West	Baylor

SEC: 6 Bids
Seed	Region	School
#2	East	Tennessee
#4	Midwest	Vanderbilt
#8	South	Mississippi State
#9	East	Arkansas
#11	South	Kentucky
#14	West	Georgia

ACC: 4 Bids
Seed	Region	School
#1	East	North Carolina
#2	West	Duke
#5	Midwest	Clemson
#7	South	Miami

Big Ten: 4 Bids
Seed	Region	School
#3	Midwest	Wisconsin
#5	South	Michigan State
#6	West	Purdue
#8	East	Indiana

 

1st Round Big East vs. BCS Matchups
Region	Matchup	Conference
South	#6 Marquette vs. #11 Kentucky	SEC
West	#7 West Virginia vs. #10 Arizona	Pac-10
Midwest	#12 Villanova vs. #5 Clemson	ACC

Potential 2nd Round Big East vs. BCS Matchups
Region	Matchup	Conference
East	#3 Louisville vs. #6 Oklahoma	Big 12
South	#4 Pittsburgh vs. #5 Michigan State	Big Ten
East	#5 Notre Dame vs. #4 Washington State	Pac-10
South	#6 Marquette vs. #3 Stanford	Pac-10
West	#7 West Virginia vs. #2 Duke	ACC
Midwest	#12 Villanova vs. #4 Vanderbilt	SEC