National reaction

[willie99]

And Kansas has the only two titles the conference has won in the modern era (64 team field). ACC and Big East teams own

the last 7 titles
the last 10 out of 11
the last 16 out of 21

Current members

ACC 10 / 8 (8 as ACC members)
Big East 6 / 8 (6 currently, 7 as Big East members, 1 as American Conference)
SEC 3
B10 1
B12 1

There's a reason for East Coast Bias

I only went back to 1999

DI Men's Basketball Championship History | NCAA.com

Here are the programs which have won the NCAA men's basketball championship.

www.ncaa.com

 

[tzznandrew]

And Kansas has the only two titles the conference has won in the modern era (64 team field). ACC and Big East teams own

the last 7 titles
the last 10 out of 11
the last 16 out of 21

Current members

ACC 10 / 8 (8 as ACC members)
Big East 6 / 8 (6 currently, 7 as Big East members, 1 as American Conference)
SEC 3
B10 1
B12 1

There's a reason for East Coast Bias

I only went back to 1999

DI Men's Basketball Championship History | NCAA.com

Here are the programs which have won the NCAA men's basketball championship.

www.ncaa.com

But the Big 12 also had multiple final four participants.

The Big East didn't get a chance last year, but the conference had multiple other teams that were slated to get 2s and 3s (Creighton and Seton Hall).

2014 and 2015 were years where the conference lacked depth. It makes sense, the strongest teams besides Nova left. But they largely caught up. Nova won the league last year...in a three-way tie at 13-5.

 

[RichZ]

Norlander's one of the good ones. If he meant the fanbase, absolutely guilty as charged.

We (the fanbase) were not begging for the BE. We were begging to be led out of the purgatory that is the AAC though. Some wanted the ACC. A few wanted the Big10. Most just wanted out of the hinterlands conference. The NBE ended up being the perfect landing spot for us.