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NCAA Basketball -- Competing Conferences

Every school has their own basketball team that they take pride on. These teams from different schools or university are contending one another to determine the best among the rest. One of the most popular basketball tournaments held every year, specifically under the college/university category is the NCAA Basketball Tournament. This tournament is held every month of March which becomes the origin of such terms like “March Madness” or “March Madness Picks”. Basketball enthusiasts are really familiar with these terms since this is one of the many events in the basketball scene where fans go crazy in purchasing game tickets, bettors are busy waging on their chosen teams, and sports headlines have news relating to the game.

Before the NCAA basketball tournament settles in the Ultimate Four, there were 64 teams competing in the matchups to eliminate teams one by one. These 64 teams come from the 12 conferences, 11 clusters and 1 independent. Below are the following rosters of teams included in each conference.

1. ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE

a.) Clemson Tigers
b.) Boston College Eagles
c.) Duke Blue Devils
d.) Florida State Seminoles
e.) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
f.) Maryland Terrapins
g.) Miami Hurricanes
h.) NC State Wolfpack
i.) North Carolina Tar Heels
j.) Virginia Cavaliers
k.) Virginia Tech Hokies
l.) Wake Forest Demon Deacons

2. BIG EAST CONFERENCE

a.) Cincinnati Bearcats
b.) Connecticut Huskies
c.) Louisville Cardinals
d.) Pittsburgh Panthers
e.) Rutgers Scarlet Knights
f.) South Florida Bulls
g.) Syracuse Orange
h.) West Virginia Mountaineers

3. BIG TEN CONFERENCE

a.) Illinois Fighting Illini
b.) Indiana Hoosiers
c.) Iowa Hawkeye
d.) Michigan Wolverines
e.) Michigan State Spartans
f.) Minnesota Golden Gophers
g.) Northwestern Wildcats
h.) Ohio State Buckeyes
i.) Penn State Nittany Lions
j.) Purdue Boilermakers
k.) Wisconsin Badgers

4. BIG 12 CONFERENCE

a.) Baylor Bears
b.) Colorado Buffaloes
c.) Iowa State Cyclones
d.) Kansas Jayhawks
e.) Kansas State Wildcats
f.) Missouri Tigers
g.) Nebraska Huskers
h.) Oklahoma Sooners
i.) Oklahoma State Cowboys
j.) Texas Longhorns
k.) Texas A&M Aggies
l.) Texas Tech Red Raiders

5. CONFERENCE USA

a.) East Carolina Pirates
b.) Houston Cougars
c.) Marshall Thundering Herd
d.) Memphis Tigers
e.) Rice Owls
f.) SMU Mustangs
g.) Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
h.) Texas-El Paso Miners
i.) Tulane Green Wave
j.) Tulsa Golden Hurricane
k.) UAB Blazers
l.) UCF Golden Knights

6. MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE

a.) Air Force Academy Falcons
b.) Brigham Young University Cougars
c.) Colorado State University Rams
d.) University of New Mexico Lobos
e.) San Diego State University Aztecs
f.) TCU Horned Frogs
g.) UNLV Rebels
h.) University of Utah Utes
i.) University of Wyoming Cowboys

7. MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

a.) Akron Zips
b.) Ball State Cardinals
c.) Bowling Green Falcons
d.) Buffalo Bulls
e.) Central Michigan Chippewas
f.) Eastern Michigan Eagles
g.) Kent State Golden Flashes
h.) Miami-Ohio Redhawks
i.) Northern Illinois Huskies
j.) Ohio Bobcats
k.) Toledo Rockets
l.) WMU Broncos

8. PAC-10 CONFERENCE

a.) Arizona Wildcats
b.) Arizona State Sun Devils
c.) California Golden Bears
d.) Oregon Ducks
e.) Oregon State Beavers
f.) Stanford Cardinal
g.) UCLA Bruins
h.) USC Trojans
i.) Washington Huskies
j.) WSU Cougars

9. SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

a.) Alabama Crimson Tide
b.) Arkansas Razorbacks
c.) Auburn Tigers
d.) Florida Gators
e.) Georgia Bulldogs
f.) Kentucky Wildcats
g.) LSU Tigers
h.) Mississippi State Bulldogs
i.) Ole Miss Rebels
j.) South Carolina Gamecocks
k.) Tennessee Volunteers
l.) Vanderbilt Commodores

10. SUN BELT CONFERENCE

a.) Arkansas State University Indians
b.) Florida Atlantic Owls
c.) Florida Intl Golden Panthers
d.) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
e.) North Texas Mean Green
f.) Troy Trojans
g.) Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns
h.) Louisiana-Monroe Indians

11. WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

a.) Boise State University Broncos
b.) Fresno State Bulldogs
c.) University of Hawaii Warriors
d.) Idaho Vandals
e.) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
f.) Nevada Wolfpack
g.) New Mexico State Aggies
h.) San Jose State University Spartans
i.) Utah State Aggies

12. NCAA INDEPENDENT TEAMS

a.) Notre Dame Fighting Irish
b.) NAVY
c.) Army Black Knights

These are the teams used by NCAA bettors and handicappers as basis for their March Madness Picks. They consider a long list of criteria to pick among the best teams in each conference.

Gophers third in nat'l polls, but a bubble NCAA tournament team (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

There is agreement this week. The Gophers hockey teams is No. 3 in both
national polls. But the 'U' is only tied for No. 14 in the more important
PairWise rankings.

Minneapolis Star Tribune

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