Does a Basketball Team Need to Win their Conference to Win National Championship?

08 March, 2023

The college basketball champion usually finishes their regular season with only a few blemishes on their regular season record. So, this means that they usually breeze through their conference tournaments on their way to the national title, right? Nope.

The fact of the matter is that of the last 20 national championship games, the victor had only won their conference title nine times. That means 11 times the national champion was not able to secure their own conference title.

The truth of the matter is that while winning the conference title is great, top teams are looking to cut down the nets in a national championship game. They are in fact looking past their conference tournament many times.

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No +2500

Does a Basketball Team Need to Win their Conference to Win National Championship?

Does a Basketball Team Need to Win their Conference to Win National Championship?

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