jlh@hou2e.UUCP (J.HEATWOLE) (02/13/85)
Here is a list of each college basketball conference's record against outside competition. Compiled from Monday's (2/11) USA Today. Note 1: Two independents playing each other is not counted as an intra- conference game. The game is counted twice ( 1-1 for the Inds.) Note 2: The bottom line is significantly greater than .500 because of the scheduling practices of all these teams. Early in the season, everyone likes to start of on the right foot, so they schedule lots of games with Division 2, Division 3, or NAIA teams. Note 3: This is just the facts, ma'am. I'm not claiming that this proves anything (except that overall the ACC is the best conference). I'd put a smiley face here, but that's just not my style. Conference Record Pct ---------- ------ --- ACC 88-18 .830 Big East 80-17 .825 Big Ten 85-20 .810 SEC 69-22 .758 Missouri Valley 71-28 .717 Big Eight 80-33 .708 Southwest 72-30 .706 Pacific 10 73-33 .689 Sun Belt 67-34 .663 West Coast 71-37 .657 Metro 62-37 .626 Southland 57-38 .600 Big Sky 64-44 .593 WAC 59-41 .590 Midwestern City 50-35 .588 Mid American 51-39 .567 Metro Atlantic 53-42 .558 Ohio Valley 55-44 .556 Atlantic 10 48-39 .552 ECAC South 46-38 .548 Trans-America 52-43 .547 Pacific Coast 46-46 .500 Southern 49-50 .495 Independents 208-246 .458 Gulf Star 43-52 .453 Southwestern 38-52 .422 ECAC North 46-64 .418 ECAC Metro 47-67 .412 Mid-Continent 42-61 .408 East Coast 38-57 .400 Ivy League 37-56 .398 Mid-Eastern 20-61 .247 ---------- ------ --- Total 1967-1524 .563 May you never be forced to live in a town where the only college hoop is Mid-Eastern conference action. Jeff Heatwole ..!houxm!hou2e!jlh