https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2019/04/2019-ncaa-units.html
The ACC was generally believed to be the best men's basketball conference - by far - during the 2018-19 regular season. ACC games dominated TV ratings, and 3 of the 4 #1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament were ACC teams.
Yet there was a crack in the armor. The ACC only got the second most teams into the Big Dance - 7 ACC teams to 8 for the Big Ten. Now, thanks to an identical number of wins and that one team advantage, the Big Ten will edge out the ACC in terms of basketball tournament money this year...
From ESPN: Big Ten 1st in tourney money; SEC sets own high
| Conf. | Units | $M (min.) |
| B1G | 21 | 35.5 |
| ACC | 20 | 33.8 |
| SEC | 19 | 32.1 |
| XII | 13 | 22 |
| PAC | 7 | 11.8 |
| AAC | 7 | 11.8 |
| East | 5 | 8.43 |
| WCC | 5 | 8.43 |
| OVC | 4 | 6.7 |
It was always nonsense to think the NCAAT was going to somehow level the playing field for goacc.
ReplyDeleteEven in years where the ACC does exceptionally well in the tournament, a few million extra dollars split 15+ ways is only a few hundred thousand dollars.
How the entire ACC fell for this is beyond me.
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