Conferences that have accounted for four or more of the Sweet 16 since the NCAA tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (x-reached Final Four; y-won national championship):
1985 – ACC (Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State); Big East (Boston College, x-Georgetown, x-St. John’s, y-Villanova)
1986 – ACC (x-Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, North Carolina State); SEC (Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, x-LSU)
1989 – ACC (x-Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia); Big Ten (x-Illinois, Indiana, y-Michigan, Minnesota)
1990 – ACC (Clemson, x-Duke, x-Georgia Tech, North Carolina)
1992 – ACC (y-Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina)
1993 – ACC (Florida State, y-North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest)
1995 – ACC (Maryland, x-North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest)
1996 – SEC (Arkansas, Georgia, y-Kentucky, x-Mississippi State)
1997 – Pac-10 (y-Arizona, California, Stanford, UCLA)
1998 – Pac-10 (Arizona, x-Stanford, UCLA, Washington)
1999 – Big Ten (Iowa, x-Michigan State, x-Ohio State, Purdue)
Pac-10 (Arizona, Southern Cal, Stanford, UCLA)
2002 – Big 12 (x-Kansas, Missouri, x-Oklahoma, Texas)
2003 – Big East (Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, y-Syracuse)
2006 – Big East (Connecticut, Georgetown, Villanova, West Virginia)
2009 – Big East (Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova)
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