Big Ten is dominating March Madness with 6 teams in Sweet 16. Is this the year skid stops?
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It’s been a long time since the Big Ten has won the Men’s NCAA Tournament.
Since 2000, to be exact.
But the Big Ten is winning this NCAA Tournament.
The Big Ten is 13-3 through the first two rounds and have six teams in the Sweet 16, one shy of the record set by the SEC last year. UCLA had a chance to equal that mark, but lost late Sunday night to No. 2 seed UConn.
Three of the four teams left in the South Region are from the Big Ten, so there’s a 75% chance one of them will reach the Final Four.
Iowa, who stunned No. 1 Florida in the second round, plays Big Ten brethren and neighbor Nebraska in Thursday’s Sweet 16 game in Houston. It marks only the second All-Big Ten Sweet 16 game in history, per CBS, and the first since 1980, when Purdue and Indiana met.
The Big Ten has won three straight football national championships, maybe it’s time the good times extend to the hardwood.
Big Ten teams in 2026 Sweet 16
- No. 1 Michigan (Midwest)
- No. 2 Purdue (West)
- No 3 Michigan State (East)
- No. 3 Illinois (South)
- No. 4 Nebraska (South)
- No. 9 Iowa (South)
Sweet 16 teams by conference: Who has most?
- Big Ten: 6
- SEC: 4
- Big 12: 3
- Big East: 2
- ACC: 1
Conference records in 2026 March Madness
| Conference | Record |
| Big Ten | 13-3 |
| SEC | 12-6 |
| Big 12 | 9-5 |
| Big East | 4-1 |
| ACC | 5-7 |
Who is in Sweet 16? March Madness Sweet 16 schedule, game times
THURSDAY, MARCH 26
- 7:10 p.m.: No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 11 Texas (West), CBS
- 7:30 p.m.: No. 4 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Iowa (South), TBS/truTV
- 9:45 p.m.: No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Arkansas (West), CBS
- 10:05 p.m.: No. 2 Houston vs. No. 3 Illinois (South), TBS/truTV
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
- 7:10 p.m.: No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 St. John’s (East), CBS
- 7:35 p.m.: Texas Tech/Alabama winner vs. No. 1 Michigan (Midwest), TBS/truTV
- 9:45 p.m.: UCLA/UConn winner vs. No. 3 Michigan State (East), CBS
- 10:10 p.m.: No. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 6 Tennessee (Midwest), TBS/truTV
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: How many Big Ten teams in Sweet 16? Big 10’s March Madness record
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