The San Antonio Spurs currently have the best record, but the Oklahoma City Thunder are probably the best team.
Of Course the Vancouver Canucks
Kansas has won 51 conference championships in basketball, more than any other college basketball team
A basketball team in the Eastern Conference
The 2011 National Basketball Association Champions were the western conference Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks played against the eastern conference Miami Heat. The championship that the Dallas Mavericks won was the first ever NBA Championship for the team.
There are 30; 15 in the Eastern Conference and 15 in the Western Conference.
The Seton Hall men's basketball team, which is based in the American state of New Jersey. They currently compete in "The Big East Conference." They play their home games in the Prudential center
8 teams from each conference. The top teams from each division (makes up 6 teams) plus the next 5 best records of the according conference, so even if the 8th best team in the eastern conference has a better record then the 9th best team in the western conference the latter will not advance. In total there are 16 teams that advance.
All conference teams are composed of all the best players at each posistion throughout the conference. Just like an all star team.
Winner of Eastern Conference Bracket vs Winner of Western Conference Bracket Best of 7 Series
They could, yes... but they don't. They play both sports as part of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Other schools do play each sport in a different conference. For example, Villanova plays basketball in the Big East, but plays football in the Colonial conference.
Geographically the eastern most team in the western division of the American Football Conference (AFC West) would be the Kansas City Chiefs.
The University of Rhode Island's basketball team is currently No. 1 in the Atlantic Conference. (2017)