What conference has the most teams participating in March Madness?

Answer 1

This year, the Big East had the most entries into the tourament. In fact, as a side note, three of the four number one seeded teams are from the Big East (Louisville, UCONN, PITT), the other, North Carolina, is from the ACC. Other Big East teams this year are: Syracuse, Boston College, Villanova, West Virginia and Marquette. Thus giving the Big East 8 teams. The next two are the Pac-10 and Big XII, both with six from each.