This is a 'scorecard' by conference for 2000, the second for the new 64-team playoff system where every conference gets an automatic bid.
My original motivation for this summary was the thought that the regionals are a major source of inter-conference and inter-region play that helps one evaluate the relative strength and (possibly) future seedings of teams from various regions and conferences.
Current status:
Here is the 'histogram' of the success rate for the 2000 NCAA regionals.
With the new 64-team system, I now tally a Regional champion under "win" and the super-Regional champion (the team that goes to the CWS) under "champ" so the "champ" column is unchanged from the past.
I do not include the comments shown last year giving a summary of the recent "playin" history of the conferences.
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Conference Number 0 1 2+ win champ comments
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SEC 6 1 2 2 1 solid
ACC 5 2 1 2 no weak sisters
Big-12 5 1 1 1 1 1 host #1 seed goes 0-2
Pac-10 4 1 1 2 awesome performance
SunBelt 4 1 1 1 1 conf champ goes 0-2
WAC 3 1 1 1 #3 seed comes through
Big Ten 3 2 1 2nd yr in super regional
Trans America 3 1 2 solid
Mo-Valley 3 1 1 1 deserved 3?
Big East 3 1 1 1 deserved 3?
Southland 3 1 1 1 deserved 3?
Conf USA 2 1 1 solid
Big West 2 1 1 solid
Colonial 2 1 1 one good team
independent 1 1 semper Miami
Ohio Valley 1 1 .
West Coast AC 1 1 .
Big South 1 1 .
Metro Atlantic 1 1 .
MAC 1 1 .
Mid-Continent 1 1 .
Midwestern Col 1 1 .
Atlantic-10 1 1 .
SWAC 1 1 .
America East 1 1 .
Ivy 1 1 almost beat #1 seed
MEAC 1 1 last year was first ever
Northeast 1 1 .
Patriot 1 1 .
Southern 1 1 .
Mountain West 0 new - no automatic bid