2020-21 College Basketball and College Football Overlapping Success

 

Schools to win a men’s tournament game AND bowl game

Alabama – 2 wins in each

• MBB beat Iona in first round and Maryland in second round of NCAAT
• Alabama beat Notre Dame in “Rose” Bowl and Ohio State in National Championship

Oklahoma State

• MBB beat Liberty in first round of NCAAT
• Football beat Miami in Cheez-It Bowl

Wisconsin

• MBB beat UNC in first round of NCAAT
• Football beat Wake Forest in Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Oklahoma

• MBB beat Missouri in first round of NCAAT
• Football beat Florida in Cotton Bowl

West Virginia

• MBB beat Moorhead State in first round of NCAAT
• Football beat Army in Liberty Bowl

Of the 50 teams to play in a bowl game, 18 schools also played in the men’s NCAA Tournament

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Schools with a win in both men’s AND women’s NCAA Tournament

• Oklahoma State
• Oregon
• Oregon State
• West Virginia
• UCLA
• Alabama
• Maryland
• Syracuse
• Iowa
• Michigan
• Baylor

Note – Oregon, Michigan, Baylor all made Sweet 16 in both tournaments. Baylor is in Elite 8 in both.

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Only 3 schools have a win in men’s AND women’s Tournaments AND a bowl game

• Oklahoma State
• West Virginia
• Alabama

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Men’s basketball and football conference champions

4 schools played in the conference championship game in both sports

• Alabama went 2-0, winning SEC Championship football and basketball games
• Ohio State and Cincinnati each won their respective football championship but lost basketball
• Buffalo went 0-2 in MAC Championship Games

Among the major conferences, no school won both the men and women’s conference tournaments