In 2006, Accrington Stanley returned to the Football League after winning the Conference title.
Their first-ever Final Four appearance and conference title in 1997 were wiped out by an academic scandal.
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That might seem to bode well for Miami's chances if it wins its third straight conference title.
They recovered nicely, winning the Southern Conference title after stumbling in their opener.
This year, both conference title games are being played in cold weather cities.
And up until last weekend, the Golden Griffins had never won a conference title or earned an NCAA tournament berth.
The loss ended a run of 19 straight seasons that Connecticut had won either the regular season or postseason conference title.
Flood didn't seem to sign a can't-miss star for Rutgers, which went 9-4 last season, finishing tied for the conference title.
That mark was broken in January 1982 in Cincinnati, in a conference title game between the Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers.
But the KU loss gave the rival Wildcats a share of their first regular-season conference title since 1977 in the Big Eight.
Their 1972 conference title was marred by a brawl with Ohio State.
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They've won 30 straight games since en route to a second straight conference title and the first Big East tournament championship in school history.
The Devils won't get a chance to defend their conference title.
The 6-foot-4 budding star had 16 points in the loss to the Irish for the conference title and earned most outstanding player of the Bridgeport regional.
The Flames became just the second 20-loss team to reach college basketball's marquee event, beating Charleston Southern 87-76 Sunday to win the Big South Conference title.
Divisional winners play for the conference title, and the winners of the 4 super-conference title games will comprise 4 of the 8 teams in the national quarter-finals.
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There are 13 unbeaten teams left in the country, including No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Oregon, which do not have to play conference title games until 2011.
Even the conference title was dampened, however, when Jordan Adams, whom Howland described as his team's best all-around player, was lost to a broken ankle in the Pac-12 tournament.
The only UConn victory came in the conference title game last season, but the Huskies couldn't pull off a third straight win over Notre Dame in the tournament championship.
The Hoosiers, who won the regular-season conference title, now have to wait until Sunday to see if they did enough to earn a coveted No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament.
New Jersey sent a seventh-round draft pick this year and a fourth-round pick in 2014 to Winnipeg to for the player who helped the Devils to an Eastern Conference title last spring.
"They played better than us today and they deserved to win, " said Becker, who was attempting to become the first league coach to win the conference title both times in his first two seasons.
Marcus Georges-Hunt followed his own miss with a tip-in at the buzzer Wednesday night, and the Yellow Jackets rallied past the Hurricanes 71-69 to prevent them from clinching the outright Atlantic Coast Conference title.
Siva and Dieng, who helped the Cardinals win the Big East tournament and advance to the Final Four last season, played key roles Saturday in a 73-57 victory over No. 24 Notre Dame that gave Louisville a share of the regular-season conference title.
They play in their third consecutive conference tournament title game Monday night after going through the last two regular seasons without a league loss.
Revenge isn't even the primary motivation for the No. 10 Cardinals, whose agenda is winning out and making a run at the conference tournament title.
He's more concerned that nobody on his team has ever played in the glare of an NCAA tournament game, while LIU Brooklyn (20-13) won the Northeastern Conference tournament title for the third year in a row to extend its string of NCAA trips.
The Purple Eagles have a young roster that returns mostly intact after winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season title last season.
The Purple Eagles (19-14) return mostly intact after winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season title last season.
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