Both teams look like the class of their respective conferences.

Each team played the other teams in their respective conference three times.

They'll both have to if either program is going to win their respective conferences and make a deep run in March.

Both teams took home $950,000 for playing in this game for their respective conferences.

Both teams earned a check for their respective conferences of $1.6 million.

Each school received a payout of $2.25 million for their respective conference's coffers.

Both teams finished the regular season with the best record in their respective conference.

Eight games between schools in the respective conferences will be played this week.

Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original seeding in their respective conferences.

Both teams had been independent prior to joining their respective conferences.