The media guide itself is inconsistent. On page 132 it says we have 11 elite eights in the following years:
1948
1951
1958
1959
1961
1964
1972
1973
1975
1981
1988
However, page 7 claims 8 elite eights. Furthermore, it is inconsistent in the number of conference championships. Page 9 says 18 conference championships at the top, then at the bottom of the page it says 16 conference championships. However, the number I have always heard before and had come to believe was 17 conference championships. That is freaking nuts! But there are several ways to measure that depending on if you are just counting regular season championships or if you add the conference tournament championship as well. Plus multiple teams can tie for it. Football is more cut and dried.