RE: Who is Our Peers?
I was looking at Final Four teams in the recent past, and it struck me how many schools have been since our last appearance in 1992. So for the hell of it, I decided to spend 15 minutes compiling that list:
North Carolina (9) - 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016
Kentucky (8) - 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
Michigan State (7) - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015
Duke (6) - 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2015
Kansas (5) - 1993, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012
Connecticut (5) - 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014
Florida (5) - 1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2014
UCLA (4) - 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008
Syracuse (4) - 1996, 2003, 2013, 2016
Louisville (3) - 2005, 2012, 2013
Arizona (3) - 1994, 1997, 2001
Wisconsin (3) - 2000, 2014, 2015
Villanova (2) - 2009, 2016
Ohio State (2) - 2007, 2012
Butler (2) - 2010, 2011
Maryland (2) - 2001, 2002
Oklahoma (2) - 2002, 2016
Oklahoma State (2) - 1995, 2004
Arkansas (2) - 1994, 1995
*Michigan (2) - 1993 (vacated), 2013
West Virginia - 2010
Wichita State - 2013
VCU - 2011
*Memphis - 2008 (vacated)
Georgetown - 2007
LSU - 2006
George Mason - 2006
Illinois - 2005
Georgia Tech - 2004
Texas - 2003
Marquette - 2003
Indiana - 2001
Utah - 1998
Stanford - 1998
*Minnesota - 1997 (vacated)
Mississippi State - 1996
*Massachusetts - 1996 (vacated)
Obviously there are some great programs who haven't made a Final Four -- Gonzaga and Xavier come to mind. But when you look at the shear amount of teams who have made it, several of which are only marginal basketball programs relatively speaking, it is frustrating that we haven't found more luck in the tournament.
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