CBS Sports had an article today about Arkansas's men's basketball and pointed out a unique statistic. The last time they made the Sweet 16 was 1996. 99 teams have made the Sweet 16 since then.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...hogs-year/
Here's a full list of all of the schools!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0
Just for fun, I will try to point them out by most recent Sweet 16:
2019 (16): Auburn, Duke, Florida State, Gonzaga, Houston, Kentucky, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oregon, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Virginia, Virginia Tech
2018 (9): Clemson, Kansas, Kansas State, Loyola Chicago, Nevada, Syracuse, Texas A&M, Villanova, West Virginia
2017 (8): Arizona, Baylor, Butler, Florida, South Carolina, UCLA, Wisconsin, Xavier
2016 (6): Indiana, Iowa State, Maryland, Miami Florida, Notre Dame, Oklahoma
2015 (4): Louisville (surprising it's been that long), NC State, Utah, Wichita State
2014 (4): Connecticut, Dayton, San Diego State, Stanford
2013 (4): Florida Gulf Coast???, LaSalle???, Marquette, Ohio State (also surprising)
2012 (2): Cincinnati (also surprising), Ohio U
2011 (3): BYU, Richmond, VCU (Good year for the city of Richmond)
2010 (4): Cornell???, Northern Iowa, St. Mary's, Washington
2009 (3): Memphis, Missouri, Pittsburgh
2008 (4): Davidson (Steph Curry), Texas (It's been THAT long??), Washington State??? (forget Cornell and Florida Gulf Coast, how did Wazzou make the Sweet 16???), Western Kentucky
2007 (5): Georgetown, Southern Illinois, UNLV, USC, Vanderbilt
2006 (3): Boston College, Bradley (The "Brad Pitt Game!"), George Mason
2005 (3): Illinois (Yep, it's been THAT long!), Milwaukee (Illinois played Milwaukee in the Sweet 16), Oklahoma State
2004 (5): Alabama, Georgia Tech (The national runner up year), St. Joseph's (Jameer Nelson), UAB, Wake Forest
2002 (1): Kent State
2001 (3): Mississippi, Penn State (They beat North Carolina!), Temple
2000 (2): Seton Hall, Tulsa (They were coached by Bill Self, the year before he came to Illinois, and many of you are shocked to hear he actually coached at Illinois)
1999 (4): Iowa, Miami Ohio (Wally Szczerbiak), Missouri State, St. John's
1998 (2): Rhode Island, Valparaiso (Bryce Drew)
1997 (4): California, Chattanooga (Beat my Illini to get there:( ), Minnesota, Providence
Some fairly surprising droughts, most notably among Big East and AAC schools. Quite a few Big Ten schools haven't gotten to the Sweet 16 recently as well.
Now the P5 schools that have droughts as long as or longer than Arkansas...
ACC: None!
Big East: DePaul (1987), Creighton (1974!! Sweet 16's before 1985, they had to win one game to get there!)
Big 10: Rutgers (1979, one win), Northwestern and Nebraska (Never!)
Big 12: TCU (1968 - You know they got to the Sweet 16? They were given a bye to the Sweet 16!)
Pac 12: Arizona State (1995), Oregon State (1982, one win), Colorado (1969, bye)
SEC: Georgia (1996), Mississippi State (1996)
How did the Big Ten wind up with the two worst P6 basketball teams in the country??? At least Rutgers made a Sweet 16 once!