Swc- random question for you.
Could you put a thread together that counts the total number of sweet sixteen appearances from each team since say, 1985? I've been curious about that and figured you may already have it somewhere, being the statistician that you are
The following teams have made the NCAA Sweet 16 since the tournament increased to 64 teams in 1985 and byes were eliminated:
Alabama 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, 04 (6)
Arizona 88, 89, 91, 94, 96, 97, 98, 01, 02, 03, 05, 09, 11, 13, 14 (15)
Arizona State 95 (1)
Arkansas 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96 (6)
Auburn 85, 86, 99, 03 (4)
Ball State 90 (1)
Baylor 10, 12, 14 (3)
Boston College 85, 94, 06 (3)
Bradley 06 (1)
BYU 11 (1)
Butler 03, 07, 10, 11 (4)
California 93, 97 (2)
Chattanooga 97 (1)
Cincinnati 92, 93, 96, 01, 12 (5)
Clemson 90, 97 (2)
Cleveland St 86 (1)
Connecticut 90, 91, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 02, 03, 04, 06, 09, 11, 14 (14)
Cornell 10 (1)
Davidson 08 (1)
Dayton 14 (1)
DePaul 86, 87 (2)
Duke 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 09, 10, 11, 13 (21)
E Michigan 91 (1)
Florida 87, 94, 99, 00, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14 (10)
Florida GC 13 (1)
Florida State 92, 93, 11 (3)
George Mason 06 (1)
Georgetown 85, 87, 89, 95, 96, 01, 06, 07 (8)
Georgia 96 (1)
Georgia Tech 85, 86, 90, 92, 96, 04 (6)
G Washington 93 (1)
Gonzaga 99, 00, 01, 06, 09 (5)
Illinois 85, 89, 01, 02, 04, 05 (6)
Indiana 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 02, 12, 13 (9)
Iowa 87, 88, 99 (3)
Iowa State 86, 97, 00, 14 (4)
Kansas 86, 87, 88, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09, 11, 12, 13 (19)
Kansas State 88, 10 (2)
Kent State 02 (1)
Kentucky 85, 86, 88, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 01, 02, 03, 05, 10, 11, 12, 14 (18)
LaSalle 13 (1)
Louisiana State 86, 87, 00, 06 (4)
Louisiana Tech 85 (1)
Louisville 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 97, 05, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14 (13)
Loyola-Chic 85 (1)
Loyola Marymt 90 (1)
Marquette 94, 03, 11, 12, 13 (5)
Maryland 85, 94, 95, 98, 99, 01, 02, 03 (8)
Massachusetts 92, 95, 96 (3)
Memphis 85, 92, 95, 06, 07, 08, 09 (7)
Miami-Fla 00, 13 (2)
Miami-Ohio 99 (1)
Michigan 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 13, 14 (7)
Michigan State 86, 90, 98, 99, 00, 01, 03, 05, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14 (14)
Minnesota 89, 90, 97 (3)
Mississippi 01 (2)
Mississippi St 95, 96 (2)
Missouri 89, 94, 02, 09 (4)
Navy 86 (1)
Nevada-Reno 04 (1)
New Mexico St 92 (1)
North Carolina 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 00, 05, 07, 08, 09, 11, 12 (19)
N C State 85, 86, 89, 05, 12 (5)
Northern Iowa 10 (1)
Notre Dame 87, 03 (2)
Ohio State 91, 92, 99, 07, 10, 11, 12, 13 (8)
Ohio U. 12 (1)
Oklahoma 85, 88, 99, 02, 03, 09 (6)
Oklahoma St 87, 91, 92, 95, 00, 04, 05 (7)
Oregon 02, 07, 13 (3)
Penn State 01 (1)
Pittsburgh 02, 03, 04, 07, 09 (5)
Providence 87, 97 (2)
Purdue 88, 94, 98, 99, 00, 09, 10 (7)
Rhode Island 88, 98 (2)
Richmond 8, 11 (2)
St. John’s 85, 91, 99 (3)
St. Joseph’s 97, 04 (2)
St. Mary’s 10 (1)
San Diego St 11, 14 (2)
Seton Hall 89, 91, 92, 00 (4)
SW Missouri 99 (1)
So California 01, 07 (2)
So Illinois 02, 07 (2)
Stanford 97, 98, 01, 08, 14 (5)
Syracuse 87, 89, 90, 94, 96, 98, 00, 03, 04, 09, 10, 12, 13 (13)
Temple 88, 91, 93, 99, 01 (5)
Tennessee 00, 07, 08, 10, 14 (5)
Texas 90, 97, 02, 03, 04, 06, 08 (7)
Texas A&M 07 (2)
Texas Tech 96, 05 (2)
Tulsa 94, 95, 00 (3)
UAB 04 (1)
UCLA 90, 92, 95, 97, 98, 00, 01, 02, 06, 07, 08, 14 (12)
UNLV 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 97 (6)
UTEP 92 (1)
Utah 91, 96, 97, 98, 05 (5)
Valparaiso 98 (1)
Vanderbilt 88, 93, 04, 07 (4)
Villanova 85, 88, 05, 06, 08, 09 (6)
Virginia 89, 93, 95, 14 (4)
VCU 11 (1)
Wake Forest 93, 95, 96, 04 (4)
Washington 98, 05, 06, 10 (4)
Washington St 08 (1)
West Virginia 98, 05, 06, 08, 10 (5)
W Kentucky 93, 08 (2)
Wichita State 06, 13 (2)
Wisconsin 00, 03, 05, 08, 11, 12, 14 (7)
Wisconsin-Mil 05 (1)
Wyoming 87 (1)
Xavier 90, 04, 08, 09, 10, 12 (6)
Here are the schools who have made the Sweet 16 at least 5 times since 1985:
21 times: Duke
19 times: Kansas, North Carolina
18 times: Kentucky
15 times: Arizona
14 times: Connecticut, Michigan State
13 times: Louisville, Syracuse
12 times: UCLA
10 times: Florida
9 times: Indiana
8 times: Georgetown, Maryland, Ohio State
7 times: Memphis, Michigan, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Texas, Wisconsin
6 times: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Oklahoma, UNLV
5 times: Cincinnati. Gonzaga, Marquette, NC State, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Temple, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia
That's a pretty good ranking of college basketball programs since 1985.,