Syracuse is headed for its 6th consecutive NCAA Tournament with a top 4 seed

[Alsacs]

Which is amazing.
2009- 3 seed
2010- 1 seed
2011- 3 seed
2012- 1 seed
2013- 4 seed
2014- projected 1/2/3/4 seed

I wonder what the record for most consecutive top 4 seeds would be in the modern era from 1985 onward when their were 64 teams selected. This would be a challenge for our board historian. I wold think the record belongs to Duke, but I don't know. When I read all the negativity drama this stat should calm people down. I am not saying legitimate criticism is not warranted, but the fast food sky is falling if we lose games crowd.

 

[nyucuse]

Kansas seems to be a 1 every year

 

[SWFLCUSE]

I just spent the last couple of hours going through all the brackets from 1985 so we could have a list of the longest top-4 seed streaks.
As far as I can tell Kansas has the longest streak from 2001-Present which is good for 12 straight seasons with this season looking like they're 13th. Only one other school has ever had a double digit streak and that was Duke from 1997-2006, good for 10 seasons in a row.

This is a list of every school who has ever had five straight or more. It has been done 19 times since the tournement expanded to its current format;
Kansas 2001-Present (12)
Duke 1997-2006 (10)
Kansas 1990-1998 (9)
Arizona 1996-2003 (8)
Kentucky 1992-1999 (8)
UNLV 1985-1991 (7)
Arizona 1988-1994 (7)
Duke 2008-Present (6)
Arkansas 1990-1995 (6)
Syracuse 1986-1991 (6)
Illinois 1985-1989 (5)
North Carolina 1985-1989 (5)
North Carolina 1991-1995 (5)
Massachusetts 1992-1996 (5)
Maryland 1998-2002 (5)
Kentucky 2001-2005 (5)
North Carolina 2005-2009 (5)
Pittsburgh 2007-2011 (5)
Syracuse 2009-Present (5)

With this season we will tie our own personal record, and judging by our trajectory we should exceed it next season. I attached a picture of the spreadsheet I used to find these numbers. If you find a mistake let me know and I can go back and fix it.

 

[Alsacs]

I just spent the last couple of hours going through all the brackets from 1985 so we could have a list of the longest top-4 seed streaks.
As far as I can tell Kansas has the longest streak from 2001-Present which is good for 12 straight seasons with this season looking like they're 13th. Only one other school has ever had a double digit streak and that was Duke from 1997-2006, good for 10 seasons in a row.

This is a list of every school who has ever had five straight or more. It has been done 19 times since the tournement expanded to its current format;
Kansas 2001-Present (12)
Duke 1997-2006 (10)
Kansas 1990-1998 (9)
Arizona 1996-2003 (8)
Kentucky 1992-1999 (8)
UNLV 1985-1991 (7)
Arizona 1988-1994 (7)
Duke 2008-Present (6)
Arkansas 1990-1995 (6)
Syracuse 1986-1991 (6)
Illinois 1985-1989 (5)
North Carolina 1985-1989 (5)
North Carolina 1991-1995 (5)
Massachusetts 1992-1996 (5)
Maryland 1998-2002 (5)
Kentucky 2001-2005 (5)
North Carolina 2005-2009 (5)
Pittsburgh 2007-2011 (5)
Syracuse 2009-Present (5)

With this season we will tie our own personal record, and judging by our trajectory we should exceed it next season. I attached a picture of the spreadsheet I used to find these numbers. If you find a mistake let me know and I can go back and fix it.View attachment 8929

I would give this more than one like if I could. Very well done and thanks a lot for spending the time doing this.

 

[Knicks411]

The Kansas and Duke streaks are nuts, because they both have 2 in he top 5 of so. Looks like KU had 2 years off, but from 90-present they've been a top 4 seed every year but 2. Insane. Duke is 97-present with the exception of one year.

We also can finish in the KP top 15 for the 6th straight year, which no one else has done over that period.

 

[Waltdods]

This is a list of every school who has ever had five straight or more. It has been done 19 times since the tournement expanded to its current format;
Kansas 2001-Present (12)
Duke 1997-2006 (10)
Kansas 1990-1998 (9)
Arizona 1996-2003 (8)
Kentucky 1992-1999 (8)
UNLV 1985-1991 (7)
Arizona 1988-1994 (7)
Duke 2008-Present (6)
Arkansas 1990-1995 (6)
Syracuse 1986-1991 (6)
Illinois 1985-1989 (5)
North Carolina 1985-1989 (5)
North Carolina 1991-1995 (5)
Massachusetts 1992-1996 (5)
Maryland 1998-2002 (5)
Kentucky 2001-2005 (5)
North Carolina 2005-2009 (5)
Pittsburgh 2007-2011 (5)
Syracuse 2009-Present (5)
View attachment 8929

Great post.

2001 feels like an incredibly long time ago - an amazing record for Kansas, especially because it gives no sign of stopping soon.

Cool to see that the only live streaks are SU, Duke, and Kansas. Good company.

 

[SWFLCUSE]

I would give this more than one like if I could. Very well done and thanks a lot for spending the time doing this.

Haha thanks, I needed something to do while I was waiting for my laundry to finish and I've always been a huge stats and trend type of guy so this was right up my alley.