03/24/2008
Sweet Sixteen Quick Facts
Breakdown of this year's Sweet Sixteen teams
|
Team |
Number of Sweet Sixteen Appearances |
Last Sweet Sixteen Appearance |
Consecutive |
Sweet Sixteen Record |
Elite Eight Record |
National Semifinal Record |
National Championship Record |
|
North Carolina |
27 |
2007 |
2 |
20-6 |
16-6 |
8-8 |
4-4 |
|
Washington State |
1 |
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--- |
--- |
1-0 |
1-0 |
0-1 |
|
Louisville |
23 |
2005 |
--- |
9-13 |
8-1 |
2-6 |
2-0 |
|
Tennessee |
5 |
2007 |
2 |
0-4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
|
Kansas |
24 |
2007 |
2 |
16-7 |
12-6 |
7-5 |
2-5 |
|
Villanova |
15 |
2006 |
--- |
9-5 |
3-8 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
|
Wisconsin |
4 |
2005 |
--- |
2-1 |
2-2 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
|
Davidson |
4 |
1969 |
--- |
2-1 |
0-2 |
--- |
--- |
|
Memphis |
10 |
2007 |
3 |
5-4 |
2-3 |
1-1 |
0-1 |
|
Michigan State |
13 |
2005 |
--- |
9-3 |
6-3 |
2-4 |
2-0 |
|
Stanford |
4 |
2001 |
--- |
2-1 |
2-1 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
|
Texas |
10 |
2006 |
--- |
3-6 |
3-3 |
0-3 |
--- |
|
UCLA |
31 |
2007 |
3 |
20-10 |
17-4 |
13-4 |
11-2 |
|
Western Kentucky |
7 |
1993 |
--- |
1-5 |
1-1 |
0-1 |
--- |
|
Xavier |
3 |
2004 |
--- |
1-1 |
0-1 |
--- |
--- |
|
West Virginia |
7 |
2006 |
--- |
2-4 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
0-1 |
Sweet Sixteen Rematches
Louisville defeated Tennessee 70-57 in the 1983 Second Round.
Sweet Sixteens by Conference
Big East 3
Pacific Ten 3
Big Ten 2
Big Twelve 2
Atlantic Coast 1
Atlantic Ten 1
Conference USA 1
Southeastern 1
Southern 1
Sun Belt 1
Consecutive Sweet Sixteens - Conference
Atlantic Coast 29
Southeastern 19
Big East 15
Big Twelve 10
Conference USA 6
Pacific Ten 4
Big Ten 2
Consecutive Years with Multiple Sweet Sixteens - Conference
Big East 7
Pacific Ten 4
Big Twelve 2
Consecutive Sweet Sixteens - State
North Carolina 29
Pennsylvania 8
Texas 7
California 3
Kansas 3
Tennessee 3
Ohio 2
Consecutive Sweet Sixteens - Coach
John Calipari 3
Ben Howland 3
Bruce Pearl 2
Bill Self 2
Roy Williams 2
Three Sweet Sixteens in past 4 years - Coach
John Calipari
Ben Howland
Bruce Pearl
Roy Williams
Jay Wright
All four #1 seeds are in the Sweet Sixteen for the 4th consecutive year for the
first time in tournament history.
A #7 seed is in the Sweet Sixteen for the sixth consecutive year.
Consecutive Sweet Sixteens - AP Ranking (Current Team in Parenthesis)
#4 - 8 (Kansas)
#1 - 4 (North Carolina)
#2 - 4 (Memphis)
#3 - 4 (UCLA)
#5 - 3 (Tennessee)
#23 - 3 (Davidson)
No #16 ranked team has been in the Sweet Sixteen the past 4 years which is the longest
such streak for any ranking.
Consecutive Sweet Sixteens - RPI (Current Team in Parenthesis)
#3 - 8 (Memphis)
#2 - 4 (North Carolina)
#1 - 3 (Tennessee)
#9 - 3 (Xavier)