The last time Kentucky went three consecutive college basketball seasons without reaching an NCAA Tournament regional semifinal was the stretch of 2006 through 2009 when UK went four straight years without advancing to the Sweet 16. Princeton, FAU and Kansas State did not receive a single vote.ġ6. Seven of the Sweet 16 teams were not in the preseason AP Top 25, including Princeton, FAU, Xavier, Michigan State, UConn, Kansas State and Miami. 5 Kansas and Baylor - the two tied at No. Besides North Carolina, four other teams in the top 10 of the preseason AP Top 25 failed to make the Sweet 16. 1 to miss the tournament since the field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985.ġ4. The Tar Heels are the first preseason No. 1 in the AP preseason Top 25, failed to make the NCAA Tournament and declined an invitation to the NIT. IU has gone from Tom Crean to Archie Miller to Mike Woodson.ġ3. The Hoosiers are on their third different coach since the Hoosiers beat Kentucky 73-67 in Des Moines to reach the East Regional semifinal. With its loss to Miami in the second round on Saturday, Indiana has not reached the Sweet 16 since 2016. Before that, you have to go all the way back to the 1979 NCAA Tournament when none of the big four made the Sweet 16.ġ2. This is the second time in three tournaments that blue bloods Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina and Kansas all failed to make it to the Sweet 16. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson, whose starters’ average height was 6-foot-1.ġ1. 1 seed Purdue was led by Zach Edey, its 7-foot-4 center who is likely favorite for national player of the year honors. It also lost starting point guard Zakai Zeigler to a torn ACL on Feb. Tennessee went 5-7 in its last 12 games before the NCAA Tournament. Now the Owls will play Tennessee in an East Region semifinal on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.ĩ. Florida Atlantic has had one 20-win season in its 29-year history as a Division I program. The Tigers play Creighton in a South Region semifinal on Friday in Louisville.Ĩ. Princeton started the season 0-2 with losses to Hofstra and Navy. That’s the same Ohio State that finished 16-19.ħ. Michigan State was 7-7 in its last 14 regular season games before losing to Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament. KSU was picked to finish last in the Big 12 in the preseason.Ħ. Kansas State Coach Jerome Tang celebrates with the team’s cheerleaders after his team secured a spot in the Sweet 16 with a win over Kentucky in Greensboro, N.C., on Sunday.
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