Saturday, March 31, 2012

Minimum Number of Years Since Last Final Four

If you add up the number of years since each team's last final four for each team, it adds up to 17:

Kentucky 1
Kansas 4
Ohio State 5
Louisville 7

17 is the sixth lowest all-time for final fours in which all four teams are making a repeat appearance. There have been 23 times in which all 4 teams have been to the final four before.

Here is a list of each time with the sum of the number of year's since the previous appearance:

1951 - 9 (Illinois - 2, Kentucky - 2, Oklahoma State - 2, Kansas State - 3)
1968 - 9 (Houston - 1, North Carolina - 1, UCLA - 1, Ohio State - 6)
1984 - 12 (Houston - 1, Georgetown - 2, Virginia - 3, Kentucky - 6)
1991 - 14 (Duke - 1, UNLV - 1, Kansas - 3, North Carolina - 9)
1993 - 14 (Michigan - 1, Kansas - 2, North Carolina - 2, Kentucky - 9)
2012 - 17 (Kentucky - 1, Kansas - 4, Ohio State - 5, Louisville - 7)
1986 - 28 (Louisville - 3, Louisiana State - 5, Duke - 8, Kansas - 12)
1960 - 31 (California - 1, Cincinnati - 1, Ohio State - 14, New York - 15)
2004 - 31 (Duke - 3, Connecticut - 5, Oklahoma State - 9, Georgia Tech - 14)
2007 - 32 (Florida - 1, UCLA - 1, Ohio State - 8, Georgetown - 22)
2008 - 32 (UCLA - 1, North Carolina - 3, Kansas - 5, Memphis - 23)
2002 - 34 (Maryland - 1, Kansas - 9, Indiana - 10, Oklahoma - 14)
2009 - 34 (North Carolina - 1, Michigan State - 4, Connecticut - 5, Villanova - 24)
1992 - 38 (Duke - 1, Michigan - 3, Indiana - 5, Cincinnati - 29)
1987 - 42 (Indiana - 6, UNLV - 10, Syracuse - 12, Providence - 14)
1980 - 44 (UCLA - 4, Louisville - 5, Purdue - 11, Iowa - 24)
2005 - 44 (Michigan State - 4, North Carolina - 5, Illinois - 16, Louisville - 19)
1982 - 56 (North Carolina - 1, Louisville - 2, Houston - 14, Georgetown - 39)
1985 - 60 (Georgetown - 1, Memphis - 12, Villanova - 14, St. John's - 33)
1995 - 62 (Arkansas - 1, North Carolina - 2, UCLA - 15, Oklahoma State - 44)
2000 - 68 (Michigan State - 1, North Carolina - 2, Florida - 6, Wisconsin - 59)
1998 - 90 (Kentucky - 1, North Carolina - 1, Utah - 32, Stanford - 56)
2003 - 90 (Kansas - 1, Syracuse - 7, Marquette - 26, Texas - 56)

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