This is a bit over done, but given the time of year and what everyone is talking about is worthwhile analysis. Although, we always show the five that have never made the tournament on this blog (see upper right hand corner). Just to remind you they are Army, The Citadel, St. Francis of New York, William and Mary and Northwestern. It doesn't look like any of these schools will break their droughts this year either.
With the tournament just around the corner, I thought it might be interesting to just list what schools have been in the NCAA Tournament the most. Hopefully, I have not missed a school and it gets a little confusing at the end as there are several teams with 20 to 22 appearances that may have made it the last couple of years when I had to manually tabulate each school. For purposes of this list even vacated appearances are counted. (IE: probation or scandal caused the NCAA to require the school to vacate an appearance it previously made).
1. Kentucky 53
2. Kansas 44
3. UCLA 44
4. North Carolina 43
5. Louisville 38
6. Duke 36
6. Indiana 36
8. Villanova 32
8. Notre Dame 32
10 UConn 31
11. Marquette 30
11. Temple 30
11. Texas 30
14. Illinois 29
14. Arizona 29
14. Arkansas 29
17. St. John's 28 (and 27 NIT appearances)
17. Ohio State 28
17. Georgetown 28
20. Utah 27
20. BYU 27
22. Oklahoma 26
22. Cincinnati 26
24. Kansas State 26
25. Oklahoma State 24
26. Princeton 23
26. Memphis 23
26. Maryland 23
The first seven are really no surprise. Villanova appears high and for those that don't know their history might be surprised. Temple and Marquette might be surprises also given their midmajor status. Also, note that besides UCLA and Arizona, none of the Pac-12's long time member schools (discounting Utah as new member) appear (Washington, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, USC or Washington State) all of which have storied traditions, just not NCAA Tournament tradition.
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