Ggallagher
03-12-2012, 02:19 PM
I was kind of curious as to how often Butler's situation had occurred - specifically playing in the Championship game in back to back years, but then not making the tournament at all in the third year.
Going all the way back to 1966, it's only happened one other time. Florida had the same experience in the 2006-2008 period.
So it's only twice under the current tournament structure, and had not happened previously all the way back to 1966 when UCLA missed the tournament after playing in back to back championship games. Of course with only 22 teams in the tournament then, it was a LITTLE harder to make the field.
Seems like THAT would be depressing. Play for the big prize twice in a row, and then not get to play at all the next year.
Going all the way back to 1966, it's only happened one other time. Florida had the same experience in the 2006-2008 period.
So it's only twice under the current tournament structure, and had not happened previously all the way back to 1966 when UCLA missed the tournament after playing in back to back championship games. Of course with only 22 teams in the tournament then, it was a LITTLE harder to make the field.
Seems like THAT would be depressing. Play for the big prize twice in a row, and then not get to play at all the next year.