8 years in a row: MU now #6 on consecutive NCAA appearance list

[LloydMooresLegs]

MU is now alone at number 6 for longest current streak of tourney appearances, with 8 years in a row.  Look at the company we keep.  Impressive.


   Kansas                  23 years - 1990..2012
   Duke                     17 years - 1996..2012
   Michigan State       15 years - 1998..2012
   Gonzaga                14 years - 1999..2012
   Texas      OUT        14 years - 1999..2012
   Wisconsin               14 years - 1999..2012
   Marquette                7 years - 2006..2012
   Xavier     OUT         7 years - 2006..2012
   BYU          OUT        6 years - 2007..2012
   Louisville                6 years - 2007..2012
   Purdue      OUT        6 years - 2007..2012
   Temple           5 years - 2008..2012
   West Virginia  OUT    5 years - 2008..2012
   Florida State   OUT   4 years - 2009..2012
   Missouri                  4 years - 2009..2012
   Ohio State                4 years - 2009..2012


Temple fixed- thanks, all

[monkeyman34]

Didn't Temple make it this year? #9 in the East

[State Street Warrior]

MU is now alone at number 6 for longest current streak of tourney appearances, with 8 years in a row.  Look at the company we keep.  Impressive.


   Kansas                  23 years - 1990..2012
   Duke                     17 years - 1996..2012
   Michigan State       15 years - 1998..2012
   Gonzaga                14 years - 1999..2012
   Texas      OUT        14 years - 1999..2012
   Wisconsin               14 years - 1999..2012
   Marquette                7 years - 2006..2012
   Xavier     OUT         7 years - 2006..2012
   BYU          OUT        6 years - 2007..2012
   Louisville                6 years - 2007..2012
   Purdue      OUT        6 years - 2007..2012
   Temple      OUT       5 years - 2008..2012
   West Virginia  OUT    5 years - 2008..2012
   Florida State   OUT   4 years - 2009..2012
   Missouri                  4 years - 2009..2012
   Ohio State                4 years - 2009..2012

Temple is in as a 9 seed in the east

[monkeyman34]

Still awesome that we're #6 on this list.

[Dawson Rental]

Also, Buzz is five for five at MU.

[LloydMooresLegs]

Wonder how many coaches have gone 5 for their first 5?

[Golden Avalanche]

Wonder how many coaches have gone 5 for their first 5?

Jamie Dixon comes to mind.

[warriorchick]

Still awesome that we're #6 on this list.

And tops in the BEast.

[Golden Avalanche]

And tops in the BEast.

That is nice on the way out of the conference but I'd take two NITs in that time period if it came with a Final Four and Elite Eight in the other six seasons.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Gonzaga may be on that list for the next 20 years

[Eldon]

Gonzaga may be on that list for the next 20 years

Because they'll continue to be awesome or because of their weak conference?  Both?

[GoPanthers33]

Because they'll continue to be awesome or because of their weak conference?  Both?

I would say both.

They have name recognition so they can get way better recruits then anyone else in the generally weak WCC (Excluding St. Mary's).

Therefore I don't see them not winning the conference for quite a while.

[Blackhat]

Thank you Steve Cottingham!

[MDMU04]

I think getting consecutive #3 seeds is pretty impressive as well. Especially with the changes at the top end of the roster from last year.

And since we're on the topic of streaks, let's go get our third consecutive S16.

[Silkk the Shaka]

I think getting consecutive #3 seeds is pretty impressive as well. Especially with the changes at the top end of the roster from last year.

And since we're on the topic of streaks, let's go get our third consecutive S16.

Doubt we'll be below a three seed next year either.  We're in the middle of a great run here.

[Henry Sugar]

This is how programs get built.

[Avenue Commons]

What years did we miss?

03-04 and 04-05?

[Coleman]

What years did we miss?

03-04 and 04-05?

Yes. NIT runner up and NIT first round exit.

[The Lens]

Yes. NIT runner up and NIT first round exit.

NIT Elite 8 and NIT first round exit.

We were NIT runner up in 1995.

[Avenue Commons]

NIT Elite 8 and NIT first round exit.

We were NIT runner up in 1995.

Correct. Until the legendary Ace Cuspin of VA Tech nailed last second FTs, we would have been the Champs. Well, champs of the NIT, but still......

[Coleman]

NIT Elite 8 and NIT first round exit.

We were NIT runner up in 1995.

My bad. I thought we at least made it to New York in 2004. At what point does that happen?

[jsglow]

4 teams go to New York.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Correct. Until the legendary Ace Cuspin of VA Tech nailed last second FTs, we would have been the Champs. Well, champs of the NIT, but still......

I was at a bar in Bloomington, IN while in grad school, cheering on the Warriors. They all thought I had 7 eyeballs cheering for a NIT tournament game. This was during the Bob Knight days and IU, though down, was still a yearly NCAA participant. MU always comes first with me. That game set back the game of basketball several decades.    I recall we shot like 40% from the free throw line and just as bad from the field....that ultimately killed us. 

I think it was Shawn Smith who hit the free throws, by the way.  Faisal fouled him with under a second to play.  Va. Tech beat us twice that year.

[brewcity77]

More impressive in my mind is that we were the only team after the creation of the Big East as best basketball conference ever assembled to make the tournament each year. It's remarkable how even in "down years", which easily could have been our first Big East year starting 3 freshmen, the Lazar year after losing the Amigos, and this year losing 2 NBA players, we still end up in the tournament, and do it in the best conference in the country. Certainly no mean feat.