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Every team's first year in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Posted on 3/13/24 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 5:26 pm
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Every single year since the tournament has existed, a team has made their tournament debut. Insane streak.
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Posted on 3/13/24 at 5:31 pm to CNB
Northwestern not making the tournament until 2017 despite being a charter member of the Big Ten is an oddity.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 5:33 pm to CNB
The fact northwestern didn’t make it till 2017 is insane
Posted on 3/13/24 at 5:35 pm to CNB
Honestly wild how bad the Florida gators were at sports until the 80s they certainly made up for lost time but damn. 
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 6:04 pm to CNB
Cool stats
Posted on 3/13/24 at 6:08 pm to CNB
Sucks that debatably our best basketball teams never made the tourney because the NC schools are gay cowards that held the ball (before shot clock)
Posted on 3/13/24 at 6:24 pm to CNB
The BIT was the better tournament so it makes sense a lot of schools started going in the 60s
Posted on 3/13/24 at 6:38 pm to CNB
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Every single year since the tournament has existed, a team has made their tournament debut. Insane streak.
That’s pretty damn cool.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 6:56 pm to CNB
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Posted on 3/13/24 at 7:18 pm to CNB
The tournament from 1939-1950 only had 8 teams.
Which means the first 3 years saw no repeat appearances.
Which means the first 3 years saw no repeat appearances.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 8:13 pm to CNB
Never thought about the first appearance year cool stats. 
Posted on 3/13/24 at 8:55 pm to CNB
If I'm not mistaken, didn't LSU make the Final Four with Bob Pettit their first year making the tournament?
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:00 pm to CNB
I remember the “Metro Conference”.
How many different conferences did those teams end up in over the years?
How many different conferences did those teams end up in over the years?
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:27 pm to CNB
According to this the Ragin Cajun’s made the tournament 3 times before Bammer, ole piss, Gawja, and Aubey, got in for the first time. That’s Wild
Posted on 3/14/24 at 8:14 am to CNB
ala 
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:rotflmao: :rotflmao:Posted on 3/14/24 at 8:49 am to CNB
Interesting. I didn't know the year UGA made the final four was also the first year they made the NCAA tournament (1983).
Posted on 3/14/24 at 9:40 am to CNB
Didn't know we went to the final 4 in our first appearance. Wild
Posted on 3/14/24 at 10:07 am to CNB
Very interesting. Love sports trivia like this.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 10:32 am to CNB
LSU made the Final Four in their first year in the Tournament.
Their regular season's 20-1 (13-0 SEC) record gave them a bye to the Sweet Sixteen, where they won two games to win the East-1 Region.
That team included college and NBA hall of famer Bob Pettit (who still attends pretty much every home game, IIRC) and future Converse president, SEC hoops announcer, and LSU AD Joe "String Music" Dean.
Cool graphic.
Their regular season's 20-1 (13-0 SEC) record gave them a bye to the Sweet Sixteen, where they won two games to win the East-1 Region.
That team included college and NBA hall of famer Bob Pettit (who still attends pretty much every home game, IIRC) and future Converse president, SEC hoops announcer, and LSU AD Joe "String Music" Dean.
Cool graphic.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 10:55 am to CNB
Here is the order for the entire conference:
1 Oklahoma 1939
2 Texas 1939
3 Arkansas 1941
4 Kentucky 1942
5 Missouri 1944
6 Texas A&M 1951
7 LSU 1953
8 Mississippi State 1963
9 Vanderbilt 1965
10 Tennessee 1967
11 South Carolina 1971
12 Alabama 1975
13 Ole Miss 1981
14 Georgia 1983
15 Auburn 1984
16 Florida 1987
Underlined teams were in the SEC at the time they made their first appearance. This means that LSU was only the second SEC team to appear in the tournament when they did so in 1953. It also shows that five of the six teams added since 1992 made the tournament before the second SEC team did so.
Except for the 80s & 90s and now, the SEC isn't a basketball conference.
GEAUX TIGERS!
1 Oklahoma 1939
2 Texas 1939
3 Arkansas 1941
4 Kentucky 1942
5 Missouri 1944
6 Texas A&M 1951
7 LSU 1953
8 Mississippi State 1963
9 Vanderbilt 1965
10 Tennessee 1967
11 South Carolina 1971
12 Alabama 1975
13 Ole Miss 1981
14 Georgia 1983
15 Auburn 1984
16 Florida 1987
Underlined teams were in the SEC at the time they made their first appearance. This means that LSU was only the second SEC team to appear in the tournament when they did so in 1953. It also shows that five of the six teams added since 1992 made the tournament before the second SEC team did so.
Except for the 80s & 90s and now, the SEC isn't a basketball conference.
GEAUX TIGERS!
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