NCAA Tournament: A Tradition of Sweet 16 Appearances

  0 Wendy Mayer | December 04th, 2017 | Big 12, Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, News, Pac 12, SEC, WCC

Since 2010, two teams have made all eight Sweet 16s, while another 13 have made at least five appearances.

  • Penn State 8
  • Texas 8
  • Minnesota 7
  • Nebraska 7
  • Washington 6
  • BYU 6
  • Florida 6
  • Illinois 6
  • Ohio State 5
  • Stanford 6
  • USC 6
  • UCLA 5
  • Wisconsin 5

Looking further back, 15 teams have made the Sweet 16 at least seven times in the last 14 years (since 2004).

  • Penn State 14
  • Nebraska 13
  • Texas 13
  • Florida 11
  • Stanford 11
  • Washington 10
  • Minnesota 10
  • UCLA 10
  • USC 9
  • Wisconsin 8
  • Illinois 8
  • BYU 7
  • Hawaii 7
  • Ohio State 7
  • Purdue 7

In terms of continuous success, just 11 teams have made it to the NCAA second round 12 of the last 14 seasons (since 2004). Just six of those have advanced to the second round each year during the span: Florida, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas and Washington. Hawaii was part of the group through the 2016 season, but saw its streak ended by Illinois with a five-set loss in the opening round on Friday.

  • Florida 14
  • Nebraska 14
  • Penn State 14
  • Stanford 14
  • Texas 14
  • Washington 14
  • Hawaii 13
  • Minnesota 13
  • UCLA 13
  • USC 13
  • Purdue 12

 

 

Leave a Reply

avatar

About Wendy Mayer

Wendy Mayer

Wendy Mayer has worked in athletics media relations for the last 20 years. The Northwest Missouri State alumna is currently senior writer for Volleymob.com after spending the last 15 years with Purdue athletics.

Read More »

Don't want to miss anything?

Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates!