I don't think it's crazy to think a school like K-State could have a couple sweet sixteen appearances each decade. Until we stopped trying to win at basketball for like two decades that would have been a conservative expectation. Basketball landscape has changed, so it's not as easy for us to have that rate of success, but it's not like some kind of pipe dream or something to expect a couple short runs every ten years..
I wonder how many schools have multiple sweet 16s over the last 10 years
i'm glad you asked. 35 different schools have multiple sweet 16 appearances in the last 10 years (2008-2017).
here is the list:
7 Kansas, Michigan State, North Carolina, Wisconsin
6 Arizona, Duke, Kentucky, Louisville, Xavier
5 Florida, Syracuse
4 Baylor, Gonzaga, Ohio State, UCLA, West Virginia
3 Butler, UConn, Indiana, Marquette, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Purdue, Tennessee, Villanova
2 Iowa State, Memphis, Miami (FL), NC State, Notre Dame, San Diego State, Stanford, Virginia, Wichita State
24 other schools have made the sweet 16 exactly once in that span:
BYU
Cincinnati
Cornell
Davidson
Dayton
Florida State
Florida-GC
Kansas State
La Salle
Maryland
Missouri
Northern Iowa
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Richmond
South Carolina
St. Mary's
Texas
Texas A&M
Utah
VCU
Washington
Washington State
Western Kentucky
UPDATED LIST!!!!
36 schools have made at least 2 sweet 16s in the past 10 years (2009-2018):
7 Duke, Kansas, Kentucky
6 Arizona, Michigan State, North Carolina, Syracuse, Wisconsin
5 Florida, Gonzaga, Louisville, Xavier
4 Baylor, Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue, West Virginia
3 Butler, UConn, Indiana, Marquette, Oklahoma, Oregon, UCLA, Villanova
2 Florida State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Miami (FL), NC State, Notre Dame, San Diego State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Virginia, Wichita State
Florida State, Kansas State, and Texas A&M joined the multiple sweet 16 club
Memphis and Stanford dropped out
23 schools have made the sweet 16 exactly once in that span:
BYU
Cincinnati
Clemson '18
Cornell
Dayton
Florida-GC
La Salle
Loyola-Chicago '18
Maryland
Memphis
Missouri
Nevada '18
Northern Iowa
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Richmond
South Carolina
St. Mary's
Stanford
Texas Tech '18
Utah
VCU
Washington
new additions to the trash tier (no sweet 16s in the past 10 years):
Davidson
Texas
Washington State
Western Kentucky