Last March, Nate Oats and the Alabama Crimson Tide crossed off a big to-do item for one of the best programs in College Basketball to have never made a Final Four. On March 30th, they beat Clemson in the Elite 8 to advance Alabama to their first Final Four in school history.
Making the Final Four is no small feat. Since the inception of the NCAA Tournament in 1939, 99 different schools can lay claim to an appearance. Yet only six of those teams have played in as many as 20 Tournaments without an appearance in a national semi-final.