The regional semifinals of March Madness aren’t a common thing for Tennessee basketball. In fact, the Vols have only made it to the Sweet 16 seven times in their history. Entering this century they had only made it twice in school history.
Adding to that, though, the Vols had never made the Sweet 16 with the NCAA Tournament field expanded to 64 teams until 2000. Since then, they have made it five times, which as we have mentioned in previous posts, represents the overall upward trajectory of the program.
However, once they reach the Sweet 16, they usually have a good bit of bad luck, even dating back to before 2000.