Only one reigning champion since 2000 has made the Elite Eight.
Editor's note: Please welcome David Cassilo to the team! I'll let him introduce himself in the comments but we're excited to have him onboard.
Only twice since 1973 has a college basketball team repeated as NCAA Tournament champions (Duke 91-92, Florida 06-07). That's raried air. With expected regular roster turnover, and even more now in the one-and-done era, I wanted to look at how many starters each school returned. After all, roster balance is something that coaches can conceivably control (to an extent).