UConn returned four of five starters from last season’s national championship squad, but lost a pretty damn valuable one in Kemba Walker.
This season ended with a 20-14 record and a disheartening 77-64 defeat to eighth-seeded Iowa State in the first round. Let’s take a look back at how the past 20 NCAA champions have fared the following year:
Year Champion Next season
2011 UConn One and done
2010 Duke Sweet Sixteen
2009 UNC NIT
2008 Kansas Sweet Sixteen
2007 Florida NIT
2006 Florida National Champions
2005 North Carolina Second round
2004 UConn Second round
2003 Syracuse Sweet Sixteen
2002 Maryland Sweet Sixteen
2001 Duke Sweet Sixteen
2000 Michigan State Final Four
1999 UConn Second round
1998 Kentucky Elite Eight
1997 Arizona Elite Eight
1996 Kentucky Runner-up
1995 UCLA One and done
1994 Arkansas Runner-up
1993 North Carolina Second round
1992 Duke Second round
1991 Duke National champions
[...] Calhoun’s fell to Iowa State in the first round of the tournament, becoming the first team to do so since 1996 to do [...]