The basketball team of Kentucky has appeared in the tournament a record 58 times between 1942 and 2022.
Number of NCAA college basketball tournament appearances by team from 1939 to 2022.
| Characteristic | Tournament appearances |
|---|---|
| Kansas (1940-2021) | 49 |
| UCLA (1950-2021)* | 48 |
What school has the most appearances in the NCAA tournament?
Kentucky
The statistic shows the men’s college basketball teams with the most NCAA Division I Final Four appearances from 1939 to 2022.
Number of men’s NCAA college basketball final four appearances by team from 1939 to 2022.
| Characteristic | Number of appearances |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 21 |
| UCLA* | 18 |
| Kentucky | 17 |
| Duke | 17 |
Which college has the most NCAA men’s basketball titles?
UCLA
What school has the most college basketball national championships?
| School | Number of Championships | Runner-Up finishes |
|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 11 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 4 |
| North Carolina | 6 | 6 |
| Duke | 5 | 6 |
Who has the most consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances?
Kansas
Kansas owns an active 30-year streak of NCAA tournament appearances — the longest of all time. Kansas picked up its 30th straight NCAA tournament appearance in 2019, which extended its lead for the most consecutive appearances across all of Division I.
What school has the most Sweet 16 appearances?
Most NCAA Basketball Sweet 16 Appearances
| Rank | School | Appearances |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | 44 |
| 2 | UCLA | 35 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 35 |
| 4 | Duke | 32 |
Which school has received the most number 1 seeds in tournament history?
Of their six NCAA tournament championships, five came when UNC was a 1 seed.
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| Number | Team | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | North Carolina | 1979-2019 |
| 14 | Kansas | 1986-2018 |
| 14 | Duke | 1986-2019 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 1980-2015 |
Which school has the second most NCAA titles with 8 championships?
With 11 national titles, UCLA has the record for the most NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championships; John Wooden coached UCLA to 10 of its 11 titles. The University of Kentucky (UK) is second, with eight national titles.
Titles by school.
| Team | # | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 1 | 1989 |
| Ohio State | 1960 | |
| Oregon | 1939 | |
| UNLV | 1990 |
Who was the last school to win back to back tournaments?
The most recent team to go back-to-back was Florida. Billy Donovan coached Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer and Co. to the Gators’ first national title in 2006, and that group successfully defended their title in 2007.
What school holds the record for most consecutive NCAA basketball titles?
Ten of those championships came during a 12-year stretch from 1964 to 1975. UCLA also holds the record for the most consecutive championships, winning seven in a row from 1967 to 1973.
Who has the most consecutive Sweet 16 appearances?
North Carolina (1985-93) and Duke (1998-2006) are tied for the record with nine consecutive Sweet 16 appearances.
Who has the most Sweet 16 appearances in a row?
The North Carolina Tar Heels
The North Carolina Tar Heels first set the mark for the most consecutive Sweet 16 appearances with nine from 1985-93, a run that resulted in a National Championship for the illustrious program at the end in 1993. That mark was then matched by the Heels’ biggest rival, the Duke Blue Devils, from 1998-2006.
How many schools have made the Elite 8?
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. This is a list of NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament bids by school and is updated through 2022. There are currently 68 bids possible each year (32 automatic qualifiers, 36 at-large).
Bids.
| Bids by school | School | UCLA |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet 16 | Last | 2022 |
| # | 35 | |
| Elite 8 | Last | 2021 |
| # | 22 |
When was the last time No 1 seeds made the Elite 8?
There have only been four seasons where two double-digit seeded teams have made it to the Elite Eight: 1990 (10-seed Texas and 11-seed LMU); 2002 (12-seed Missouri and 10-seed Kent State); 2021, where both were from the same conference (12-seed Oregon State and 11-seed UCLA); and 2022 (10-seed Miami and 15-seed Saint
Has there ever been a Final Four without a number 1 seed?
Even with the successes of No. 1 seeds in the Final Four and championship game, there has only been one Final Four in which all four top seeds from the field made it: 2008, when Kansas, Memphis, North Carolina and UCLA were all there.
Has a 1 seed ever won the NCAA tournament?
Since 1985 No. 1 seeds have won 14 championships, No. 2 seeds have won four, No. 3 seeds have won three, and No.
What Big 12 school has the most national championships?
The University of Oklahoma Sooners
The University of Oklahoma Sooners have won the most championships with 14.
Which college football coach has won the most national championships?
College football coaches with the most national championships
- Nick Saban, 7. Six of Saban’s titles are from his Alabama tenure (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020).
- Bear Bryant, 6.
- Bernie Bierman, 5.
- Woody Hayes, 5.
- Frank Leahy, 4.
- John McKay, 4.
- Howard Jones, 3.
- Walter Camp, 3.
What was the most watched NCAA men’s title game?
Kansas’ furious second-half rally to overcome a 16-point deficit and beat North Carolina 72-69 averaged 18.1 million total TV and streaming viewers across TBS, TNT, TruTV, the NCAA March Madness Live app and other streams — making the game the most-watched men’s college basketball championship game in cable history.
Has any team won the NCAA Tournament twice in a row?
The Bruins’ championship run came to an end in the 1974 Final Four, but they did reclaim the throne in 1975 for Wooden’s 10th and final NCAA championship. UCLA still stands as the only men’s program that’s won more than two consecutive national championships.
What college has the most NCAA Tournament wins?
NCAA Championship Game appearances
| Rank | School | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA* | 11 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 6 |
| 3 | Duke | 5 |
Who is the only coach to win both NCAA and an NBA title?
Larry Brown
Larry Brown, in full Lawrence Harvey Brown, (born September 14, 1940, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American basketball player and coach, the first coach to win both a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s national championship and a National Basketball Association (NBA) title.
