03/12/2006 (Selection Sunday)
Top 10 Longest Span between appearances
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Team |
Year |
Year |
Span |
| 1
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Brown |
1939 |
1986 |
47 years |
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Stanford |
1942 |
1989 |
47 years |
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Wisconsin |
1947 |
1994 |
47 years |
| 4
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Lafayette |
1957 |
1999 |
42 years |
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Air Force |
1962 |
2004 |
42 years |
| 6
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Iowa State |
1944 |
1985 |
41 years |
| 7
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Washington State |
1941 |
1980 |
39 years |
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Canisius |
1957 |
1996 |
39 years |
| 9
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Baylor |
1950 |
1988 |
38 years |
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Miami, Florida |
1960 |
1998 |
38 years |
Most Consecutive Tournament Appearances (minimum of 5)
Arizona (22)
Kansas (17)
Kentucky (15)
Duke (11)
Michigan State (9)
Florida (8)
Gonzaga (8)
Texas (8)
Wisconsin (8)
Illinois (7)
Alabama (5)
Connecticut (5)
North Carolina State (5)
Pittsburgh (5)
Southern Illinois (5)
String of at least 5 Tournament Appearances snappped
Cincinnati (14)
Stanford (11)
Oklahoma State (8)
Wake Forest (5)
Most Consecutive Years having at least one team from a state in the Tournament
California (57)
Kentucky (43)
New York (34)
North Carolina (33)
Pennsylvania (30)
Texas (29)
Ohio (25)
Oklahoma (25)
Kansas (23)
Arizona (22)
Utah (12)
South Carolina (11)
Alabama (10)
String of at least 10 consecutive years with at least one team from a state
snapped
Mississippi (11)
New Teams (2)
Albany
Belmont
New Coaches (12)
Will Brown, Albany
Rick Byrd, Belmont
Jeff Bzdelik, Air Force
Jim Christian, Kent State
Bobby Collins, Hampton
Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Jim Les, Bradley
Sean Miller, Xavier
Louis Orr, Seton Hall
John Pelphrey, South Alabama
Scott Sutton, Oral Roberts
Mark Turgeon, Wichita State