Longest time between consecutive appearances by Round

Longest time between consecutive Round of 32 appearances:

• Morehead State - 50 (1961, 2011)
• Oregon - 41 (1961, 2002)
• Butler - 39 (1962, 2001)
• Miami, Fla - 39 (1960, 1999)
• Santa Clara - 39 (1954, 1993)
• Davidson - 38 (1970, 2008)
• Manhattan - 37 (1958, 1995)
• San Diego State - 35 (1976, 2011)
• Oklahoma State - 33 (1958, 1991)
• George Washington - 32 (1961, 1993)
• Bradley - 31 (1955, 1986)
• Montana - 31 (1975, 2006)
• California - 30 (1960, 1990)
• Massachusetts - 30 (1962, 1992)

Longest time between consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearances

• La Salle - 58 (1955, 2013)
• Cornell - 56 (1954, 2010)
• Bradley - 51 (1955, 2006)
• St. Mary's - 51 (1959, 2010)
• Ohio - 48 (1964, 2012)
• Penn State - 46 (1955, 2001)
• Oregon - 42 (1960, 2002)
• Butler - 41 (1962, 2003)
• USC - 40 (1961, 2001)
• Davidson - 39 (1969, 2008)
• Tulsa - 39 (1955, 1994)
• West Virginia - 35 (1963, 1998)

Longest time between consecutive Elite Eight appearances

• Baylor  - 60 (1950, 2010)
• Iowa State - 56 (1944, 2000)
• Stanford - 56 (1942, 1998)
• Wisconsin - 53 (1947, 2000)
• USC - 47 (1954, 2001)
• West Virginia (1959, 2005)
• Texas - 43 (1947, 1990)
• Oregon - 42  (1960, 2002)
• Davidson - 39 (1969, 2008)
• Oklahoma - 38 (1947, 1985)
• Georgetown - 37 (1943, 1980)
• DePaul - 35 (1943, 1978)
• Pittsburgh - 35 (1974, 2009)
• Pittsburgh - 33 (1941, 1974)

Longest time between consecutive Final Four appearances

• Wisconsin - 59 (1941, 2000)
• Stanford - 56 (1942, 1998)
• Texas - 56 (1947, 2003)
• West Virginia - 51 (1959, 2010)
• Wichita State - 48 (1965, 2013)
• Oklahoma State - 44 (1951, 1995)
• Oklahoma - 41 (1947, 1988)
• Georgetown - 39 (1943, 1982)
• Illinois - 37 (1952, 1989)
• DePaul - 36 (1943, 1979)
• Arkansas - 33 (1945, 1978)
• St. John's - 33 (1952, 1985)
• Utah - 32 (1966, 1998)
• Villanova - 32 (1939, 1971)
• Ohio State - 31 (1968, 1999)

Longest time between consecutive Championship Game appearances

• Utah - 54 (1944, 1998)
• Ohio State - 45 (1962, 2007)
• Oklahoma - 41 (1947, 1988)
• Georgetown - 39 (1943, 1982)
• Memphis - 35 (1973, 2008)
• Kansas - 31 (1957, 1988)
• Louisville - 27 (1986, 2013)
• Indiana - 23 (1953, 1976)
• Michigan State - 21 (1979, 2000)
• Ohio State - 21 (1939, 1960)
• Michigan - 20 (1993, 2013)
• Kentucky - 18 (1978, 1996)
• Indiana - 15 (1987, 2002)
• UCLA - 15 (1980, 1995)

Longest time between consecutive Championships

• Kansas - 36 (1952, 1988)
• Louisville - 27 (1986, 2013)
• North Carolina - 25 (1957, 1982)
• Indiana - 23 (1953, 1976)
• Michigan State - 21 (1979, 2000)
• Kansas - 20 (1998, 2008)
• Kentucky - 20 (1958, 1978)
• UCLA - 20 (1975, 1995)
• Kentucky - 18 (1978, 1996)
• Kentucky - 14 (1998, 2012)
• Indiana - 13 (1940, 1953)
• North Carolina - 12 (1993, 2005)
• North Carolina - 11 (1982, 1993)