Longest time between tournament appearances

Larry Brown will be coaching in the tournament for the first time since 1988.  That was 27 years ago which breaks the record for the longest tournament drought.

Here is the longest time between tournament appearances in history:

• Larry Brown - 27 (1988 - Kansas, 2015 - Southern Methodist)
• Bill Musselman - 25 (1972 - Minnesota, 1997 - South Alabama)
• Kermit Davis, Jr - 23 (1990 - Idaho, 2013 - Middle Tennessee State)
• Ed Diddle - 20 (1940 - Western Kentucky, 1960 - Western Kentucky)
• Glen Rose - 17 (1941 - Arkansas, 1958 - Arkansas)
• Fred Schaus - 17 (1960 - West Virginia, 1977 - Purdue)
• Ronnie Arrow - 16 (1991 - South Alabama, 2007 - Texas A&M - Corpus Christi)
• Bill C. Foster - 16 (1980 - Clemson, 1996 - Virginia Tech)
• Bob Boyd - 15 (1964 - Seattle, 1979 - Southern California)
• Fran O'Hanlon - 15 (2000 - Lafayette, 2015 - Lafayette)
• Davey Whitney- 15 (1984 - Alcorn State, 1999 - Alcorn State)

Here is the longest longest time between tournament appearances for this year's tournament coaches:

• Larry Brown - 27 (1988 - Kansas, 2015 - Southern Methodist)
• Fran O'Hanlon - 15 (2000 - Lafayette, 2015 - Lafayette) 
• Ron Hunter - 12 (2003 - IUPUI, 2015 - Georgia State)
• Larry Krystkowiak - 9 (2006 - Montana, 2015 - Utah)
• Ben Jacobson - 5 (2010 - Northern Iowa, 2015 - Northern Iowa)
• Johnny Jones - 5 (2010 - North Texas, 2015 - Louisiana State)

Here is the longest time between tournament appearances coaching for the same team:

• Ed Diddle - 20 (1940 - 1960, Western Kentucky)
• Glen Rose - 17 (1941 - 1958, Arkansas)
• Fran O'Hanlon - 15 (2000 -  2015, Lafayette)
• Davey Whitney- 15 (1984 - 1999, Alcorn State)
• Murray Greason - 14 (1939 - 1953, Wake Forest)
• George Blaney - 13 (1980 - 1993, Holy Cross)
• Lake Kelly - 13 (1974 - 1987, Austin Peay)
• Branch McCracken - 13 (1940 - 1953, Indiana)
• Bob Nichols - 12 (1967 - 1979, Toledo)
• Harry Combes - 11 (1952 - 1963, Illinois)
• Ray Meyer - 11 (1965 - 1976, DePaul)
• Ron Mitchell - 11 (1997 - 2008, Coppin State)

Here is the longest time between tournament appearances for schools:

• Harvard - 66 (1946 - 2012)
• Brown - 47 (1939 - 1986)
• Stanford - 47 (1942 - 1989)
• Wisconsin - 47 (1947 - 1994)
• Air Force - 42 (1962 - 2004)
• Lafayette - 42 (1957 - 1999)
• Iowa State - 41 (1944 - 1985)
• Canisius - 39 (1957 - 1996)
• Washington State - 39 (1941 - 1980)
• Baylor - 38 (1950 - 1988)
• Miami, Florida - 38 (1960 - 1998)

Here is the longest time between tournament appearances for this year's tournament teams:

• Northeastern - 24 (1991)
• Southern Methodist - 22 (1993)
• Lafayette - 15 (2000)
• Georgia State - 14 (2001)
• Wyoming - 13 (2002)
• Eastern Washington - 11 (2004)
• Arkansas - 7 (2008)
• Louisiana State - 6 (2009)
• Utah - 6 (2009)
• Maryland - 5 (2010)
• Northern Iowa - 5 (2010)
• Robert Morris - 5 (2010)