NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament consecutive appearances - wikipedia NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament consecutive appearances This is a list of the most consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament by programs. Consecutive NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament appearances by programs Rank School Length of streak Years Head Coach ( es ) Kansas 29 1990 -- present Roy Williams ( 14 ), Bill Self ( 15 ) North Carolina 27 1975 -- 2001 Dean Smith ( 23 ), Bill Guthridge ( 3 ), Matt Doherty ( 1 ) Arizona 25 1985 -- 2009 Lute Olson ( 23 ), Kevin O'Neill ( 1 ), Russ Pennell ( 1 ) Duke 23 1996 -- present Mike Krzyzewski Michigan State 21 1998 -- present Tom Izzo 6 Gonzaga 20 1999 -- present Dan Monson ( 1 ), Mark Few ( 19 ) 7 Wisconsin 19 1999 -- 2017 Dick Bennett ( 2 ), Brad Soderberg ( 1 ), Bo Ryan ( 14 ), Greg Gard ( 2 ) 8 Indiana 18 1986 -- 2003 Bob Knight ( 15 ), Mike Davis ( 3 ) 9 Kentucky 17 1992 -- 2008 Rick Pitino ( 6 ), Tubby Smith ( 10 ), Billy Gillispie ( 1 ) 10 UCLA 15 1967 -- 1981 John Wooden ( 9 ), Gene Bartow ( 2 ), Gary Cunningham ( 2 ), Larry Brown ( 2 ) Bold Indicates an active streak as of the 2018 tournament Current consecutive NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament appearances by programs School Consecutive appearances Conference Kansas 29 Big 12 Duke 23 ACC Michigan State 21 Big Ten Gonzaga 20 WCC Cincinnati 8 The American North Carolina 8 ACC Wichita State 7 The American Arizona 6 Pac - 12 Villanova 6 Big East Jump up ^ Cincinnati was in the Big East Conference prior to 2013. Jump up ^ Wichita State was in the Missouri Valley Conference prior to July 2017. Table up to date through the 2018 tournament. Only schools with six consecutive appearances or more are included. References Jump up ^ `` 2015 Men 's Final Four Records Book - Tournament Records '' ( PDF ). ncaa.org. p. 9. Retrieved 13 May 2015. Jump up ^ http://i.turner.ncaa.com/dr/ncaa/ncaa7/release//sites/default/files/external/printable-bracket/2016/bracket-ncaa.pdf NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament Tournaments 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Structure Selection process Venues # 1 seeds Opening Round Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game Champions & awards Champions Most Outstanding Player Media & culture Bracketology Broadcasting Tournament Final Four March Madness pools `` One Shining Moment '' Records & statistics All - time team records Bids by school Bids by school and conference Consecutive appearances Final Four appearances by school Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Upsets Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament_consecutive_appearances&oldid=839272364 '' Categories : NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 May 2018, at 11 : 08. About Wikipedia

Question: who has the longest streak of ncaa tournament appearances
Answer: Kansas