Including the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the University of Kentucky has 17 consecutive appearances. Their current streak began with the 1992 tournament, and is currently the third longest active streak behind Arizona (24) and Kansas (18). Duke University is fourth on the list with 13 consecutive appearances.
North Carolina holds the all-time record, with 27 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. The streak spanned from 1975-2001. With the inclusion of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, Arizona holds the longest current streak, with 25 consecutive appearances.
There is no winning streak in the tournament as Ky the 2012 champion did not make the tournament this year.
Florida State
In 2011, 2012 and 2013 the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's basketball tournament included Marquette, Kansas, Ohio State andFlorida. Therefore, there is no "only team" to achieve this distinction.
North Carolina has the most consectutive NCAA tounament appearances ever with 27 from 1975 - 2001. Current streaks: Kansas: 21 (1990 - 2010) Duke: 15 (1996 - 2010) Michigan State: 13 (1998 - 2010) Gonzaga, Texas, Wisconsin: 12 Arizona had a streak of 25 appearances broken in 2010. Source: espn.com sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4995190
27 ... their streak started with the 1976 Orange Bowl.
With the win over Green Bay (week 15) the Patriots home winning streak is at 27.
Florida State at 29 and is the current active leader.
Johns Hopkins University, Men's Lacrosse
Kansas has the longest current streak dating from 1990. Kansas was on probation in 1989 and last missed the field that year.Some said that the Arizona Wildcats had the longest streak in Division I basketball with twenty-five, ignoring the fact that their 1999 appearance was vacated. Arizona failed to make the field in 2010.
Felix Hernandez, JA Happ, Roy Halladay, Matt Cain and Justin Verlander all won in 7 straight appearances this season, although Happ's streak included two relief appearances.