either Roy Williams or Dean Smith
Bill Foster: Final Four in 1978
Including the 2012 NCAA Tournament: Brigham Young University has made the Tournament 28 times and has never made it to the Final Four. Missouri is second, with 26 appearances without ever making the Final Four. Xavier, which so far has won in the 2012 tournament as this is being written, is third with 22 years without an appearance.
John Castellani
13 times as of 2008
As of March Madness 2008, Michigan has been to the Final Four 6 times: 1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992, 1993 Michigan won the championship in 1989 and had the 1992 and 1993 Final Four appearances stripped from them due to using players that were ultimately found to be ineligible.
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This makes 14!!
Purdue has made the Final Four twice, in 1969 and 1980.
UCLA with 10, Cincinnati and Duke with 5
13 times as of 2008
Michigan State - 4 times, followed by Kansas, Duke, North Carolina and Florida with 3 each
Technically, UCLA and North Carolina have each reached the Final Four of the NCAA men's basketball tournament 18 times-- through 2013. However, UCLA was forced to vacate its 1980 Final Four participation due to infraction stemming from the use of ineligible players. Thus, the NCAA credits UCLA with only 17Final Four appearances.