No, they lost to Duke, 61-59.
I Want to say Indiana with 60 Being closest but who knows I'm not Into College Hoops
As of 2001: MOST TORNAMENT WINS: 89 Kentucky81 North Carolina79 UCLA73 Duke61 Kansas52 Indiana48 Louisville41 Michigan40 Syracuse39 Arkansas38 Georgetown37 Cincinnati37 Villanova36 Ohio State32 Utah30 UNLVAs of 2006: * Kentucky - 97 * North Carolina - 88 * Duke - 85 * UCLA - 80 * Kansas - 73
Marquette went 25-7 in 1977 en route to defeating North Carolina 67-59 in the National Championship game.
Through 2013, Kansas has won the NCAA men's basketball tournament known as March Madness three times (1952, 1988 and 2008).
The last time the Kentucky Wildcats missed the NCAA Tournament was in 2013 under John Calipari. Record: 21-12 (12-6 SEC) They did however appear in post season play by making the NIT as a #1 seed; where they lost to Robert Morris a #8 seed in the First Round on March 19, 2013 by a score of 57-59.
Clemson.They have 13 wins, just ahead of Florida State with 12 wins. Clemson won ACC in 1956, 58, 59, 65, 66, 67, 78, 81 (National Champions), 82, 86, 87, 88 and 91
The Duke Blue Devils won the 2010 NCAA Championship in Men's Basketball over the Butler Bulldogs 61-59
Assuming you mean only the Final Four and not the NCAA Tournament overall, the answer is UCLA. Depending on which games you choose to include, the number of wins is a constant subject for debate. UCLA has 11 National Championships, the best record of any NCAA school. One of the arguments over which wins to score stems from the 1980 Championship Game appearance against Louisville. Although the Bruins defeated Purdue (67-62) to reach the finals, the NCAA later vacated the win based upon alleged rules violations. Louisville beat the Bruins to take the National Championship, 59-54. The other is whether one wishes to count the consolation games which were only played from 1946 to 1981. In those games the losers of each semi-final game played for the third place position. UCLA won twice (2 wins). In 1974 UCLA beat Kansas, and in 1976 UCLA beat Rutgers. 11 National Championships (22 wins in the final four, one win for the semi-final, one win for the National Championship); 2 semi-final wins without a win in the National Championship game (1980, 2006, 2 wins); 2 consolation wins (2 wins); and the 1980 semi-final win which was later vacated (-1). Now all you have to do is decide which wins you want to include and do the math.
North Carolina has been in the NCAA tournament 39 times: 41, 46, 57, 59, 67, 68, 69, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 04, 05, 06 and 07. The Tar Heels have a total of 5 championships including the 1924 team that was named national champions by the Helms Foundation. The athletics foundation selected national champion teams and made All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball before 1939, when the NCAA men's basketball tournament started. that 1924 deal don't count,my friend.
Duke did, 61-59.
I think there are multiple, but the only one I know of is Derek and Nolan Smith. Derek Smith was a sophomore forward on the Louisville team that beat UCLA 59-54 in 1980. Nolan Smith is a junior guard on the Duke blue devils team, who beat the Butler bulldogs on April 6th, 2010 in the NCAA championship with a score of 61 to 59. Here's an article about them written after Duke won the NCAA title this year: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/36187208/ns/sports-college_basketball/