St. John's has won the tournament 6 times.
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The most recent team to win a championship and not return to the tournament was last year's champions, the UNC Tar Heels. UNC won the national championship over MSU last year. This year UNC did not make the NCAA March Madness tournament everyone knows and loves but did make it into the NIT tournament.
2 (1946,1976)
No. Although they had a good season in the Big XIII, they did not make the NCAA's but they did however, get a number four seed in the NIT.
No, Kentucky did not play in the NCAA tournament last year. They played in the NIT.
The first national basketball tournament was the National Invitational Tournament, the NIT. It preceded the start of the NCAA tourney. The first year of the NCAA Basketball Tournament was 1939.