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This year’s quartet of men’s Final Four teams have each made multiple trips to the Final Four (Kentucky 15th, Kansas 14th, Ohio State 11th and Louisville 9th) and have each won a national title (Kentucky 7, Kansas 3, Louisville 2 and Ohio State 1).

There have been, however, several schools that have made multiple trips to the Final Four yet have not won a championship. Following are the schools that have made three or more trips to the Final Four but are still waiting for their first title. Also noted is the number of Championship Games they have played in, and the last time they played in the Final Four. Those schools with two Final Four appearances are also noted.

School, Final Four appearances (Championship Games) Last Final Four appearance

Houston……….5 (2) 1984

Illinois………….5 (1) 2005

Kansas State…4 (1) 1964

LSU……………..4 (0) 2006

Oklahoma…….4 (2) 2002

Iowa…………….3 (1) 1980

Memphis………3 (2) 2008

Texas……………3 (0) 2003

Schools with two Final Four appearances but no title: Baylor, Bradley, Butler, Colorado, Dartmouth, DePaul, Georgia Tech, NYU, Oregon State, Providence, Purdue, St. John’s, Temple, USC, Virginia, West Virginia.