4 ▁ 3 7 ▁– ▁Ad olph ▁Ru pp ▁( K ent ucky ) ▁vs . ▁Mississippi , ▁ 1 9 3 3 – 1 9 7 2 ▁ 3 2 ▁– ▁John ▁Wood en ▁( U CLA ) ▁vs . ▁California , ▁ 1 9 6 1 – 1 9 7 5 ▁ 3 1 ▁– ▁Frank ▁Ke an ey ▁( R h ode ▁Island ) ▁vs . ▁Maine , ▁ 1 9 2 4 – 1 9 4 8 ▁ 3 1 ▁– ▁Bob ▁Knight ▁( Ind iana ) ▁vs . ▁Wisconsin , ▁ 1 9 8 0 – 1 9 9 6 ▁ ▁Note : ▁Currently , ▁school ▁records ▁do ▁not ▁credit ▁Barry ▁with ▁co aching ▁the ▁team ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁which ▁would ▁reduce ▁the ▁stre ak ▁to ▁ 3 8 ▁games ; ▁however , ▁newspaper ▁reports ▁indicate ▁that ▁Barry ▁was ▁still ▁act ively ▁co aching ▁the ▁team , ▁both ▁in ▁practice ▁and ▁in ▁games , ▁until ▁after ▁the ▁two ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁U CLA ▁vict ories . ▁ ▁Co aches ▁who ▁have ▁gu ided ▁ 4 ▁or ▁more ▁players ▁to ▁cons ensus ▁ 1 st - team ▁All - American ▁hon ors ▁in ▁men ' s ▁basketball : ▁ ▁Ad olph ▁Ru pp ▁( K ent ucky ) ▁– ▁ 1 0 ▁Dean ▁Smith ▁( N orth ▁Carolina ) ▁– ▁ 9 ▁Mike ▁Kr zy zew ski ▁( D u ke ) ▁– ▁ 8 ▁John ▁Wood en ▁( U CLA ) ▁–