Teams, Like El Cid, that have not yet made the NCAA Tourney

[dbackjon]

As of 2014

America East: Hartford Hawks, Maine Black Bears, New Hampshire Wildcats, Stony Brook Seawolves, Umass-Lowell River Hawks
Atlantic Sun: Kennesaw State Owls, Lipscomb Bison, North Florida Ospreys, South Carolina Upstate Spartans, Stetson Hatters
Big Sky: North Dakota [REDACTED], Sacramento State Hornets
Big South: Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs, High Point Panthers, Longwood Lancers, Presbyterian Blue Hose
Big Ten: Northwestern Wildcats
Big West: UC Davis Aggies, UC Irvine Anteaters, UC Riverside Highlanders
CAA: William & Mary Tribe, Elon Phoenix,
Independent: NJIT Highlanders,
Horizon League: Youngstown State Penguins
MAC: Buffalo Bulls
MEAC: Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, North Carolina Central Eagles, Savannah State Tigers, Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
Northeast Conference: Bryant Bulldogs, Quinnipiac Bobcats, St. Francis (NY) Terriers, Sacred Heart Pioneers
Ohio Valley Conference: Jacksonville State Gamecocks, SIU-Edwardsville Cougars, Tennessee-Martin SkyHawks
Patriot League: Army Black Knights
SoCon: The Citadel Bulldogs
Southland Conference: Central Arkansas Bears, Abilene Christian Wildcats, Houston Baptist Huskies, Incarnate Word Cardinals
SWAC: Grambling Tigers
Summit: IPFW Mastodons, South Dakota Coyotes,, Western Illinois Leathernecks, Denver Pioneers
WAC: UMKC Kangaroos, Cal-State Bakersfield Roadrunners, Chicago State Cougars, Texas Pan-American Broncs, Utah Valley Wolverines, Grand Canyon Antelopes

[GannonFan]

Never realized Maine and UNH hadn't made it - along with W&M, that's a long time for those long-time DI schools. A lot of the other schools are fairly newcomers to the division.

[clenz]

Everyone point an laugh at Northwestern!


That never gets old,


What happens first. NW in the NCAAs or Cubs World Series?

[SuperHornet]

You can take the Manure Pile off that list, Jon. They just won the Big West Tournament....

IMO, it's kinda odd to mention schools who just moved up on that list. Why should Kennesaw have the same stigma that Northwestern gets for failing to make it as long as they've been in D-I?

[SuperHornet]

Never mind. UCD won the REGULAR SEASON title. The Tournament is still in progress.

D'oh!

[dbackjon]

You can take the Manure Pile off that list, Jon. They just won the Big West Tournament....

IMO, it's kinda odd to mention schools who just moved up on that list. Why should Kennesaw have the same stigma that Northwestern gets for failing to make it as long as they've been in D-I?

They've never made the tourney. That is the list.

[89Hen]

Big Ten: Northwestern Wildcats

[CitadelGrad]

The title of this thread is incorrect. It should read, "Teams never to have made the NCAA tourney." As it is written, it makes a prediction that these teams will never make the NCAA tourney. While such a prediction might be correct, it is clearly not what the OP (homo) meant.

[kalm]

The title of this thread is incorrect. It should read, "Teams never to have made the NCAA tourney." As it is written, it makes a prediction that these teams will never make the NCAA tourney. While such a prediction might be correct, it is clearly not what the OP (homo) meant.

Thanks, BDK.

[93henfan]

Never mind. UCD won the REGULAR SEASON title. The Tournament is still in progress.

D'oh!

Dumby!

[dbackjon]

The title of this thread is incorrect. It should read, "Teams never to have made the NCAA tourney." As it is written, it makes a prediction that these teams will never make the NCAA tourney. While such a prediction might be correct, it is clearly not what the OP (homo) meant.

Better?

[tribe_pride]

While you have listed the ones who have never made the tourney, there are only five schools who are part of the original 160 Division I schools who have not made it to the NCAA tourney yet.

W&M - lost in CAA championship game 3 of last 7 years and is the #1 seed this year. Made 2 NITs - last 2010
St. Francis (NY) - #1 seed in the NEC this year. Made 3 NITs last 1963
Army - already knocked out of the Patriot League tourney - Made 8 NITs - last 1978
The Citadel - already knocked out of the Southern Conference tourney - Made 0 NITs
Northwestern - tied for 10th place in the Big Ten right now - Made 7 NITs - last 2012

[SuperHornet]

Didn't you see my next post, Jon?

[mtjack]

Thanks, BDK.

A Big Daddy Kane reference? Bravo, Kalm.

[CID1990]

The title of this thread is incorrect. It should read, "Teams never to have made the NCAA tourney." As it is written, it makes a prediction that these teams will never make the NCAA tourney. While such a prediction might be correct, it is clearly not what the OP (homo) meant.

No, CG... even you're wrong.

NONE of the schools on that list are ANYTHING like The Citadel.

Thats what was wrong with the title.

[Ibanez]

The title of this thread is incorrect. It should read, "Teams never to have made the NCAA tourney." As it is written, it makes a prediction that these teams will never make the NCAA tourney. While such a prediction might be correct, it is clearly not what the OP (homo) meant.

No, CG... even you're wrong.

NONE of the schools on that list are ANYTHING like The Citadel.

Thats what was wrong with the title.

Very true. Meanwhile, every school in the Big South sans CCU can be added to the list.

[dbackjon]

North Florida wins a bid out of the Atlantic Sun

[dbackjon]

While you have listed the ones who have never made the tourney, there are only five schools who are part of the original 160 Division I schools who have not made it to the NCAA tourney yet.

W&M - lost in CAA championship game 3 of last 7 years and is the #1 seed this year. Made 2 NITs - last 2010
St. Francis (NY) - #1 seed in the NEC this year. Made 3 NITs last 1963
Army - already knocked out of the Patriot League tourney - Made 8 NITs - last 1978
The Citadel - already knocked out of the Southern Conference tourney - Made 0 NITs
Northwestern - tied for 10th place in the Big Ten right now - Made 7 NITs - last 2012

W&M and St. Francis are both in Championship games of their conferences.

[CitadelGrad]

The Citadel announced that its head coach's contract will not be renewed.

[JALMOND]

While you have listed the ones who have never made the tourney, there are only five schools who are part of the original 160 Division I schools who have not made it to the NCAA tourney yet.

W&M - lost in CAA championship game 3 of last 7 years and is the #1 seed this year. Made 2 NITs - last 2010
St. Francis (NY) - #1 seed in the NEC this year. Made 3 NITs last 1963
Army - already knocked out of the Patriot League tourney - Made 8 NITs - last 1978
The Citadel - already knocked out of the Southern Conference tourney - Made 0 NITs
Northwestern - tied for 10th place in the Big Ten right now - Made 7 NITs - last 2012

W&M and St. Francis are both in Championship games of their conferences.

W&M threw it away tonight against Northeastern (themselves making the tournament for the first time since 1991).

[GannonFan]

W&M and St. Francis are both in Championship games of their conferences.

W&M threw it away tonight against Northeastern (themselves making the tournament for the first time since 1991).

W&M is going to try to go for a record of how many times they can get one game away from the tourney without actually making the tourney. Gotta have a lot of heart to be a Tribe basketball fan.

[keydet21]

While this list is quite long, many of these schools have only been in DI for less than 30-40 years. If you really want to look at futility, the five schools that have been in DI since the NCAA Tournament's inception in 1947 and never made the Big Dance are:

William & Mary
The Citadel
Army
Northwestern
St. Francis-Brooklyn

W&M had a chance this year and they blew it. With Thornton now gone, it might be awhile before the Tribe get another shot.

[JALMOND]

While you have listed the ones who have never made the tourney, there are only five schools who are part of the original 160 Division I schools who have not made it to the NCAA tourney yet.

W&M - lost in CAA championship game 3 of last 7 years and is the #1 seed this year. Made 2 NITs - last 2010
St. Francis (NY) - #1 seed in the NEC this year. Made 3 NITs last 1963
Army - already knocked out of the Patriot League tourney - Made 8 NITs - last 1978
The Citadel - already knocked out of the Southern Conference tourney - Made 0 NITs
Northwestern - tied for 10th place in the Big Ten right now - Made 7 NITs - last 2012

St. Francis also Brook-ed it, losing to Robert Morris on their own court.

And the beat goes on.....

[bonarae]

When will the list of the "Futile Five" become zero? We'll start asking ourselves that question.

[clenz]

Never...