Futility

[Schadenfreude]

Since Bowling Green last made the NCAA tournament in 1968, 264 current members of Division I have made the tournament.

These are the programs along with the year of their last NCAA appearance and the length of time that program has spent in Division I.

2004 - Air Force: 1958-present
1986 - Akron 1948-50, 1981-present
2004 – Alabama 1948-present
2004 - Alabama St. 1983-present
2004 - UAB 1980-present
2002 - Alcorn St. 1978-present
2000 - Appalachian St. 1974-present
2004 - Arizona 1948, 1951-present
2003 - Arizona St. 1951-present
2001 - Arkansas 1948-present
1999 - Arkansas St. 1971-present
2003 - Auburn 1948-present
2003 - Austin Peay 1964-present
2000 - Ball St. 1972-present
1988 - Baylor 1948-present
1994 - Boise St. 1972-present
2004 - Boston College 1948-present
2002 - Boston U. 1948-49, 1958-present
1996 - Bradley 1948-present
2004 - Brigham Young 1948-present
1986 - Brown 1948-present
1989 - Bucknell 1948-present
2003 - Butler 1948-present
2003 - California 1948-present
2002 - UC Santa Barb. 1964-present
1978 - Cal St. Fullerton 1975-present
2001 - Cal St. Northridge 1991-present
1992 - Campbell 1978-present
1996 - Canisius 1948-present
2002 - Central Conn. St. 1987-present
2004 - UCF 1985-present
2003 - Central Mich. 1974-present
1999 - Col. of Charleston 1992-present
1997 - Charleston So. 1975-present
2004 - Charlotte 1973-present
1997 - Chattanooga 1978-present
2004 - Cincinnati 1948-present
1998 - Clemson 1948-present
1986 - Cleveland St. 1973-present
1993 - Coastal Caro. 1987-present
1996 - Colgate 1948-present
2003 - Colorado 1948-present
2003 - Colorado St. 1948-present
2004 - Connecticut 1948, 1952-present
1997 - Coppin St. 1986-present
1988 - Cornell 1948-present
2003 - Creighton 1948-56, 1960-present
2002 - Davidson 1948-present
2004 - Dayton 1948-present
1999 - Delaware 1958-present
2004 - DePaul 1948-present
1999 - Detroit 1948-present
1971 - Drake 1948-present
1996 - Drexel 1974-present
2004 - Duke 1948-present
1977 - Duquesne 1948-present
1993 - East Caro. 1965-present
2004 - East Tenn. St. 1959-present
2001 - Eastern Ill. 1982-present
1979 - Eastern Ky. 1948, 1952-present
1998 - Eastern Mich. 1974-present
2004 - Eastern Wash. 1984-present
1999 - Evansville 1978-present
1997 - Fairfield 1965-present
1998 - Fairleigh Dickinson 1968-present
2004 - Florida 1948-present
2004 - Florida A&M 1979-present
2002 - Fla. Atlantic 1994-present
1995 - Florida Int’l 1988-present
1998 - Florida St. 1957-present
1992 - Fordham 1948-present
2001 - Fresno St. 1956-58, 1971-present
1980 - Furman 1948-present
2001 - George Mason 1979-present
1999 - George Washington 1948-present
2001 - Georgetown 1948-present
2002 - Georgia 1948-present
1992 - Ga. Southern 1974-present
2001 - Georgia St. 1974-present
2004 - Georgia Tech 1948-present
2004 - Gonzaga 1953-present
2002 - Hampton 1996-present
2002 - Hawaii 1971-present
2001 - Hofstra 1967-present
2003 - Holy Cross 1948-present
2002 - Houston 1951-present
1992 - Howard 1974-present
1990 - Idaho 1948-present
1987 - Idaho St. 1959-present
2004 - Illinois 1948-present
2004 - Ill.-Chicago 1982-present
1998 - Illinois St. 1972-present
2003 - Indiana 1948-present
2001 - Indiana St. 1948, 1972-present
2001 - Iona 1954-present
2001 - Iowa 1948-present
2001 - Iowa St. 1948-present
2000 - Jackson St. 1978-present
1986 - Jacksonville 1967-present
1994 - James Madison 1977-present
2004 - Kansas 1948-present
1996 - Kansas St. 1948-present
2002 - Kent St. 1948, 1952-present
2004 - Kentucky 1948-52, 1954-present
1992 - La Salle 1948-present
2000 - Lafayette 1948-present
2000 - Lamar 1970-present
2004 - Lehigh 1948-present
2004 - Liberty 1989-present
1995 - Long Beach St. 1970-present
1997 - Long Island 1948-51, 1969-present
2004 - La.-Lafayette 1972-73, 1976-present
1996 - La.-Monroe 1974-present
2003 - LSU 1948-present
1991 - Louisiana Tech 1974-present
2004 - Louisville 1948-present
1990 - Loyola Marymount 1950-present
1985 - Loyola (Ill.) 1948-present
1994 - Loyola (Md.) 1948-50, 1982-present
2004 - Manhattan 1948-present
1987 - Marist 1982-present
2003 - Marquette 1948-present
1987 - Marshall 1948, 1954-present
2004 - Maryland 1948-present
1998 - Massachusetts 1962-present
2002 - McNeese St. 1974-present
2004 - Memphis St. 1956-present
1985 - Mercer 1974-present
2002 - Miami (Fla.) 1949-53, 1955-71,1986-present
1999 - Miami (Ohio) 1948-present
1998 - Michigan 1948-present
2004 - Michigan St. 1948-present
1989 - Middle Tenn. 1959-present
1999 - Minnesota 1948-present
2002 - Mississippi 1948-present
2004 - Mississippi St. 1948-present
1996 - Mississippi Val. 1980-present
2003 - Missouri 1948-present
2004 - Monmouth 1984-present
2002 - Montana 1948, 1952-present
1996 - Montana St. 1948, 1958-present
1984 - Morehead St. 1956-present
1999 - Mt. St. Mary’s 1989-present
2004 - Murray St. 1954-present
1998 - Navy 1948-present
1998 - Nebraska 1948-present
2000 - UNLV 1970-present
1999 - New Mexico 1951-present
1999 - New Mexico St. 1951-present
1996 - New Orleans 1976-present
1970 - Niagara 1948-present
1998 - Nicholls St. 1981-present
2004 - North Carolina 1948-present
2003 - UNC Asheville 1987-present
2001 - UNC Greensboro 1992-present
2003 - UNC Wilmington 1977-present
1995 - N.C. A&T 1974-present
2004 - North Carolina St. 1948-present
1998 - North Texas 1958-present
1991 - Northeastern 1973-present
2000 - Northern Ariz. 1951-53, 1972-present
1991 - Northern Ill. 1968-present
2004 - Northern Iowa 1981-present
2001 - Northwestern La. 1977-present
2003 - Notre Dame 1948-present
1994 - Ohio 1948-present
2002 - Ohio St. 1948-present
2003 - Oklahoma 1948-present
2004 - Oklahoma St. 1948-present
1997 - Old Dominion 1977-present
1984 - Oral Roberts 1972-89, 1994-present
2003 - Oregon 1948-present
1990 - Oregon St. 1948-present
2004 - Pacific 1954-present
2001 - Penn St. 1948-present
2003 - Pennsylvania 1948-present
2002 - Pepperdine 1956-present
2004 - Pittsburgh 1948-present
1996 - Portland 1954-present
1998 - Prairie View 1981-present
2004 - Princeton 1948-present
2004 - Providence 1949, 1958-present
2003 - Purdue 1948-present
1998 - Radford 1985-present
1999 - Rhode Island 1948-present
1970 - Rice 1948-present
2004 - Richmond 1948-present
1994 - Rider 1968-present
1992 - Robert Morris 1977-present
1991 - Rutgers 1948-present
2000 - St. Bonaventure 1948-present
1991 - St. Francis (Pa.) 1956-present
2002 - St. John’s (N.Y.) 1948-present
2004 - St. Joseph’s 1948-present
2000 - St. Louis 1948-present
1997 - St. Mary’s (Cal.) 1948-present
1995 - St. Peter’s 1965-present
2003 - Sam Houston St. 1987-present
2000 - Samford 1973-present
2003 - San Diego 1980-present
2002 - San Diego St. 1971-present
1998 - San Francisco 1948-82, 1986-present
1996 - San Jose St. 1953-present
1996 - Santa Clara 1948-present
2004 - Seton Hall 1948-present
2002 - Siena 1948-49, 1951-60,1977-present
1998 - South Ala. 1972-present
2004 - South Carolina 1948-present
2003 - South Carolina St. 1974-present
1992 - South Fla. 1974-present
2000 - Southeast Mo. St. 1992-present
1993 - Southern U. 1978-present
2002 - Southern California 1948-present
2004 - Southern Ill. 1968-present
1993: Southern Methodist 1948-present
2001 - Southern Utah St. 1989-present
1999 - Southwest Mo. St. 1983-present
2004 - Stanford 1948-present
2004 - Syracuse 1948-present
2001 - Temple 1948-present
2001 - Tennessee 1948-present
1993 - Tennessee St. 1978-present
2004 - Texas 1948-present
1987 - Texas A&M 1948-present
1998 - TCU 1948-present
2004 - UTEP 1951-present
2004 - Texas-San Antonio 1982-present
2003 - Texas Southern 1978-present
1997 - Texas St. 1985-present
2004 - Texas Tech 1951-present
1980 - Toledo 1948-present
1991 - Towson 1980-present
2003 - Troy St. 1994-present
1995 - Tulane 1948-85, 1990-present
2003 - Tulsa 1948-present
2002 - UCLA 1948-present
2004 - Utah 1948-present
2003 - Utah St. 1948-present
2004 - Valparaiso 1948-58, 1977-present
2004 - Vanderbilt 1948-present
2004 - Vermont 1962-present
1999 - Villanova 1948-present
2001 - Virginia 1948-present
2004 - Va. Commonwealth 1974-present
1977 - VMI 1948-present
1996 - Virginia Tech 1948-present
2003 - Wagner 1977-present
2004 - Wake Forest 1948-present
2004 - Washington 1948-present
1994 - Washington St. 1948-present
2003 - Weber St. 1964-present
1998 - West Virginia 1948-present
1996 - Western Caro. 1977-present
2003 - Western Ky. 1948-present
2004 - Western Mich. 1948-present
1988 - Wichita St. 1948-present
2002 - Winthrop 1987-present
2004 - Wisconsin 1948-present
1996 - Wis.-Green Bay 1982-present
2003 - Wis.-Milwaukee 1974-80, 1991-present
1993 - Wright St. 1988-present
2002 - Wyoming 1948-present

(Note: This list excludes at least four programs that made the NCAA tournament after Bowling Green's last tournament appearance, but later dropped out of Division I basketball. Those programs: Houston Baptist (1984), Oklahoma City (1973), Seattle (1969) and California State-Los Angeles (1974))

Division I also includes an additional 50 programs that have never made an NCAA tournament, but entered Division I after Bowling Green's last NCAA appearance. Those programs:

Alabama A&M 2000-present
Albany (N.Y.) 2000-present
Ark.-Little Rock 1979-present
Ark.-Pine Bluff 1999-present
Belmont 2000-present
Bethune-Cookman 1981-present
Binghamton 2002-present
Birmingham-So. 2004-present
Buffalo 1974-77, 1992-present
UC Irvine 1978-present
UC Riverside 2002-present
Cal Poly 1995-present
Chicago St. 1985-present
Delaware St. 1974-present
Denver 1948-80, 1999-present
Elon 2000-present
Gardner-Webb 2003-present
Grambling 1978-present
Hartford 1985-present
High Point 2000-present
IPFW 2003-present
IUPUI 1999-present
Jacksonville St. 1996-present
Lipscomb 2004-present
UMBC 1987-present
Md.-East. Shore 1974-75, 1982-present
UMKC 1990-present
Morgan St. 1985-present
Nevada 1948, 1970-present
Norfolk St. 1998-present
Oakland 2000-present
Portland St. 1973-81, 1999-present
Quinnipiac 1999-present
Sacramento St. 1992-present
Sacred Heart 2000-present
Savannah St. 2003-present
Southeastern La. 1981-89, 1991-present
Southern Miss. 1969, 1973-present
Stephen F. Austin 1987-present
Stetson 1972-present
Stony Brook 2000-present
Tenn.-Martin 1993-present
Texas-Arlington 1969-present
Tex. A&M-Corp. Chris. 1973, 2003-present
Tex.-Pan American 1969-present
Western Ill. 1982-present
Wofford 1996-present
Youngstown St. 1948, 1982-present

The bottom line: Fans of just 13 Division I basketball programs -- or just 4 percent of Division I -- have suffered a longer NCAA tournament drought than we have here at Bowling Green.

(Columbia has suffered equally. The Lions' last NCAA tournament appearance was also in 1968).

The 13 programs that have suffered longer droughts than Bowling Green are listed below along with their length of tenure in Division I and their last NCAA tournament appearance (if any).

American 1967-present
Tennessee Tech 1956-present (last tournament appearance: 1963)
Yale 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1962)
Maine 1962-present
New Hampshire 1962-present
Centenary (La.) 1960-present
Dartmouth 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1959)
Harvard 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1946)
Army 1948-present
Citadel 1948-present
Northwestern 1948-present
St. Francis (N.Y.) 1948-present
William & Mary 1948-present

Corrections are welcome. And, TJ1996, if you see the makings of something that would fit onto bgsusports.com, have at it. Just give me a bit of credit.

SOURCES: Official 2005 NCAA® Men’s Final Four® Records Book, Official 2005 NCAA Men’s Basketball Records Book.

[TG1996]

TJ1996? Who's that? I had actually looked up something similar to that earlier in the year, but definitely not to that extent. And while I'm trying to keep BGSUsports.com somewhat positive and free of self-pity, that is some hellified research, maybe I can find a spot for it.

[Falconboy]

Please lets not drown in dispair over how long the BG men have gone without a NCAA Tourney bid, I know its been a very long time. But the BGSU ladies just won the Mac Tourney and they are goin' dancing!! Lets dwell on that shall we? I'm not sure I into talking about BG mens b-ball woes , lets just talk about our upcoming recruits or something.

GO LADY FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ON TO THE DANCE!!!!!!!!!!

[BGSU33]

First off, it's great for the women's team getting to go to the NCAA Tournament. I also saw them make a couple NCAA Tournament appearances while I was in school between 1993-97. But until the men make the NCAA Tournament, 1968 will forever haunt those of us who it matters to. The phrase "not since 1968" is like a bad dream to me everytime I think of hear it. But until we go dancing (if ever - the men that is), I will continue to believe we just might be cursed!

[BGorDeath]

Since Bowling Green last made the NCAA tournament in 1968, 264 current members of Division I have made the tournament.

These are the programs along with the year of their last NCAA appearance and the length of time that program has spent in Division I.

2004 - Air Force: 1958-present
1986 - Akron 1948-50, 1981-present
2004 – Alabama 1948-present
2004 - Alabama St. 1983-present
2004 - UAB 1980-present
2002 - Alcorn St. 1978-present
2000 - Appalachian St. 1974-present
2004 - Arizona 1948, 1951-present
2003 - Arizona St. 1951-present
2001 - Arkansas 1948-present
1999 - Arkansas St. 1971-present
2003 - Auburn 1948-present
2003 - Austin Peay 1964-present
2000 - Ball St. 1972-present
1988 - Baylor 1948-present
1994 - Boise St. 1972-present
2004 - Boston College 1948-present
2002 - Boston U. 1948-49, 1958-present
1996 - Bradley 1948-present
2004 - Brigham Young 1948-present
1986 - Brown 1948-present
1989 - Bucknell 1948-present
2003 - Butler 1948-present
2003 - California 1948-present
2002 - UC Santa Barb. 1964-present
1978 - Cal St. Fullerton 1975-present
2001 - Cal St. Northridge 1991-present
1992 - Campbell 1978-present
1996 - Canisius 1948-present
2002 - Central Conn. St. 1987-present
2004 - UCF 1985-present
2003 - Central Mich. 1974-present
1999 - Col. of Charleston 1992-present
1997 - Charleston So. 1975-present
2004 - Charlotte 1973-present
1997 - Chattanooga 1978-present
2004 - Cincinnati 1948-present
1998 - Clemson 1948-present
1986 - Cleveland St. 1973-present
1993 - Coastal Caro. 1987-present
1996 - Colgate 1948-present
2003 - Colorado 1948-present
2003 - Colorado St. 1948-present
2004 - Connecticut 1948, 1952-present
1997 - Coppin St. 1986-present
1988 - Cornell 1948-present
2003 - Creighton 1948-56, 1960-present
2002 - Davidson 1948-present
2004 - Dayton 1948-present
1999 - Delaware 1958-present
2004 - DePaul 1948-present
1999 - Detroit 1948-present
1971 - Drake 1948-present
1996 - Drexel 1974-present
2004 - Duke 1948-present
1977 - Duquesne 1948-present
1993 - East Caro. 1965-present
2004 - East Tenn. St. 1959-present
2001 - Eastern Ill. 1982-present
1979 - Eastern Ky. 1948, 1952-present
1998 - Eastern Mich. 1974-present
2004 - Eastern Wash. 1984-present
1999 - Evansville 1978-present
1997 - Fairfield 1965-present
1998 - Fairleigh Dickinson 1968-present
2004 - Florida 1948-present
2004 - Florida A&M 1979-present
2002 - Fla. Atlantic 1994-present
1995 - Florida Int’l 1988-present
1998 - Florida St. 1957-present
1992 - Fordham 1948-present
2001 - Fresno St. 1956-58, 1971-present
1980 - Furman 1948-present
2001 - George Mason 1979-present
1999 - George Washington 1948-present
2001 - Georgetown 1948-present
2002 - Georgia 1948-present
1992 - Ga. Southern 1974-present
2001 - Georgia St. 1974-present
2004 - Georgia Tech 1948-present
2004 - Gonzaga 1953-present
2002 - Hampton 1996-present
2002 - Hawaii 1971-present
2001 - Hofstra 1967-present
2003 - Holy Cross 1948-present
2002 - Houston 1951-present
1992 - Howard 1974-present
1990 - Idaho 1948-present
1987 - Idaho St. 1959-present
2004 - Illinois 1948-present
2004 - Ill.-Chicago 1982-present
1998 - Illinois St. 1972-present
2003 - Indiana 1948-present
2001 - Indiana St. 1948, 1972-present
2001 - Iona 1954-present
2001 - Iowa 1948-present
2001 - Iowa St. 1948-present
2000 - Jackson St. 1978-present
1986 - Jacksonville 1967-present
1994 - James Madison 1977-present
2004 - Kansas 1948-present
1996 - Kansas St. 1948-present
2002 - Kent St. 1948, 1952-present
2004 - Kentucky 1948-52, 1954-present
1992 - La Salle 1948-present
2000 - Lafayette 1948-present
2000 - Lamar 1970-present
2004 - Lehigh 1948-present
2004 - Liberty 1989-present
1995 - Long Beach St. 1970-present
1997 - Long Island 1948-51, 1969-present
2004 - La.-Lafayette 1972-73, 1976-present
1996 - La.-Monroe 1974-present
2003 - LSU 1948-present
1991 - Louisiana Tech 1974-present
2004 - Louisville 1948-present
1990 - Loyola Marymount 1950-present
1985 - Loyola (Ill.) 1948-present
1994 - Loyola (Md.) 1948-50, 1982-present
2004 - Manhattan 1948-present
1987 - Marist 1982-present
2003 - Marquette 1948-present
1987 - Marshall 1948, 1954-present
2004 - Maryland 1948-present
1998 - Massachusetts 1962-present
2002 - McNeese St. 1974-present
2004 - Memphis St. 1956-present
1985 - Mercer 1974-present
2002 - Miami (Fla.) 1949-53, 1955-71,1986-present
1999 - Miami (Ohio) 1948-present
1998 - Michigan 1948-present
2004 - Michigan St. 1948-present
1989 - Middle Tenn. 1959-present
1999 - Minnesota 1948-present
2002 - Mississippi 1948-present
2004 - Mississippi St. 1948-present
1996 - Mississippi Val. 1980-present
2003 - Missouri 1948-present
2004 - Monmouth 1984-present
2002 - Montana 1948, 1952-present
1996 - Montana St. 1948, 1958-present
1984 - Morehead St. 1956-present
1999 - Mt. St. Mary’s 1989-present
2004 - Murray St. 1954-present
1998 - Navy 1948-present
1998 - Nebraska 1948-present
2000 - UNLV 1970-present
1999 - New Mexico 1951-present
1999 - New Mexico St. 1951-present
1996 - New Orleans 1976-present
1970 - Niagara 1948-present
1998 - Nicholls St. 1981-present
2004 - North Carolina 1948-present
2003 - UNC Asheville 1987-present
2001 - UNC Greensboro 1992-present
2003 - UNC Wilmington 1977-present
1995 - N.C. A&T 1974-present
2004 - North Carolina St. 1948-present
1998 - North Texas 1958-present
1991 - Northeastern 1973-present
2000 - Northern Ariz. 1951-53, 1972-present
1991 - Northern Ill. 1968-present
2004 - Northern Iowa 1981-present
2001 - Northwestern La. 1977-present
2003 - Notre Dame 1948-present
1994 - Ohio 1948-present
2002 - Ohio St. 1948-present
2003 - Oklahoma 1948-present
2004 - Oklahoma St. 1948-present
1997 - Old Dominion 1977-present
1984 - Oral Roberts 1972-89, 1994-present
2003 - Oregon 1948-present
1990 - Oregon St. 1948-present
2004 - Pacific 1954-present
2001 - Penn St. 1948-present
2003 - Pennsylvania 1948-present
2002 - Pepperdine 1956-present
2004 - Pittsburgh 1948-present
1996 - Portland 1954-present
1998 - Prairie View 1981-present
2004 - Princeton 1948-present
2004 - Providence 1949, 1958-present
2003 - Purdue 1948-present
1998 - Radford 1985-present
1999 - Rhode Island 1948-present
1970 - Rice 1948-present
2004 - Richmond 1948-present
1994 - Rider 1968-present
1992 - Robert Morris 1977-present
1991 - Rutgers 1948-present
2000 - St. Bonaventure 1948-present
1991 - St. Francis (Pa.) 1956-present
2002 - St. John’s (N.Y.) 1948-present
2004 - St. Joseph’s 1948-present
2000 - St. Louis 1948-present
1997 - St. Mary’s (Cal.) 1948-present
1995 - St. Peter’s 1965-present
2003 - Sam Houston St. 1987-present
2000 - Samford 1973-present
2003 - San Diego 1980-present
2002 - San Diego St. 1971-present
1998 - San Francisco 1948-82, 1986-present
1996 - San Jose St. 1953-present
1996 - Santa Clara 1948-present
2004 - Seton Hall 1948-present
2002 - Siena 1948-49, 1951-60,1977-present
1998 - South Ala. 1972-present
2004 - South Carolina 1948-present
2003 - South Carolina St. 1974-present
1992 - South Fla. 1974-present
2000 - Southeast Mo. St. 1992-present
1993 - Southern U. 1978-present
2002 - Southern California 1948-present
2004 - Southern Ill. 1968-present
1993: Southern Methodist 1948-present
2001 - Southern Utah St. 1989-present
1999 - Southwest Mo. St. 1983-present
2004 - Stanford 1948-present
2004 - Syracuse 1948-present
2001 - Temple 1948-present
2001 - Tennessee 1948-present
1993 - Tennessee St. 1978-present
2004 - Texas 1948-present
1987 - Texas A&M 1948-present
1998 - TCU 1948-present
2004 - UTEP 1951-present
2004 - Texas-San Antonio 1982-present
2003 - Texas Southern 1978-present
1997 - Texas St. 1985-present
2004 - Texas Tech 1951-present
1980 - Toledo 1948-present
1991 - Towson 1980-present
2003 - Troy St. 1994-present
1995 - Tulane 1948-85, 1990-present
2003 - Tulsa 1948-present
2002 - UCLA 1948-present
2004 - Utah 1948-present
2003 - Utah St. 1948-present
2004 - Valparaiso 1948-58, 1977-present
2004 - Vanderbilt 1948-present
2004 - Vermont 1962-present
1999 - Villanova 1948-present
2001 - Virginia 1948-present
2004 - Va. Commonwealth 1974-present
1977 - VMI 1948-present
1996 - Virginia Tech 1948-present
2003 - Wagner 1977-present
2004 - Wake Forest 1948-present
2004 - Washington 1948-present
1994 - Washington St. 1948-present
2003 - Weber St. 1964-present
1998 - West Virginia 1948-present
1996 - Western Caro. 1977-present
2003 - Western Ky. 1948-present
2004 - Western Mich. 1948-present
1988 - Wichita St. 1948-present
2002 - Winthrop 1987-present
2004 - Wisconsin 1948-present
1996 - Wis.-Green Bay 1982-present
2003 - Wis.-Milwaukee 1974-80, 1991-present
1993 - Wright St. 1988-present
2002 - Wyoming 1948-present

(Note: This list excludes at least four programs that made the NCAA tournament after Bowling Green's last tournament appearance, but later dropped out of Division I basketball. Those programs: Houston Baptist (1984), Oklahoma City (1973), Seattle (1969) and California State-Los Angeles (1974))

Division I also includes an additional 50 programs that have never made an NCAA tournament, but entered Division I after Bowling Green's last NCAA appearance. Those programs:

Alabama A&M 2000-present
Albany (N.Y.) 2000-present
Ark.-Little Rock 1979-present
Ark.-Pine Bluff 1999-present
Belmont 2000-present
Bethune-Cookman 1981-present
Binghamton 2002-present
Birmingham-So. 2004-present
Buffalo 1974-77, 1992-present
UC Irvine 1978-present
UC Riverside 2002-present
Cal Poly 1995-present
Chicago St. 1985-present
Delaware St. 1974-present
Denver 1948-80, 1999-present
Elon 2000-present
Gardner-Webb 2003-present
Grambling 1978-present
Hartford 1985-present
High Point 2000-present
IPFW 2003-present
IUPUI 1999-present
Jacksonville St. 1996-present
Lipscomb 2004-present
UMBC 1987-present
Md.-East. Shore 1974-75, 1982-present
UMKC 1990-present
Morgan St. 1985-present
Nevada 1948, 1970-present
Norfolk St. 1998-present
Oakland 2000-present
Portland St. 1973-81, 1999-present
Quinnipiac 1999-present
Sacramento St. 1992-present
Sacred Heart 2000-present
Savannah St. 2003-present
Southeastern La. 1981-89, 1991-present
Southern Miss. 1969, 1973-present
Stephen F. Austin 1987-present
Stetson 1972-present
Stony Brook 2000-present
Tenn.-Martin 1993-present
Texas-Arlington 1969-present
Tex. A&M-Corp. Chris. 1973, 2003-present
Tex.-Pan American 1969-present
Western Ill. 1982-present
Wofford 1996-present
Youngstown St. 1948, 1982-present

The bottom line: Fans of just 13 Division I basketball programs -- or just 4 percent of Division I -- have suffered a longer NCAA tournament drought than we have here at Bowling Green.

(Columbia has suffered equally. The Lions' last NCAA tournament appearance was also in 1968).

The 13 programs that have suffered longer droughts than Bowling Green are listed below along with their length of tenure in Division I and their last NCAA tournament appearance (if any).

American 1967-present
Tennessee Tech 1956-present (last tournament appearance: 1963)
Yale 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1962)
Maine 1962-present
New Hampshire 1962-present
Centenary (La.) 1960-present
Dartmouth 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1959)
Harvard 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1946)
Army 1948-present
Citadel 1948-present
Northwestern 1948-present
St. Francis (N.Y.) 1948-present
William & Mary 1948-present

Corrections are welcome. And, TJ1996, if you see the makings of something that would fit onto bgsusports.com, have at it. Just give me a bit of credit.

SOURCES: Official 2005 NCAA® Men’s Final Four® Records Book, Official 2005 NCAA Men’s Basketball Records Book.

My God, Schad. No offense, but you have a little bit too much time on your hands.

[BGSU33]

Hey, I think he pretty much dug up what we all pretty much knew, and sometimes the truth hurts....especially when it's right in front of your eyes. And I must say - man is that one fricking long list of teams!

[Syc Brown]

In your list of 50 teams not around before 1968 to never make it.
Nevada did last year
Ark Little Rock beat Notre Dame in 86 or 87.
IUPIU made it two years ago.
Southern Miss has a bunch of times in the early 90's
Oakland clinced last week. Buffalo is about to

[ZiggyZoomba]

American 1967-present
Tennessee Tech 1956-present (last tournament appearance: 1963)
Yale 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1962)
Maine 1962-present
New Hampshire 1962-present
Centenary (La.) 1960-present
Dartmouth 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1959)
Harvard 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1946)
Army 1948-present
Citadel 1948-present
Northwestern 1948-present
St. Francis (N.Y.) 1948-present
William & Mary 1948-present

I wonder who has the best record among these teams since 1968??

[Falcon Commander]

I see BGSU33 already read the post . . .

evidently there were no sharp objects close at hand.

Phew


'68 - that was a good year.

[It's the Journey...]

Right now we just need to play our game, our way. Lets start by consistently getting NIT berths and going far. If we are ment to rule the NIT then so be it. It's post season any way you look at it. Lets not make it a special thing but an expected thing. Eventually NIT will become NCAA and the team will be ready and know what to expect in the post season.

[Schadenfreude]

American 1967-present
Tennessee Tech 1956-present (last tournament appearance: 1963)
Yale 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1962)
Maine 1962-present
New Hampshire 1962-present
Centenary (La.) 1960-present
Dartmouth 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1959)
Harvard 1948-present (last tournament appearance: 1946)
Army 1948-present
Citadel 1948-present
Northwestern 1948-present
St. Francis (N.Y.) 1948-present
William & Mary 1948-present

I wonder who has the best record among these teams since 1968??

Excellent point!

What's so frustrating about this is how flukey it is. Without question, Bowling Green has been the best program of the bunch over the last 37 years.

[Schadenfreude]

In your list of 50 teams not around before 1968 to never make it.
Nevada did last year
Ark Little Rock beat Notre Dame in 86 or 87.
IUPIU made it two years ago.
Southern Miss has a bunch of times in the early 90's
Oakland clinced last week. Buffalo is about to

Good catches. I've made a note of those corrections. I won't bother to repost, as someone will accuse me of having too much time on my hands (that list wasn't as hard to compile as it looked).

One thing, though: I think Buffalo is on the wrong side of the bubble. We'll find out in a few hours.

[golfertk14]

I've found it doesn't help to dwell on how long a team's been out of the championships or playoffs, etc....every year is different and there's always next year, you just have to wait until it's your turn-and don't worry-BG's time is closer than most think...... 8)

[hammb]

there's always next year

Well, that pretty much proves that he is DEFINTELY from Cleveland

[ZiggyZoomba]

there's always next year

Well, that pretty much proves that he is DEFINTELY from Cleveland

AND that he hasn't been going to BG Basketball games for 27 "next years...." *sigh*