38 years and counting.....

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:03 pm

.......since our last NCAA Tournament appearance! Not that we even expected to break that trend this year by and stretch of the imagination this season. But the fact of the matter is, the drought continues. But for the 38th consecutive year, we can say "maybe next season”…..again.

always a falcon · Post by **always a falcon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:30 pm

I just hope we can do it in Grant's lifetime....so he can "tell" his dad, we finally made it.....

I have a terrible time remembering stats- but 1968 never goes away.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:31 pm

always a falcon wrote:I just hope we can do it in Grant's lifetime....so he can "tell" his dad, we finally made it.....

I have a terrible time remembering stats- but 1968 never goes away.

That was the year I was born....I guess it's all my fault.

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:33 pm

always a falcon wrote:I just hope we can do it in Grant's lifetime....so he can "tell" his dad, we finally made it.....

I have a terrible time remembering stats- but 1968 never goes away.

Thou hath dated thy self AAF.

always a falcon · Post by **always a falcon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:36 pm

NWLB wrote:
always a falcon wrote:I just hope we can do it in Grant's lifetime....so he can "tell" his dad, we finally made it.....

I have a terrible time remembering stats- but 1968 never goes away.
Thou hath dated thy self AAF.

Thou was in junior high but the spouse lived in BG and that has been pounded in to my head for nigh on 28 years!!

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:58 pm

always a falcon wrote:I just hope we can do it in Grant's lifetime....so he can "tell" his dad, we finally made it.....

I have a terrible time remembering stats- but 1968 never goes away.

Me too...

I've been very quiet this season... I truly believe in the adage "If you can't say anything nice... don't say anything."

I'm really just glad this season is over...

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:52 am

I see Belmont made it this year. They've only been Division I since 1997.

After Selection Sunday, it will be interesting to see the updated list of teams that have been Division I since 1968 that haven't been to the tournament since then.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:03 am

San Diego Falcon wrote:I see Belmont made it this year. They've only been Division I since 1997.

After Selection Sunday, it will be interesting to see the updated list of teams that have been Division I since 1968 that haven't been to the tournament since then.

I dug out my file. Out of 300-something Division I teams, these are the 14 programs whose efforts to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament have been as fuitile or more futile than those of Bowling Green:

Columbia: Division I since 1948. Last appeared in 1968.
American: Division I since 1967.
Tennessee Tech: Division I since 1956. Last appeared in 1963.
Yale: Division I since 1948. Last appeared in 1962.
Maine: Division I since 1962.
New Hampshire: Division I since 1962.
Centenary (La.): Division I since 1960.
Dartmouth: Division I since 1948. Last appeared in 1959.
Harvard: Division I since 1948. Last appeared in 1946
Army: Division I since 1948.
Citadel: Division I since 1948.
Northwestern: Division I since 1948.
St. Francis (N.Y.): Division I since 1948.
William & Mary: Division I since 1948.

W.E.B. DuBois often talked of the "talented tenth." The above list, I suppose, is the untalented twentieth. Keep an eye on those programs.Will any make the tournament this year?

The following programs have all been to the tournament since Bowling Green's last appearance:

2004 - Air Force 1958-present
1986 - Akron 1948-50, 1981-present
2005 - Alabama 1948-present
2005 - Alabama-Birmingham 1980-present
2005 - Alabama A&M 2000-present
2004 - Alabama St. 1983-present
2002 - Alcorn St. 1978-present
2000 - Appalachian St. 1974-present
2005 - Arizona 1948, 1951-present
2003 - Arizona St. 1951-present
2001 - Arkansas 1948-present
1990 - Ark.-Little Rock 1979-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
2005 - Boston College 1948-present
2002 - Boston U. 1948-49, 1958-present
1996 - Bradley 1948-present
2004 - Brigham Young 1948-present
1986 - Brown 1948-present
2005 - 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
2005 - Central Florida 1985-present
2003 - Central Mich. 1974-present
1999 - Col. of Charleston 1992-present
1997 - Charleston So. 1975-present
2005 - Charlotte 1973-present
2005 - Chattanooga 1978-present
2005 - 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
2005 - Connecticut 1948, 1952-present
1997 - Coppin St. 1986-present
1988 - Cornell 1948-present
2005 - 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
2005 - Duke 1948-present
1977 - Duquesne 1948-present
1993 - East Caro. 1965-present
2004 - East Tenn. St. 1959-present
2001 - Eastern Ill. 1982-present
2005 - Eastern Ky. 1948, 1952-present
1998 - Eastern Mich. 1974-present
2004 - Eastern Wash. 1984-present
1999 - Evansville 1978-present
1997 - Fairfield 1965-present
2005 - Fairleigh Dickinson 1968-present
2005 - 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
2005 - George Washington 1948-present
2001 - Georgetown 1948-present
2002 - Georgia 1948-present
1992 - Ga. Southern 1974-present
2001 - Georgia St. 1974-present
2005 - Georgia Tech 1948-present
2005 - Gonzaga 1953-present
2002 - Hampton 1996-present
2002 - Hawaii 1971-present
2001 - Hofstra 1967-present
2003 - Holy Cross 1948-present
1992 - Houston 1951-present
1992 - Howard 1974-present
1990 - Idaho 1948-present
1987 - Idaho St. 1959-present
2005 - Illinois 1948-present
2004 - Ill.-Chicago 1982-present
1998 - Illinois St. 1972-present
2003 - Indiana 1948-present
2001 - Indiana St. 1948, 1972-present
2003 - Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis 1999-present
2001 - Iona 1954-present
2005 - Iowa 1948-present
2005 - Iowa St. 1948-present
2000 - Jackson St. 1978-present
1986 - Jacksonville 1967-present
1994 - James Madison 1977-present
2005 - Kansas 1948-present
1996 - Kansas St. 1948-present
2002 - Kent St. 1948, 1952-present
2005 - 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
2005 - La.-Lafayette 1972-73, 1976-present
1996 - La.-Monroe 1974-present
2005 - LSU 1948-present
1991 - Louisiana Tech 1974-present
2005 - 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
2005 - Michigan St. 1948-present
1989 - Middle Tenn. 1959-present
2005 - Minnesota 1948-present
2002 - Mississippi 1948-present
2005 - Mississippi St. 1948-present
1996 - Mississippi Val. 1980-present
2003 - Missouri 1948-present
2004 - Monmouth 1984-present
2005 - 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
2005 - Nevada 1948, 1970-present
2000 - Nevada-Las Vegas 1970-present
2005 - New Mexico 1951-present
1999 - New Mexico St. 1951-present
1996 - New Orleans 1976-present
2005 - Niagara 1948-present
1998 - Nicholls St. 1981-present
2005 - 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
2005 - 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
2005 - Northern Iowa 1981-present
2001 - Northwestern La. 1977-present
2003 - Notre Dame 1948-present
2005 - Oakland 2000 - present
2005 - Ohio 1948-present
2002 - Ohio St. 1948-present
2005 - Oklahoma 1948-present
2005 - Oklahoma St. 1948-present
2005 - Old Dominion 1977-present
1984 - Oral Roberts 1972-89, 1994-present
2003 - Oregon 1948-present
1990 - Oregon St. 1948-present
2005 - Pacific 1954-present
2005 – Pennsylvania 1948-present
2001 - Penn St. 1948-present
2002 - Pepperdine 1956-present
2005 - 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
2005 - 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
2005 - Southeastern La. 1981-89, 1991-present
1993 - Southern U. 1978-present
2002 - Southern California 1948-present
2005 - Southern Ill. 1968-present
1993 - Southern Methodist 1948-present
1991 - Southern Miss. 1969, 1973-present
2001 - Southern Utah St. 1989-present
1999 - Southwest Mo. St. 1983-present
2005 - Stanford 1948-present
2005 - Syracuse 1948-present
2001 - Temple 1948-present
2001 - Tennessee 1948-present
1993 - Tennessee St. 1978-present
2005 - Texas 1948-present
2005 - Texas-El Paso 1951-present
1987 - Texas A&M 1948-present
1998 - TCU 1948-present
2004 - Texas-San Antonio 1982-present
2003 - Texas Southern 1978-present
1997 - Texas St. 1985-present
2005 - 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
2005 - UCLA 1948-present
2005 - Utah 1948-present
2005 - Utah St. 1948-present
2004 - Valparaiso 1948-58, 1977-present
2004 - Vanderbilt 1948-present
2005 - Vermont 1962-present
2005 - 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
2005 - Wake Forest 1948-present
2005 - Washington 1948-present
1994 - Washington St. 1948-present
2003 - Weber St. 1964-present
2005 - 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
2005 - Wisconsin 1948-present
1996 - Wis.-Green Bay 1982-present
2005 - Wis.-Milwaukee 1974-80, 1991-present
1993 - Wright St. 1988-present
2002 - Wyoming 1948-present
2004 - Xavier 1948-present

The following programs have not been to an NCAA tournament yet, but started Division I play after Bowling Green's last NCAA tournament appearance (there may be a couple of brand-new programs missing from this list):

Albany (N.Y.) 2000-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
Jacksonville St. 1996-present
Lipscomb 2004-present
UMBC 1987-present
Md.-East. Shore 1974-75, 1982-present
UMKC 1990-present
Morgan St. 1985-present
Norfolk St. 1998-present
Portland St. 1973-81, 1999-present
Quinnipiac 1999-present
Sacramento St. 1992-present
Sacred Heart 2000-present
Savannah St. 2003-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

Corrections welcome.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:09 am

I was hoping you'd post that again Schad... thanks for all the research you did on that!!

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:31 am

I checked up on the untalented twentieth.

Tennesee Tech finished 19-11 this season in the Ohio Valley and might have a hope of an NIT bid. No hope of postseason play for the others.

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:43 am

Schadenfreude wrote:I checked up on the untalented twentieth.

Tennesee Tech finished 19-11 this season in the Ohio Valley and might have a hope of an NIT bid. No hope of postseason play for the others.

cross belmont of your newcomers that haven't yet danced list.
http://www.belmont.edu/athletics/bruinn ... s_id=48078

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:55 am

Army: Division I since 1948.

Thanks Schad.

Does the Army still have a height limit? If so, that may be our saving grace from ending up on top of the most futile list in the future!

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:08 am

San Diego Falcon wrote:
Army: Division I since 1948.
Thanks Schad.

Does the Army still have a height limit? If so, that may be our saving grace from ending up on top of the most futile list in the future!

is that the same army that was coached by bobby knight and mike krzyzewski?

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:50 pm

You can remove Albany from the list that have never gone dancing, they're in for the first time this year too.

manager · Post by **manager** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:04 am

We can only hope some talented players in the form of the 1968 squad - Walt Piatkowski, the late Albert Dixon, Dick Rudgers and others - show up and stick around to play an entire career. Porky Scholler and Bob Conibear recruited them and Bill Fitch ended up coaching them after the natives got restless and threw Scholler out. Porky found out it's tough to follow a legend (Harold Anderson), like so many other across this mostly impatient country. BG fans today seem to have the patience of Job, given the lack of outcry after this year. Or, maybe most of them just don't care anymore.