Originally Posted by
Olympic Fan
There are actually three schools that have been eligible for the NCAA Tournament since it began in 1939 that have never played in the tournament -- Northwestern, Army and William & Mary (which will be visiting Cameron soon). The are, of course, a bunch of recent Division 1 teams that never been invited.
Don't forget The Citadel, which joined the Southern Conference in 1936 (and never left). The Bulldogs have never been to the NCAA's in basketball. Norm Sloan had some decent teams in the late 1950's, but West Virginia (including Jerry West) was a member of the SoCon back then.
From Sports-Reference.com:
Citadel Bulldogs School History
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Seasons: 105 (1912-13 to 2016-17)
Record: 964-1306 .425 W-L%
Conferences: Southern and Ind
Conference Champion: 0 Times (Reg. Seas.), 0 Times (Tourn.)
NCAA Tournament: 0 Years
Kindly,
Sage
'The undefeated Citadel football team plays this week at UNC, but the Bulldogs have won a bunch of close games against fairly weak opponents'
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013