Who are the only Division 1 schools never to make the NCAA tournament?
The first NCAA Tournament was contested in the 1938-39 season, but the NCAA didn’t begin its Division 1 designation until the 1947-48 season. Entering this year, there are a total of 54 current Division 1 schools that have never appeared in the NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball tournament, many of whom have been in Division 1 for fewer than ten years. Only five schools who have been members since the 1947-48 season have never made the Big Dance. They are Army, The Citadel, Northwestern, St. Francis (NY) and William & Mary. Two of those schools are noteworthy. Northwestern, which incidentally hosted the first NCAA final in 1939, is the only school from one of the “Big Six” Conferences – ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big-12, Pac-10 and SEC – never to make an appearance. Army may be best noted for two of its former head coaches, Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski. Knight (at Indiana) and Coack K (at Duke), each have won three national titles. Also of note however, is the Army team of 1943-44, that f
