In 1939, the first NCAA tourney finals were held on the campus of Northwestern University. That is the closest the Wildcats have gotten to the tourney since.
Will this be the year?
Northwestern has started off strong, going 2-0 with wins over:
Houston Baptist 65-58
Brown 69-56
what other programs have never made the tourney?
(11-18-2014 03:11 PM)Hitch Wrote: [ -> ]what other programs have never made the tourney?
They are the only P5 school never to have made it.
The only schools that have been DI since 1939 to never had made the tourney:
Northwestern
St. Francis, NY
The Citadel
Army
William & Mary
William & Mary has competed in 8 conference clinching or conference tournament title games since 1958. 0 for 8. They lost by 1 point last spring.
Complete List:
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
Not only are they the only P5 school to never make the tourney they are only one of two FBS schools to never have made the tourney along with Army.
(11-18-2014 08:53 PM)brista21 Wrote: [ -> ]Not only are they the only P5 school to never make the tourney they are only one of two FBS schools to never have made the tourney along with Army.
Buffalo is #3
They have zero chance of making it this year haha.
Rutgers is on the 24th annual will Rutgers finally make the Big Dance again watch. So Northwestern's not alone.
NW beats North Florida to go 3-0
Northwestern beats Elon 68-67 to go to 4-0
Northwestern beats Miami of Ohio 55-46 to go to 5-0
They might have a shot this year with the nice 5-0 start.
Northwestern has now lost 3 stragiht
Chris Collins has the youth, energy and pedigree to get the Cats to the promised land!
Northwestern goes to 6-3, doubling up MVSU
Northwestern wins two - over Western Michigan and Illinois-Chicago