March Madness Longest Drought Streaks
List of Teams With the Longest March Madness Droughts
Below is a list of teams that have had the most consecutive years of missing the March Madness tournament:
- Harvard: 66 years (1946-2012)
- Dartmouth: 64 years (1959-Today)
- Tennessee Tech: 60 years (1963-Today)
- Yale: 54 years (1962-2016)
- Bowling Green: 55 years (1968-Today)
- Columbia: 55 years (1968-Today)
- Seattle: 54 years (not in Division I in 29 of those years) (1969-Today)
- Rice: 53 years (1970-Today)
- Brown: 47 years (1939-1986)
- Stanford: 47 years (1942-1989)
- Wisconsin: 47 years (1947-1994)
- Duquesne: 46 years (1977-Today)
- VMI: 46 years (1977-Today)
- Furman: 43 years (1980-Today)
- Toledo: 43 years (1980-Today)
- Air Force: 42 years (1962-2004)
- Iowa State: 41 years (1944-1985)
- Washington State: 39 years (1941-1980)
- Canisius: 39 years (1957-1996)
- Houston Christian: 39 years (not in Division I in 19 of those years) (1984-Today)
- Baylor: 38 years (1950-1988)
- Portland: 37 years (1959-1996)
- Drake: 37 years (1971-2008)
- Brown: 37 years (1986-Today)
- Jacksonville: 37 years (1986-Today)
- Idaho State: 36 years (1987-Today)
- Marist: 36 years (1987-Today)
- Manhattan: 35 years (1958-1993)
- Oregon: 34 years[16] (1961-1995)
- Loyola-Chicago: 33 years (1985-2018)
- Idaho: 33 years (1990-Today)
- Loyola Marymount: 33 years (1990-Today)
- Georgetown: 32 years (1943-1975)
- Louisiana Tech: 32 years (1991-Today)
- Saint Francis (PA): 32 years (1991-Today)
- Towson: 32 years (1991-Today)
- Marshall: 31 years (1987-2018)
- Campbell: 31 years (1992-Today)
- Fordham: 31 years (1992-Today)
- Georgia Southern: 31 years (1992-Today)
- Howard: 31 years (1992-Today)
- Saint Mary's: 30 years (1959-1989)
- California: 30 years (1960-1990)
- Massachusetts: 30 years (1962-1992)
- Cal State Fullerton: 30 years (1978-2008)
- Rutgers: 30 years (1991-2021)
- East Carolina: 30 years (1993-Today)
- Mercer: 29 years (1985-2014)
- Rider: 29 years (1994-Today)
- Tennessee State: 29 years (1994-Today)
- Mississippi State: 28 years (1963-1991)
- FIU: 28 years (1995-Today)
- Tulane: 28 years (1995-Today)
- Gonzaga: 27 years (1967-1994)
- Canisius: 27 years (1996-Today)
- Louisiana–Monroe: 27 years (1996-Today)
- Northern Illinois: 27 years (1996-Today)
- Portland: 27 years (1996-Today)
- San Jose State: 27 years (1996-Today)
- Santa Clara: 27 years (1996-Today)
- Western Carolina: 27 years (1996-Today)
- Montana State: 26 years (1996-2022)
- Penn State: 26 years (1965-1991)
- Oregon State: 26 years (1990-2016)
- Charleston Southern: 26 years (1997-Today)
- Fairfield: 26 years (1997-Today)
- Texas State: 26 years (1997-Today)
- LSU: 25 years (1954-1979)
- Georgia Tech: 25 years (1960-1985)
- Navy: 25 years (1960-1985)
- Drexel: 25 years (1996-2021)
- Eastern Michigan: 25 years (1998-Today)
- Illinois State: 25 years (1998-Today)
- Navy: 25 years (1998-Today)
- Nicholls: 25 years (1998-Today)
- Northeastern: 24 years (1991-2015)
- San Francisco: 24 years (1998-2022)
- Arkansas State: 24 years (1999-Today)
- Evansville: 24 years (1999-Today)
- Missouri State: 24 years (1999-Today)
- Colgate: 23 years (1996-2019)
- Ball State: 23 years (2000-Today)
- Northern Arizona: 23 years (2000-Today)
- Samford: 23 years (2000-Today)
- Southeast Missouri State: 23 years (2000-Today)
- St. Bonaventure: 22 years (1978-2000)
- Southern Methodist: 22 years (1993-2015)
- Eastern Illinois: 22 years (2001-Today)
- Hofstra: 22 years (2001-Today)
- Southern Utah: 22 years (2001-Today)
- Holy Cross: 21 years (1956-1977)
- East Tennessee State: 21 years (1968-1989)
- East Carolina: 21 years (1972-1993)
- Southern Miss: 21 years (1991-2012)
- La Salle: 21 years (1992-2013)
- Coastal Carolina: 21 years (1993-2014)
- New Orleans: 21 years (1996-2017)
- Prairie View A&M: 21 years (1998-2019)
- Alcorn State: 21 years (2002-Today)
- Florida Atlantic: 21 years (2002-Today)
- McNeese State: 21 years (2002-Today)
- Pepperdine: 21 years (2002-Today)
- Western Kentucky: 20 years (1940-1960)
- Colorado State: 20 years (1969-1989)
- Baylor: 20 years (1988-2008)
- Cornell: 20 years (1988-2008)
- Green Bay: 20 years (1996-2016)
- TCU: 20 years (1998-2018)