Futility

THE NEVER BEENS

Below are the schools which have never made an NCAA tournament.  The D1 Start column is what I could find as the school's first year in Division I (*or for the first five teams the season of the first NCAA tournament).  

Rk School Conf D1 Start* Years Status 1 William & Mary CAA 1938 79 Eliminated 1 Army Pat 1938 79 Eliminated 1 The Citadel SC 1938 79 Eliminated 1 St. Francis NY NEC 1938 79 Eliminated 5 Maine AE 1962 55 Eliminated 6 UT Rio Grande Valley WAC 1969 48 Eliminated 7 Stetson ASun 1971 46 Eliminated 8 Grambling St. SWAC 1977 40 Eliminated 9 New Hampshire AE 1979 38 Eliminated 10 Bethune Cookman MEAC 1980 37 Eliminated 11 Youngstown St. Horz 1981 36 Eliminated 11 Western Illinois Sum 1981 36 Eliminated 11 Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC 1981 36 Eliminated 14 Hartford AE 1984 33 Eliminated 14 Chicago St. WAC 1984 33 Eliminated 16 UMKC WAC 1987 30 Eliminated 17 Tennessee Martin OVC 1991 26 Eliminated 18 Sacramento St. BSky 1996 21 Eliminated 19 Elon CAA 1997 20 Eliminated 20 Denver Sum 1998 19 Eliminated 20 Quinnipiac MAAC 1998 19 Eliminated 22 Lipscomb ASun 1999 18 Eliminated 22 High Point BSth 1999 18 Eliminated 22 Sacred Heart NEC 1999 18 Eliminated 25 Fort Wayne Sum 2001 16 Eliminated 25 Gardner Webb BSth 2001 16 Eliminated 25 UC Riverside BW 2001 16 Eliminated 28 Savannah St. MEAC 2002 15 Eliminated 29 Utah Valley WAC 2003 14 Eliminated 30 Longwood BSth 2004 13 Eliminated 31 Kennesaw St. ASun 2005 12 Eliminated 32 NJIT ASun 2006 11 Eliminated 32 Central Arkansas Slnd 2006 11 Eliminated 34 USC Upstate ASun 2007 10 Eliminated 34 Presbyterian BSth 2007 10 Eliminated 36 South Dakota Sum 2008 9 Eliminated 36 Bryant NEC 2008 9 Eliminated 36 SIU Edwardsville OVC 2008 9 Eliminated 39 Nebraska Omaha Sum 2011 6 Eliminated 40 Grand Canyon WAC 2013 4 Eliminated 40 Umass Lowell AE 2013 4 Eliminated 40 Abilene Christian Slnd 2013 4 Eliminated 40 Incarnate Word Slnd 2013 4 Eliminated