All For None: Can Chris Collins Get Glass Slipper to Fit on Northwestern?
March 29th, 2013 - 13:11
New Northwestern coach Chris Collins knows all about the NCAA Tournament as a player and assistant coach with Duke. But the NCAA playoffs are little more than "Never Never Land" for the Wildcats and the following four other schools never to participate in the national championship tournament despite being designated as major colleges since the late 1940s (number of coaches during that span in parentheses):
School (# of Coaches) Best Season Army (17) 22-6 in 1969-70 The Citadel (13) 20-7 in 1978-79 Northwestern (13) 20-14 in 2009-10 and 2010-11 St. Francis NY (11) 23-5 in 1953-54 William & Mary (13) 24-10 in 1948-49