Thrill is Gone: DePaul, OSU & USF Combine For One NCAA Win Last 27 Years

A significant number of schools turn sheepish at the mention of recent NCAA Tournament success. Among Division I institutions making at least 10 NCAA playoff appearances, seven former Final Four participants - Houston, New Mexico State, Oregon State, Princeton, San Francisco, Southern Methodist and Texas-El Paso - combined to go winless in the past 18 years.

DePaul, Oregon State and San Francisco each have won more than 20 NCAA tourney games but collaborated for only one win in the past 27 years (DePaul over Dayton in double overtime in 2004). With B.B. King "The Thrill is Gone" lyrics in the background, following is an alphabetical list of schools with at least 10 NCAA playoff appearances for which Sweet 16 is a distant memory:

School (Playoff Appearances)	Recent NCAA Tournament Travails
Boston College (18)	winless past nine years with only one appearance
Charlotte (11)	no appearance past 11 years; winless past 15 years
Clemson (11)	one victory past 19 years
DePaul (22)	appeared once past 16 years; one victory past 27 years
George Washington (11)	one victory past 22 years
Georgia (12)	one victory past 20 years
Holy Cross (13)	posted first win since 1953 this season in play-in game
Houston (19)	winless past 32 years
Idaho State (11)	winless past 39 years
Minnesota (12)	one victory past 19 years
New Mexico State (20)	winless past 23 years
Old Dominion (11)	one victory past 21 years
Oregon State (17)	winless past 34 years
Penn (23)	one victory past 36 years
Pepperdine (13)	one victory past 34 years
Princeton (24)	winless past 18 years
San Francisco (16)	appeared once past 34 years
Santa Clara (11)	no appearance past 20 years
Seattle (11)	winless since 1964
Southern Methodist (11)	winless past 28 years
Texas-El Paso (17)	winless past 24 years
Utah State (20)	one victory past 46 years
Weber State (15)	winless past 17 years
Wyoming (15)	one victory past 29 years