Long and Winding Road: Five Ivy League Members Have All-Time Losing Marks
Baylor (30-8/coached by Scott Drew), Lehigh (27-8/Brett Reed) and Harvard (26-5/Tommy Amaker) set school single-season records for most victories in 2011-12 but they would need to post comparable records for an extended period to reach the breakeven plateau in their all-time marks. If their respective histories mean anything, Baylor (needs similar performance next five campaigns), Harvard (12) and Lehigh (17) are unlikely to achieve such a longstanding feat.
Harvard is among five Ivy League members saddled with all-time losing records. VMI posted a winning record last season (17-16) but has the worst mark among institutions at the NCAA Division I level for more than 60 years. NCAA playoff participants Saint Mary's (27-6), Iowa State (23-11) and Colorado State (20-12) are among over half of the following schools in the same subterranean category compiling winning marks last year but are still under water:
Losing Mark School | First Season | All-Time W-L Record | Pct. |
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Virginia Military | 1909 | 815-1397 | .368 |
New Hampshire | 1903 | 842-1355 | .383 |
Brown | 1901 | 951-1417 | .402 |
Northwestern | 1905 | 976-1402 | .410 |
Lehigh | 1902 | 983-1320 | .427 |
The Citadel | 1913 | 926-1216 | .432 |
Air Force | 1957 | 658-836 | .440 |
Rice | 1915 | 1034-1297 | .444 |
Harvard | 1901 | 1015-1253 | .448 |
Loyola Marymount | 1924 | 953-1157 | .452 |
William & Mary | 1906 | 1110-1307 | .459 |
Drake | 1907 | 1149-1350 | .460 |
Texas Christian | 1909 | 1109-1287 | .463 |
Dartmouth | 1901 | 1215-1392 | .466 |
San Jose State | 1910 | 1111-1264 | .468 |
North Texas | 1915 | 1067-1193 | .472 |
Maine | 1902 | 954-1052 | .476 |
Delaware | 1906 | 1082-1193 | .476 |
Cornell | 1899 | 1190-1308 | .476 |
Portland | 1923 | 1095-1202 | .477 |
Colgate | 1901 | 1175-1282 | .478 |
Baylor | 1907 | 1190-1288 | .480 |
Mississippi | 1909 | 1172-1220 | .490 |
Yale | 1896 | 1343-1396 | .490 |
Kent State | 1914 | 1101-1141 | .491 |
Colorado State | 1902 | 1132-1171 | .492 |
St. Francis (NY) | 1902 | 1125-1160 | .492 |
Saint Mary's | 1910 | 1151-1181 | .494 |
Tulane | 1906 | 1131-1160 | .494 |
Furman | 1909 | 1140-1162 | .495 |
Iowa State | 1908 | 1217-1239 | .496 |
Clemson | 1912 | 1198-1202 | .499 |