The Thrill is Gone: St. John's Winless Over Last 19 NCAA Tournaments

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 - New Mexico State, Oregon State, Princeton, St. John's, San Francisco, Southern Methodist and Texas-El Paso - combined to go winless in the past 19 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 29 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 11 years with only one appearance
Charlotte (11)	no appearance past 13 years; winless past 17 years
DePaul (22)	appeared once past 18 years; one victory past 29 years
George Washington (11)	one victory past 24 years
Georgia (12)	one victory past 22 years
Holy Cross (13)	posted first win since 1953 three seasons ago in play-in game
Idaho State (11)	winless past 41 years
New Mexico State (23)	winless past 25 years
Old Dominion (12)	one victory past 23 years
Oregon State (17)	winless past 36 years
Penn (24)	one victory past 38 years
Pepperdine (13)	one victory past 36 years
Princeton (25)	winless past 20 years
St. John's (30)	winless past 19 years
San Francisco (16)	appeared once past 36 years
Santa Clara (11)	no appearance past 22 years
Seattle (11)	winless since 1964
Southern Methodist (12)	winless past 30 years
Texas-El Paso (17)	winless past 26 years
Utah State (21)	one victory past 48 years
Weber State (15)	winless past 19 years
Wyoming (15)	one victory past 31 years