What Are We Doing Here? Lehigh Joins Florida A&M as Two-Time Big Losers

Lehigh and Prairie View became the 34th and 35th teams in NCAA Tournament history to enter the playoffs with more than 15 defeats (25 of them in last 25 years). Lehigh also did it in 1985, joining Florida A&M (1999 and 2004) as the only schools in this category in multiple seasons. The lone power-conference member saddled with this blemish is Georgia (2008). Following is a list of the tourney's biggest losers (in reverse order):

2026 - Lehigh (18-16) and Prairie View (18-17)
2025 - Saint Francis PA (16-17)
2024 - Howard University (18-16) and Montana State (17-17)
2018 - LIU (18-16) and Texas Southern (15-19)
2017 - South Dakota State (18-16)
2016 - Austin Peay (18-17) and Holy Cross (14-19)
2015 - Hampton (16-17)
2014 - Cal Poly (13-19) and Mount St. Mary's (16-16)
2013 - Liberty (15-20) and North Carolina A&T (19-16)
2012 - Western Kentucky (15-18)
2011 - Alabama State (17-17) and UALR (19-16)
2009 - Chattanooga (18-16)
2008 - Coppin State (16-20) and Georgia (17-16)
2005 - Oakland (12-18)
2004 - Florida A&M (14-16)
2003 - UNC Asheville (14-16)
2002 - Siena (16-18)
1999 - Florida A&M (12-18)
1998 - Prairie View (13-16)
1997 - Fairfield (11-18)
1996 - San Jose State (13-16) and UCF (11-18)
1995 - Florida International (11-18)
1993 - East Carolina (13-16)
1985 - Lehigh (12-18)
1955 - Bradley (7-19) and Oklahoma City (9-17)