Unless you're still busy hoarding toilet paper, wondering how many translators are required for world leaders to try to understand Plagiarist Bidumb or cowering in fetal position from college basketball version of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, it's your opportunity to start taking online tests for 23 quarantined days symbolic of normal time frame from Selection Sunday to Monday evening championship contest.

We need something to occupy our minds during quarantine from much of the invective-infected #MessMedia. Emphasizing a "one-and-only" theme for a "one-and-only" event, here is Day 11 of a treasure-trove of tantalizing NCAA Tournament trivia questions from CollegeHoopedia.com tracking the only coach, conference, player or school to be linked to a distinguished or dubious achievement (click here for answers or conduct research digesting historical morsels in CollegeHoopedia.com's year-by-year highlights):

1. Who is the only one of the 60 or so two-time consensus first-team All-Americans since 1946 never to participate in the NCAA Tournament or the NIT? Hint: His school was a total of 10 games over .500 in Big Ten Conference competition in his junior and senior seasons. He never played on a team to win playoff series in his nine-year NBA career.

2. Who is the only player to score more than 20,000 pro points yet never reach the conference finals in the NBA playoffs after playing at least two seasons of varsity basketball at a major college and never participating in the NCAA Division I playoffs? Hint: The college he attended made its NCAA Tournament debut the first year after he left school early to become third pick overall in NBA draft.

3. Who is the only coach since the tourney field expanded to at least 48 teams to take two different universities to the playoffs when the schools appeared in the tournament for the first time? Hint: His last name begins with a "F" and he no longer is Division I head coach.

4. Name the only school with a losing record to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs by winning a regular-season conference title. Hint: The league started a postseason tournament two years later and the school in question has lost all six times it reached conference tourney championship game.

5. Name the only major university to have two graduates score more than 17,000 points in the NBA after playing at least three varsity seasons in college and failing to appear in the NCAA Tournament. Hint: The school has had three other players score more than 10,000 points in the NBA after never appearing in NCAA playoffs.

6. Name the only former titlist to have an all-time playoff record 10 games below the .500 mark. Hint: Longtime network broadcaster Curt Gowdy played in the tournament for the school.

7. Name the only state with three schools to compile tournament records at least nine games below .500. Hint: The three institutions from same state are members of different conferences.

8. Who was the only player shorter than Bobby Hurley, Duke's 6-0 guard, to play for a championship team and be selected as the Final Four Most Outstanding Player? Hint: There was another Final Four MOP who was also shorter than 6-0, but he played for a national third-place finisher in the mid-1950s.

9. Who is the only individual to play in an NCAA Tournament championship game and later coach his alma mater to a final? Hint: He served as an assistant to the coach with the most NCAA playoff victories and a college teammate is one of the winningest coaches of all time.

10. Name the only one of the schools with multiple national titles to have two teams participate in the NCAA playoffs as defending champions but lose their opening-round game. Hint: Both of the opening-round setbacks for the school when it was defending champion occurred in East Regional.

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This year marks the first time four available NCAA consensus first-team All-Americans - three from Big Ten Conference - failed to reach the national tournament Sweet 16 since 1975 when field expanded to 32 teams and every entrant had to win at least one game before advancing to regional semifinals. Hopefully, none of the dearly departed will cross over to women's tourney to try to be hoops version of Lia Thomas. The only first-teamer boasting a regional final playoff pulse was Kansas' Ochai Agbaji.

Four consensus first-teamers didn't reach Sweet 16 in 2000 but one of them was injured (Cincinnati's Kenyon Martin broke his right leg in C-USA Tournament). There has been only one year (2006) when every consensus first-teamer appeared in Sweet 16 since seeding was introduced in 1979.

Creighton's Doug McDermott is the only first-teamer in that span failing to play in second weekend three straight seasons (2012 through 2014) and DePaul's Mark Aguirre is lone first-teamer to be eliminated in opening round in back-to-back years (1980 and 1981). Following in reverse order is list of NCAA consensus first-team All-Americans failing to appear in Sweet 16 since 1975:

Year	NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans Failing to Reach Sweet 16
2022	Kofi Cockburn (Illinois), Johnny Davis (Wisconsin), Keegan Murray (Iowa) and Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky^)
2021	Cade Cunningham (Oklahoma State), Ayo Dosunmu (Illinois) and Luka Garza (Iowa)
2020	tourney cancelled
2019	Ja Morant (Murray State)
2018	Deandre Ayton (Arizona^) and Trae Young (Oklahoma^)
2017	Josh Hart (Villanova)
2016	Ben Simmons (Louisiana State/dnp), Tyler Ulis (Kentucky) and Denzel Valentine (Michigan State^)
2015	D'Angelo Russell (Ohio State)
2014	Doug McDermott (Creighton) and Jabari Parker (Duke^)
2013	Doug McDermott (Creighton), Kelly Olynyk (Gonzaga) and Otto Porter (Georgetown^)
2012	Doug McDermott (Creighton)
2011	JaJuan Johnson (Purdue)
2010	Sherron Collins (Kansas) and Scottie Reynolds (Villanova)
2009	Stephen Curry (Davidson/dnp) and James Harden (Arizona State)
2008	Michael Beasley (Kansas State)
2007	Kevin Durant (Texas) and Alando Tucker (Wisconsin)
2006	none
2005	Chris Paul (Wake Forest), Wayne Simien (Kansas^) and Hakim Warrick (Syracuse^)
2004	Andre Emmett (Texas Tech), Ryan Gomes (Providence^) and Lawrence Roberts (Mississippi State)
2003	Josh Howard (Wake Forest) and David West (Xavier)
2002	Dan Dickau (Gonzaga^) and Steve Logan (Cincinnati)
2001	Joseph Forte (North Carolina) and Troy Murphy (Notre Dame)
2000	A.J. Guyton (Indiana^), Kenyon Martin (Cincinnati), Chris Mihm (Texas) and Troy Murphy (Notre Dame/dnp)
1999	Andre Miller (Utah) and Jason Terry (Arizona^)
1998	Raef LaFrentz and Paul Pierce (Kansas)
1997	Tim Duncan (Wake Forest) and Danny Fortson (Cincinnati)
1996	Kerry Kittles (Villanova)
1995	Shawn Respert (Michigan State^) and Damon Stoudamire (Arizona^)
1994	Jason Kidd (California^)
1993	Penny Hardaway (Memphis State^) and Bobby Hurley (Duke)
1992	Harold Miner (Southern California), Alonzo Mourning (Georgetown) and Shaquille O'Neal (Louisiana State)
1991	Kenny Anderson (Georgia Tech), Shaquille O'Neal (Louisiana State^) and Billy Owens (Syracuse^)
1990	Chris Jackson (Louisiana State), Gary Payton Sr. (Oregon State^) and Lionel Simmons (La Salle)
1989	Chris Jackson (Louisiana State^)
1988	Hersey Hawkins (Bradley^)
1987	David Robinson (Navy^)
1986	Steve Alford (Indiana^), Walter Berry (St. John's) and Len Bias (Maryland)
1985	Johnny Dawkins (Duke) and Xavier McDaniel (Wichita State^)
1984	Wayman Tisdale (Oklahoma^)
1983	Dale Ellis (Tennessee), Patrick Ewing (Georgetown) and Wayman Tisdale (Oklahoma)
1982	Terry Cummings (DePaul^) and Quintin Dailey (San Francisco^)
1981	Mark Aguirre (DePaul^) and Steve Johnson (Oregon State^)
1980	Mark Aguirre (DePaul^) and Michael Brooks (La Salle^)
1979	Mike Gminski (Duke^)
1978	Larry Bird (Indiana State/dnp), Phil Ford (North Carolina^), Butch Lee (Marquette^) and Mychal Thompson (Minnesota/dnp)
1977	Kent Benson (Indiana/dnp), Otis Birdsong (Houston/dnp) and Bernard King (Tennessee^)
1976	John Lucas (Maryland/dnp)
1975	David Thompson (North Carolina State/dnp due to probation)

^Lost opening-round game.
NOTE: Martin was injured (broke his right leg in C-USA Tournament).

Unless you're busy hoarding toilet paper, wondering if Plagiarist Bidumb is male version of bike-riding witch stealing Toto in Wizard of Oz or cowering in fetal position from college basketball version of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, it's your opportunity to start taking online tests for 23 quarantined days symbolic of normal time frame from Selection Sunday to Monday evening championship contest.

We need something to occupy our minds during quarantine from much of the invective-infected #MessMedia. Emphasizing a "one-and-only" theme for a "one-and-only" event, here is Day 10 of a treasure-trove of tantalizing NCAA Tournament trivia questions from CollegeHoopedia.com tracking the only coach, conference, player or school to be linked to a distinguished or dubious achievement (click here for answers or conduct research digesting historical morsels in CollegeHoopedia's year-by-year highlights):

1. Who is the only All-American to coach three different schools in the NCAA playoffs? Hint: He was the leading scorer for an NCAA champion.

2. Who is the only coach to take three different schools to a regional final in a 10-year span? Hint: He is the only individual to meet two different schools in the playoffs he had previously coached to the Final Four. He had a chance to become the first coach to guide three different universities to national semifinals, but retired and turned reins over to his son.

3. Who is the only seven-foot player to lead a Final Four in scoring and win a conference high jump title in the same year? Hint: He is the only player to lead the NBA in rebounds and assists in same season.

4. Of the total of 10 different teams in the 1980s to defeat a school twice in a season the opponent eventually won the national title, name the only one of the 10 to fail to win its NCAA Tournament opener. Hint: The team had the misfortune of opening playoffs on home court of its opponent.

5. Of the Final Four teams in the last several decades to have standouts whose high school coach was reunited with a star player as a college assistant, name the only school to win a national championship. Hint: The high school coach who tagged along with his prep All-American as a college assistant was also first minority player to play for his alma mater.

6. Who is the only coach to take a team more than two games below .500 one season to the national title the next year? Hint: He is the only championship team coach to finish his college career with a losing record. He is also the only major-college coach to stay at a school at least 25 seasons and finish with a losing career record at that institution.

7. Who is the only coach to reach the national semifinals of the NCAA Tournament and NIT at least five times apiece? Hint: Of the coaches to win basketball championships at every major level (the NCAA, NIT and Summer Olympics), he is the only one to capture the "Triple Crown" in a span of less than 10 years.

8. Of the players to score more than 225 points in the playoffs and/or average in excess of 25 points per tournament game (minimum of six games), who is the only individual to score more than 22 points in every postseason contest? Hint: He is the only player from group to have a single-digit differential between his highest-scoring game and his lowest-scoring game.

9. Who is the only one of the first 20 players to accumulate at least 235 points in NCAA playoff competition to fail to score at least 25 points in a tournament game? Hint: He is the only one of the more recent Most Outstanding Players to score fewer than 28 points in two Final Four games and his highest-scoring playoff performance couldn't avert a defeat in the only one of his four years he didn't participate in Final Four.

10. Among the all-time leading scorers in NCAA Tournament history, who is the only player in this group to go scoreless in a playoff game? Hint: He scored less than 10 points in six consecutive tournament games before averaging 20 points per game in his last 11 playoff outings.

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Packing the court legitimately six years ago, the ACC set an NCAA Tournament record with six Sweet 16 participants. No power league had as many as four this year. In 2016-17, the national media proclaimed the ACC as perhaps the greatest league in history but that assessment came before the nine-bid alliance was fortunate to have one representative among regional semifinalists (North Carolina overcame five-point deficit in last three minutes against Arkansas) and failed to produce a single individual among 19 All-Americans last season. #MessMedia proclaimed the Big Ten as dominant last season but only one of nine participants survived the first weekend of competition. The Big Ten, after having three NCAA consensus first-team All-Americans out of commission prior to Sweet 16, became the first conference securing at least nine entrants in single tourney and have none of them advance to a regional final.

In 2009, the Big East became the first conference to boast five playoff teams reaching the regional semifinals in the same year until the ACC duplicated the feat two years ago. The ACC boasted four members advancing that far on eight occasions in a 12-year stretch from 1984 through 1995.

The ACC in 1985 was the only league in this category not to have at least one of the quartet reach the Final Four until the Big East was foiled in 2006. The following list of thoroughbred leagues supplied at least four Sweet 16 participants a total of 30 times since the NCAA Tournament field expanded to at least 48 teams in 1980:

Year	Power League	Four or More Conference Members Reaching Sweet 16
1980	Big Ten	Indiana, z-Iowa, Ohio State, z-Purdue
1984	ACC	Maryland, North Carolina, z-Virginia, Wake Forest
1985	ACC	Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State
1985	Big East	Boston College, y-Georgetown, z-St. John's, x-Villanova
1986	ACC	y-Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, North Carolina State
1986	SEC	Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, z-Louisiana State
1989	ACC	z-Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia
1989	Big Ten	z-Illinois, Indiana, x-Michigan, Minnesota
1990	ACC	Clemson, y-Duke, z-Georgia Tech, North Carolina
1992	ACC	x-Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina
1993	ACC	Florida State, x-North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest
1995	ACC	Maryland, z-North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest
1996	SEC	Arkansas, Georgia, x-Kentucky, z-Mississippi State
1997	Pacific-10	x-Arizona, California, Stanford, UCLA
1998	Pacific-10	Arizona, z-Stanford, UCLA, Washington
1999	Big Ten	Iowa, z-Michigan State, z-Ohio State, Purdue
2001	Pacific-10	y-Arizona, Southern California, Stanford, UCLA
2002	Big 12	z-Kansas, Missouri, z-Oklahoma, Texas
2003	Big East	Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, x-Syracuse
2006	Big East	Connecticut, Georgetown, Villanova, West Virginia
2009	Big East	z-Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, z-Villanova
2012	Big East	Cincinnati, z-Louisville, Marquette, Syracuse
2012	Big Ten	Indiana, Michigan State, z-Ohio State, Wisconsin
2013	Big Ten	Indiana, y-Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State
2015	ACC	x-Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame
2016	ACC	Duke, Miami (Fla.), y-North Carolina, Notre Dame, z-Syracuse, Virginia
2018	ACC	Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Syracuse
2019	ACC	Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, z-Virginia, Virginia Tech
2019	SEC	z-Auburn, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Tennessee
2021	Pacific-12	Oregon, Oregon State, Southern California, z-UCLA

x-Won NCAA championship
y-Finished national runner-up
z-Reached Final Four

Unless you're busy hoarding toilet paper, seeking translator to try to understand Plagiarist Bidumb before his afternoon nap or cowering in fetal position from college basketball version of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, it's your opportunity to start taking online tests for 23 quarantined days symbolic of normal time frame from Selection Sunday to Monday evening championship contest.

We need something to occupy our minds during quarantine from much of the invective-infected #MessMedia. Emphasizing a "one-and-only" theme for a "one-and-only" event, here is Day 9 of a treasure-trove of tantalizing NCAA Tournament trivia questions from CollegeHoopedia.com tracking the only coach, conference, player or school to be linked to a distinguished or dubious achievement (click here for answers or conduct research digesting historical morsels in CollegeHoopedia's year-by-year highlights):

1. Who was the only athlete to lead his championship team in scoring in two Final Four games and pitch in the major leagues the same year? Hint: He was a guard for three consecutive Final Four teams and was selected to the All-NCAA Tournament team as a senior.

2. Name the only school with more than 1,300 victories in the 20th Century never to reach the Final Four. Hint: The school participated in the NCAA playoffs just once (1992) in last 40-plus years.

3. Name the only school to defeat a team three times in a season the opponent captured the NCAA title. Hint: The school also defeated the same conference foe three times the next season as defending national champion.

4. Name the only champion to win its two Final Four games by a total of more than 50 points. Hint: The titlist suffered its only loss that season against one of the Final Four victims.

5. Of the 35 Final Four Most Outstanding Players selected from 1946 through 1981 when there was a national third-place game, who was the only honoree to play for a fourth-place team? Hint: He never averaged as many as nine points per game in four NBA seasons.

6. Name the only school to lose in back-to-back years in the first round to different institutions going on to capture national titles those years. Hint: The school won a total of 47 games in the two seasons. The two defeats were in the middle of six consecutive playoff appearances for the school after it appeared in playoffs just once from 1939 through 1982.

7. Name the only year four teams arrived at the national semifinals with a composite winning percentage of less than 75 percent. Hint: The two schools that met in the national third-place game are traditional football powers. The college losing both of its Final Four games that year is the only national semifinalist to finish a season with as many as 14 defeats.

8. Who is the only player to score more than 60 points in a single playoff game and to score more than 43 points at least twice? Hint: Of the players who scored more than 235 playoff points and/or averaged more than 25 points per tournament game (minimum of three games), he is the only individual from the select group to have a losing playoff record. He is the only one of the top 25 playoff scorers never to reach Final Four.

9. Who is the only male player to score more than 44 points in a single Final Four game? Hint: He is the only player to twice convert more than 12 free throws without a miss in playoff game.

10. Who is the only player to score more than 400 points in his playoff career? Hint: The only individual to start in four straight Final Fours hit two last-second shots to help his team win East Regional final overtime games and is only player with at least 10 championship game free-throw attempts to convert all of them.

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Paolo Banchero (Duke), Chet Holmgren (Gonzaga) and Jabari Smith Jr. (Auburn) were outstanding as freshmen in becoming NCAA consensus second-team All-Americans and the first three selections in the 2022 NBA draft. But the terrific trio fell short of first-team acclaim. Last year, Oklahoma State's Cade Cunningham achieved a distinction luminaries Mark Aguirre, Carmelo Anthony, Stephen Curry, Patrick Ewing, Phil Ford, Tyler Hansbrough, James Harden, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bernard King, Alonzo Mourning, Shaquille O'Neal, Derrick Rose, Ralph Sampson and Russell Westbrook failed to do. Cunningham became an NCAA consensus first-team All-American as a freshman. He was the 25th yearling on the following chronological list in this rare-air category named first-team A-A:

Freshman First-Team All-American	Pos.	College	Year	Freshman All-American Recognition
Arnie Ferrin	F	Utah	1944	C1
Tom Gola	C-F	La Salle	1952	C1
Keith Lee	C	Memphis State	1982	C1, AP2
Wayman Tisdale	F-C	Oklahoma	1983	AP1, C1, USBWA1, UPI2, NABC3
Chris Jackson	G	Louisiana State	1989	AP1, UPI1, USBWA1, NABC2
Kenny Anderson	G	Georgia Tech	1990	NABC1, AP3
Kevin Durant	F	Texas	2007	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Greg Oden	C	Ohio State	2007	AP1, NABC2, USBWA2
Michael Beasley	F	Kansas State	2008	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Kevin Love	C	UCLA	2008	AP1, USBWA1, NABC2
DeMarcus Cousins	C	Kentucky	2010	AP1, NABC2, USBWA2
John Wall	G	Kentucky	2010	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Jared Sullinger	F-C	Ohio State	2011	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Anthony Davis	C	Kentucky	2012	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Jabari Parker	F	Duke	2014	USBWA1
Jahlil Okafor	C	Duke	2015	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
D'Angelo Russell	G	Ohio State	2015	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Ben Simmons	F-G	Louisiana State	2016	NABC1, USBWA1, AP2
Lonzo Ball	G	UCLA	2017	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Deandre Ayton	C	Arizona	2018	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Marvin Bagley III	F-C	Duke	2018	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Trae Young	G	Oklahoma	2018	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
R.J. Barrett	G	Duke	2019	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Zion Williamson	F	Duke	2019	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1
Cade Cunningham	G	Oklahoma State	2021	AP1, NABC1, USBWA1

Amid failures of Arizona and Gonzaga despite securing #1 seeds in this year's NCAA Tournament, the West remains the worst. Such a viewpoint shouldn't be a surprise unless you put stock in creepy porn lawyer #Avenaughty as a #Dimorat presidential candidate, hideous Hunter's laptop is Russian disinformation or always believe contrived comments from Muslim Brotherhood apologist/former CIA chief John "NBC News' Snoopy" Brennan. Brigham Young and Utah State - more games below .500 than any institutions in NCAA playoff history (minus 18) - promptly bowing out of the NCAA playoffs is almost a tradition. Also weighing heavily out West, Wyoming is the only former national champion (1943) to compile an all-time NCAA playoff record more than five games below .500 (9-21).

Everett Shelton, coach of Wyoming's titlist, is the only championship team bench boss to finish with a non-winning playoff record (4-12 from 1941 through 1958) and was more games under .500 in NCAA Division I Tournament competition than any coach in history until supplanted by Fran Dunphy (3-17 with Penn and Temple from 1993 through 2019). Also, Shelton is the only coach to lose three consecutive regional final games (1947, 1948 and 1949).

Joining Dunphy and Shelton among the eight coaches more than six games under .500 in NCAA playoff play are Rick Byrd (1-8 with Belmont from 2006 through 2019), Pete Carril (4-11 with Princeton from 1969 through 1996), Don Corbett (0-7 with North Carolina A&T from 1982 through 1988), Hugh Greer (1-8 with Connecticut from 1951 through 1960), Stew Morrill (1-9 with Montana and Utah State from 1991 through 2011) and Mike Vining (0-7 with Louisiana-Monroe from 1982 through 1996).

More than half of the following 11 schools more than 10 games below .500 in NCAA tourney competition are from west of the Mississippi River:

School	Playoff Record	Games Below .500 Mark	Summary of Tournament Tumult
Brigham Young	15-33	minus 18	only one of victories was by fewer than six points
Utah State	6-24	minus 18	lost 18 of last 19 games with only victory in that span in OT against Ohio State in 2001
New Mexico State	11-28	minus 17	lost 12 straight games until ending streak this year after winning seven of 11 contests from 1968 through 1970
Princeton	13-29	minus 16	lost eight of first nine games from 1952 through 1963 and last five contests since 1998
Iona	1-15	minus 14	14 straight setbacks with first four of them by fewer than four points from 1980 through 1998
Miami (Ohio)	6-19	minus 13	only victory in 10-game span from 1969 through 1992 was in OT against defending NCAA champion Marquette in 1978
Murray State	5-18	minus 13	lost 11 games in a row from 1988 through 2006
Penn	13-26	minus 13	lost last 10 games and 15 of last 16 after entering 1979 Final Four with winning playoff record (11-9)
Wyoming	9-21	minus 12	1943 NCAA titlist before losing 12 of 13 games from 1947 through 1967
Montana	2-13	minus 11	won inaugural game in 1975 but lost last four contests since 2012 by an average of 26 points
Weber State	6-17	minus 11	seven of last nine defeats since 1979 were by fewer than 12 points

Sean Miller, rehired by Xavier after controversial stint with Arizona, boasts an opportunity - however unlikely because of previous success - to achieve something rare in the major-college coaching community. The Musketeers reeled Miller back in despite a trend where resurrected mentors failed to come anywhere close to duplicating success during previous tenure. Although eight of them posted losing marks during initial stint, Ronnie Arrow (South Alabama), Jim McCafferty (Loyola LA) and Ritchie McKay (Liberty) are the only three of the 40 mentors a total of 42 times in this "Comeback Club" category over the last 60-plus years to compile a higher winning percentage the second time around.

Miller's most realistic goal probably is to align with Lou Carnesecca (St. John's) and Lake Kelly (Austin Peay State) as the only coaches to win NCAA playoff games in two different stints with the same school. Miller, The Citadel's Ed Conroy, Butler's Thad Matta and Murray State's Steve Prohm join the following alphabetical list of coaches returning to their former major-college stomping grounds if their tenures weren't interrupted solely by World War II:

Two-Time Coach	DI College	First Stint	W-L	Pct.	Second Stint	W-L	Pct.
Ronnie Arrow	South Alabama	1988-95	114-93	.551	2008-13	97-68	.588
Tom Asbury	Pepperdine	1989-94	125-59	.679	2009-11	28-68	.292
Lou Carnesecca	St. John's	1966-70	104-35	.748	1974-92	422-165	.719
Ed Conroy	The Citadel	2007-10	49-76	.392	since 2023	TBD	TBD
Paul Cormier	Dartmouth	1985-91	87-95	.478	2011-16	55-116	.322
Kermit Davis	Idaho	1989 and 1990	50-12	.806	1997	13-17	.433
Mike Dement	UNC Greensboro	1992-95	55-56	.495	2006-12	69-125	.356
Joe Dooley	East Carolina	1996-99	57-52	.523	2019-22	44-67	.396
Homer Drew	Valparaiso	1989-2002	235-185	.560	2004-11	136-120	.531
Marshall Emery	Delaware State	1977-79	30-50	.375	1986-88	18-66	.214
Dan Fitzgerald	Gonzaga	1979-81	51-29	.638	1986-97	203-140	.592
Blair Gullion	Washington (Mo.)	1948-52	65-41	.613	1954-59	69-61	.531
Lou Henson	New Mexico State	1967-75	173-71	.709	1998-2005	136-105	.564
Ben Jobe	Southern (La.)	1987-96	191-100	.656	2002 and 2003	16-40	.286
Phil Johnson	San Jose State	1999	12-16	.429	2003-05	19-67	.221
Donald Kellett	Penn	1944 and 1945	22-9	.710	1947 and 1948	24-22	.522
Lake Kelly	Austin Peay State	1972-77	110-52	.679	1986-90	79-70	.530
Joe Lapchick	St. John's	1937-47	181-54	.770	1957-65	154-75	.672
Dave Leitao	DePaul	2003-05	58-34	.630	2016-21	66-113	.369
Abe Lemons	Oklahoma City	1956-73	309-181	.631	1984-90	123-84	.594
Thad Matta	Butler	2001	24-8	.750	since 2023	TBD	TBD
Jim McCafferty	Loyola (La.)	1950	9-15	.375	1955-57	38-36	.514
Dave McDowell	Kent State	1949-51	56-20	.737	1956 and 1957	15-29	.341
Ritchie McKay	Liberty	2008 and 2009	39-28	.582	since 2016	154-72	.681
Doc Meanwell	Wisconsin	1912-17	92-9	.911	1921-34	154-90	.631
Sean Miller	Xavier	2005-09	120-47	.719	since 2023	TBD	TBD
Robert Moreland	Texas Southern	1976-2001	399-352	.531	2008	7-25	.219
Joe Mullaney	Providence	1956-69	271-94	.742	1982-85	48-70	.407
Buzz Peterson	Appalachian State	1997-2000	79-39	.669	2010	24-13	.649
Steve Prohm	Murray State	2012-15	104-29	.782	since 2023	TBD	TBD
Bill Reinhart	George Washington	1936-42	100-38	.725	1950-66	216-201	.518
Elmer Ripley	Georgetown	1928 and 1929	24-6	.800	1939-43	68-39	.636
Elmer Ripley	Georgetown	1939-43	68-39	.636	1947-49	41-37	.526
Jack Rohan	Columbia	1962-74	154-161	.489	1991-95	43-87	.331
Lorenzo Romar	Pepperdine	1997-99	42-44	.488	since 2019	54-71	.432
Glen Rose	Arkansas	1934-42	154-47	.766	1953-66	171-154	.526
John "Honey" Russell	Seton Hall	1937-43	101-32	.759	1950-60	194-97	.647
Joe Scott	Air Force	2001-04	51-63	.447	since 2021	16-38	.296
Larry Shyatt	Wyoming	1998	19-9	.679	2012-16	98-69	.587
Norm Sloan	Florida	1961-66	85-63	.574	1981-89	150-131	.534
Ken Trickey	Oral Roberts	1970-74	118-23	.837	1988-93	96-93	.508
Billy Tubbs	Lamar	1977-80	75-46	.620	2004-06	46-43	.517
Butch van Breda Kolff	Lafayette	1952-55	68-34	.667	1985-88	64-51	.557
Butch van Breda Kolff	Hofstra	1956-62	112-43	.723	1989-94	79-81	.494
Donald White	Rutgers	1946-56	98-145	.403	1963	7-16	.304
Davey Whitney	Alcorn State	1971-89	395-199	.665	1997-2003	115-93	.553

NOTES: VBK also had two stints at Hofstra, but Hofstra wasn't at the major-college level his first stint there. . . . OCU de-emphasized its program to the NAIA level after Lemons returned. . . . ORU wasn't always at the Division I level for either of Trickey's stints.

John Calipari is the only coach ever to guide two different schools to a final Associated Press Top 5 ranking in back-to-back seasons. Meanwhile, Bill Self is the only mentor ever to twice take two different schools to a final AP Top 20 ranking in back-to-back campaigns. Even if you're pondering why Kansas isn't already on probation, consider the following chronological list:

Coach	Schools (Year/Final AP Ranking)
William "Tippy" Dye	Ohio State (1950/2nd) and Washington (1951/15th)
Paul Evans	Navy (1986/17th) and Pittsburgh (1987/12th)
Benny Dees	New Orleans (1987/16th) and Wyoming (1988/13th)
Orlando "Tubby" Smith	Georgia (1997/17th) and Kentucky (1998/5th)
Bill Self	Tulsa (2000/18th) and Illinois (2001/4th)
Bill Self	Illinois (2003/11th) and Kansas (2004/16th)
Roy Williams	Kansas (2003/6th) and North Carolina (2004/18th)
John Calipari	Memphis (2009/3rd) and Kentucky (2010/2nd)

Feeling the pressure? If looking at tournament glass as half empty, the coronavirus outbreak was culprit bringing postseason competition to a screeching halt two years ago. If gazing at glass as half full, the shutdown possibly averted additional tourney stigma now attached to North Carolina after their "Way" blowing 25-point advantage midway through second half against defending champion Baylor when torrid scorer Brady Manek was ejected for committing stupid flagrant foul. Last season, Alabama's Herb Jones, the SEC Player of the Year, committed a pair of offensive fouls in opening minute before missing three of four free throws in the last 37 seconds of regulation, making only 2-of-7 from the charity stripe for the entire game, as #2 seed was eliminated by #11 seed UCLA in overtime in regional semifinal.

Remember Northern Iowa's 2016 complete collapse in squandering a 12-point lead in the last 35 seconds of regulation against Texas A&M en route to a 92-88 setback in double overtime. The Panthers' cataclysmic cave-in almost makes you forget about Arizona's fiasco flop when the Wildcats frittered away a 15-point advantage with four minutes remaining in regulation against Illinois in 2005 playoffs.

If you think about gaffes from a human perspective for a moment, having their playoff balloon pop by dull pin is terrible thing to happen to a team. On the other hand, a scorned squad can share the blame-game burden while an individual player could be branded for lifetime. Truth be told, some players probably will live with major miscue in front of God and country for the remainder of their Earthly existence. No one deserves a humiliating label, even after bad blunder on the biggest stage, but spit happens where temperatures rise and afflicted seek a stay-at-home order. Punctuated by fable-like failure, the following chronological list details 10 additional fatal stumbles at the wrong time since the tourney field expanded to at least 32 teams in 1975:

1975: Louisville reserve guard Terry Howard, after converting all 28 of his previous foul shots during season, missed the front end of a one-and-one free-throw opportunity with 20 seconds remaining in overtime and the Cardinals leading by one point. UCLA prevailed in national semifinal, 75-74, when Richard Washington sank short jumper from right baseline in closing seconds.
1982: Georgetown sophomore guard Fred Brown's errant pass, ostensibly seeing a teammate out of the corner of his right eye, went directly to North Carolina forward James Worthy and prevented the Hoyas from attempting a potential game-winning shot in the closing seconds of 63-62 setback against the Tar Heels.
1993: Michigan rallied to trim deficit to 73-71 before two North Carolina players trapped Chris Webber on the right sideline with only 11 seconds remaining after he dribbled downcourt when referees failed to call him for walking after grabbing rebound of missed free-throw attempt. The Wolverines' consensus first-team All-American called a fateful timeout his team did not have. Donald Williams wrapped up the game with four consecutive free throws to give Carolina a 77-71 triumph. "Sometimes winning a basketball game is just plain luck," UNC coach Dean Smith said. Meanwhile, Webber's family took mental lapse in stride and showed time heals all wounds when his father, Mayce, acquired a vanity license plate proclaiming "Timeout," a reference to his son's excruciating blunder.
1994: The score was tied when Connecticut All-American Donyell Marshall, who hit 77% of his foul shots during three-year college career, missed two free throws with 3.4 seconds remaining in regulation in East Regional semifinals. UConn wound up losing to Florida, 69-60, in overtime.
1995: Upon making splendid steal off baseline in-bounds pass by Arkansas, Lucious Jackson called an unnecessary timeout while prone in right corner with 4.3 seconds remaining in regulation although Syracuse was out of them and had possession arrow pointing in direction of the Orange. The Razorbacks made one-of-two technical foul charity tosses to knot score, 82-82, and won second-round game in overtime, 96-94.
2006: In the last 20 seconds, Gonzaga's Jose Bautista committed a foul going for rebound following teammate's missed field-goal attempt and subsequently had ball stolen from him after receiving in-bounds pass triggering go-ahead basket for UCLA, giving the Bruins their first lead of game en route to 73-71 come-from-behind victory. The reversal left national player of the year Adam Morrison of the Zags weeping prostrate at mid-court.
2008: Given multiple chances to put away Kansas in national final including leading by nine points with fewer than two minutes remaining in regulation, Memphis All-Americans Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts combined to convert only one of five foul shots in the final 1:12 of regulation (including one front end of a one-and-one). They were 1-of-4 in the last 16 seconds. Rose and Douglas-Roberts had collaborated to sink 20-of-23 in a semifinal rout of UCLA. The Tigers hit only 59% from the line for the season after losing to KU, 75-68.
2014: Virginia Commonwealth's JeQuan Lewis ran into Stephen F. Austin player (Desmond Haymon) as lefthander made three-point field goal with 3.6 seconds remaining in regulation in second round of South Regional. After Haymon converted free throw to complete four-point play, VCU went on to lose in overtime, 77-75.
2019: New Mexico State's Terrell Brown missed two of three free throws with 1.1 seconds remaining in a 78-77 opening-round setback against Auburn after getting fouled by Bryce Brown beyond the three-point arc. Terrell Brown made a team-leading 77.6% of his charity tosses during the entire season.
2019: Auburn's Samir Doughty fouled Virginia's Kyle Guy at buzzer when sharpshooter launched a three-point attempt from the left corner. Guy sank all three free throws to give the Cavaliers a 63-62 win in national semifinals.

After previously toiling in obscurity, former small-college standouts Adonis Arms (Texas Tech from Northwest Nazarene ID via Winthrop), Dale Bonner (Baylor from Fairmont State WV), Ryan Hawkins (Creighton from Northwest Missouri State) and Khalil Shabazz (San Francisco from Central Washington) were on center stage in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Arms, Bonner, Hawkins and Shabazz joined a long list of small-school transfer players going from nowhere to prospect of Cloud Nine in the NCAA DI playoffs.

Arkansas, Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Iowa, Kansas State, Louisville, Marquette, Nevada and Wisconsin featured small-college transfers in regular rotations of previous NCAA tourney squads. There was even a coach in recent tourney who was in this rare category as a player - Montana's Travis DeCuire (Chaminade HI prior to his current pitstop).

Of course, the most prominent player in history in this category is all-time great Elgin Baylor (Seattle), the Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 1958. Consider this alphabetical list of the more than 40 transfers going from non-Division I schools to bright lights of the NCAA Division I Tournament:

Desi Barmore, F (Southeast Missouri State 79/Alabama 81 and Fresno State 82-83)
Averaged 5.8 ppg and 3.3 rpg at DI level after averaging 15.4 ppg and 7.3 rpg with SEMO as a freshman. Appeared in 1982 NCAA playoffs with FSU, scoring eight points in 58-40 second-round West Regional semifinal defeat against eventual national runner-up Georgetown.

Scott Barnes, C (Eastern Montana 81-82/Fresno State 84-85)
Averaged 9.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg for Eastern Montana before averaging 11.7 ppg and 6.6 rpg for Fresno State. Barnes was an All-PCAA second-team selection as a senior when he led the Bulldogs in rebounding (7.4 rpg). Grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds against Karl Malone-led Louisiana Tech when Fresno bowed to the Bulldogs in the first round of 1984 NCAA playoffs.

Elgin Baylor, F (College of Idaho 55/Seattle 57-58)
Averaged 31.3 ppg and 18.9 rpg for College of Idaho (now Albertson College) before averaging 31.2 ppg and 19.8 rpg for Seattle. He was an NCAA unanimous first-team All-American and Final Four Most Outstanding Player as a junior in 1957-58 after averaging 27 points in five playoff games.

Andrew Benson, F (Prairie View A&M/Houston 67)
Averaged 2.4 ppg and 1.7 rpg for UH's national third-place team.

Davion Berry, G-F (Cal State Montery Bay 10-11/Weber State 13-14)
Big Sky Conference MVP scored a game-high 24 points in 68-59 opening-game defeat against Arizona in 2014.

Don Boldebuck, C (Nebraska Wesleyan 52-53/Houston 55-56)
Averaged more than 20 ppg for Nebraska Wesleyan before averaging 23 ppg and 17 rpg in leading UH in scoring and rebounding both of his seasons with the Cougars. He paced them in scoring in both of their NCAA playoff games in 1956.

Mike Born, G (Nebraska-Omaha 85-86/Iowa State 88-89)
Averaged 10.5 ppg for Nebraska-Omaha before averaging 8.6 ppg and 2.5 apg for two NCAA Tournament teams at Iowa State. Scored six points in each of his NCAA playoff games.

Jim Boylan, G (Assumption MA 74-75/Marquette 77-78)
Fifth-leading scorer for 1977 NCAA Tournament champion. He scored 14 points in the tourney final against Phil Ford-led North Carolina.

Bryan Bracey, F (Wisconsin-Platteville 97/Oregon 00-01)
Played one game with UWP before transferring to a junior college. Averaged 13.2 ppg and 5.3 rpg with the Ducks, appearing in NCAA tourney as a junior (10 points and 6 rebounds in 72-71 opening-round East Regional defeat in OT against Seton Hall).

Gary Brell, F (North Dakota State 68/Marquette 70-71)
Averaged 15.2 ppg and 12.9 rpg for NDSU before averaging 12.8 ppg and 8.6 rpg with MU. As a senior, he distributed a game-high eight assists in 60-59 NCAA tourney defeat against Ohio State before grabbing nine rebounds in 91-74 win against Kentucky in Mideast Regional third-place game.

Jon Bryant, G (St. Cloud State MN 96-97/Wisconsin 99-00)
All-North Central Conference selection and team MVP with 17.3 ppg as a sophomore after being named NCC Freshman of the Year when he hit 57.4% of his three-point attempts. Third-leading scorer for the Badgers burst on the national scene with seven three-pointers, including four in a zone-busting 1 1/2-minute stretch late in the game, to help the Badgers rally to a 66-56 over Fresno State in the first round of 2000 West Regional.

Ronnie Clark, G (Florida Southern 00/Colorado State 02-04)
Sunshine State Conference freshman of the year was CSU's third-leading rebounder and fourth-leading scorer in 2003 when the Rams played Duke tough before bowing in the opening round.

Terry Connolly, F (Shepherd WV 87-88/Richmond 90-91)
Averaged 8.2 ppg each of his two seasons with Spider NCAA playoff teams. Member of first #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed (Syracuse in 1991).

Barry Davis, F (Sam Houston State 73/Texas A&M 75-76)
Freshman on Sam Houston State's top-ranked NAIA team. Juco recruit became two-time All-SWC selection, delivering team-high 16 points and game-high 15 rebounds in 87-79 setback against Cincinnati in 1975 Midwest Regional.

Travis DeCuire, G (Chaminade HI 90/Montana 92-94)
Led Chaminade in scoring with 10.9 ppg as a freshman in 1989-90. Averaged 6.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 5 apg for the Grizzlies, including Big Sky Conference-leading 7.1 apg as a senior. Competing against eventual Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward, DeCuire scored six points in a 78-68 reversal against Florida State in 1992 NCAA playoffs.

Chris Flemmings, G (Barton NC 13-14/UNC Wilmington 16-17)
Conference Carolinas MVP in 2013-14 with 19.6 ppg and 6.8 rpg before posting team highs of 16.2 ppg and 5.8 rpg for UNCW's 2016 NCAA playoff team losing against Duke despite his 18 points. Flemmings also tallied a team-high 18 points in 76-71 setback against Virginia in 2017 NCAA playoffs.

Freddie Gillespie, F-C (Carleton MN 17/Baylor 19-20)
All-MIAC second-team selection in 2016-17 when leading league in blocked shots. Part-time starter for the Bears in 2018-19 averaged six points and three rebounds in two NCAA playoff games.

Landon Goesling, G (St. Edward's TX 15-18/Houston 19)
Led Heartland Conference with 22.9 ppg in 2017-18. Played briefly for UH in one NCAA playoff game in 2019.

Robert Gray, F (Cal Poly Pomona 72-73/Wichita State 75-76)
Averaged 13 ppg and 5.8 rpg with WSU. As a senior, he collected 10 points and team-high tying 7 rebounds in opening-round defeat against eventual NCAA Tournament runner-up Michigan.

Keenan Gumbs, F (Schreiner TX 15-18/Liberty 19)
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2018. Part-time starter for Liberty's 2019 team posting the school's first-ever NCAA playoff victory. He scored six points in each of two tourney contests.

Tate Hall, G (Indianapolis 17-18/Loyola of Chicago 20-22)
GLVC Freshman of the Year before becoming all-league first-team choice as sophomore. All-MVC selection averaged 2.5 ppg and 3.3 rpg with Ramblers in four NCAA playoff games in 2021 and 2022.

Mike Hansen, G (Tennessee-Martin 89/Louisiana State 91-93)
Scored 40 points vs. LSU as a freshman when leading UTM in scoring (20 ppg) and assists. Erupted for 31 points against both Tennessee and Illinois as a sophomore when he was the Tigers' third-leading scorer (12.7 ppg) before his playing time decreased significantly his final two seasons. Member of three LSU teams participating in the NCAA playoffs.

John Harrell, G (North Carolina Central 76/Duke 78-79)
Averaged 15.7 ppg and led N.C. Central in assists in 1975-76. Averaged 5.1 ppg for Duke's NCAA Tournament runner-up in 1977-78 before playing sparingly the next season.

E.J. Harrison, G (Western Connecticut State 95-96/Connecticut 98-99)
Averaged 1.9 ppg for UConn's 1999 NCAA titlist after averaging team-high 19.3 ppg and 2.7 spg for WCSU in 1995-96. He scored 12 points and had team-high three steals in '99 tourney opener against UTSA and team-high three assists in second-round win over New Mexico.

Art Helms, F (Southwest Missouri State 53-54/Houston 56)
Averaged 13.7 ppg for SWMS before averaging 13.1 ppg and 10.1 rpg for UH's first NCAA playoff team (grabbed team-high 10 rebounds in tourney debut against SMU).

Curtis High, G (Tennessee-Martin 81-82/Nevada-Reno 84-85)
Tennessee-Martin's second-leading scorer as a freshman (14.3 ppg) and sophomore (12.6 ppg). Led UNR in scoring and assists as a junior (13.3 ppg, 6.3 apg) and senior (17.8 ppg, 6 apg) for two NCAA tourney squads. All-Big Sky Conference first-team selection in 1984-85. Scored a team-high 21 points in 1984 first-round loss to Detlef Schrempf-led Washington.

Roy Howard, F (Tarleton State TX 89/Texas-El Paso 91-93)
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Freshman of the Year when he led Tarleton State in scoring (15.3 ppg) and rebounding (11.5 rpg). UTEP's second-leading rebounder as a senior (6.5 rpg). Averaged 4.2 ppg and 4.4 rpg for 1992 NCAA playoff team upsetting #1 seed Kansas in Midwest Regional.

Doug Jemison, F (Wright State OH 75/San Francisco 78-79)
Averaged 7.1 ppg for WSU before attending a junior college. Averaged 12.7 ppg and 8.9 rpg for two USF NCAA tourney teams (teammate of All-American Bill Cartwright led Dons in rebounding in two of four playoff games and in blocked shots one contest).

Avery Johnson, G (Cameron OK 85/Southern LA 87-88)
Averaged a modest 4.3 ppg for Cameron before leading the nation in assists with Southern for two NCAA tourney teams. Distributed a total of 17 assists in NCAA playoff games against Temple and Kentucky. Shares NCAA single-game record for most assists with 22. Went on to become principal playmaker for the San Antonio Spurs' NBA champion before coaching in the pros prior to accepting a similar job at Alabama.

Kenny Jones, C (Lincoln Memorial TN 76-78/Virginia Commonwealth 80)
Averaged 8.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg for VCU's first NCAA DI playoff team in 1980. He collected five points and seven rebounds in opening-round defeat against Iowa before the Hawkeyes reached Final Four.

Ron Lacey, G (Northeastern Oklahoma State 87-88)/Northeastern 90-91)
Runner-up in scoring for the Huskies' 1991 NCAA playoff team. He collected 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in opening-round setback against Dean Smith-coached North Carolina.

Fred Lewis, F (Tampa 88/South Florida 90-92)
Sunshine State Conference Freshman of the Year when he averaged 15.2 ppg and 5.7 rpg. Averaged 13 ppg and 8 rpg for USF. He was the Bulls' second-leading rebounder all three seasons, including two NCAA playoff teams.

Bob Lochmueller, F (Oakland City IN/Louisville 50-52)
Averaged 15 ppg in his career with the Cardinals, leading their first NCAA Tournament team in scoring as a junior (19 ppg). Grabbed game-high 18 rebounds in 1951 NCAA playoff loss against in-state rival Kentucky.

Tony Massop, C (Sacramento State 87/Kansas State 89-90)
Averaged 10.3 ppg and 8 rpg as a sophomore at Sacramento State. Averaged 5.9 ppg and 5.6 rpg as a junior and 8.1 ppg and 6.6 rpg as a senior for a pair of NCAA tourney teams. He was the Wildcats' leading rebounder in 1989-90.

Boyd McCaslin, F (Hobart NY 45/Dartmouth 46/Michigan 48-49)
All-Ivy League second-team selection went on to participate in Michigan's first NCAA playoff game in 1948 after transferring with coach Ozzie Cowles. Originally lettered with Hobart.

Paul Mickey, C (Troy State AL 63/Penn State 65-67)
Averaged 2.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg for Troy before averaging 9 ppg and 8.7 rpg with the Nittany Lions. Appeared in 1965 NCAA playoffs against Bill Bradley-led Princeton.

Keaton Moffitt, G (Sioux Falls SD 12-13/South Dakota State 15-16)
Posted same scoring average (5.8 ppg) with SF as he did as part-time starter for SDSU's 2016 NCAA DI tourney team. Reserve grabbed three rebounds in 14 minutes of playing time in South Regional 79-74 setback against Maryland.

Bret Mundt, C (Bethel TN/Memphis State 88-89)
Averaged 5.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg in 1987-88 and 6.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg in 1988-89 for a pair of NCAA tourney teams. Scored 13 points when the Tigers lost to Purdue in 1988 Midwest Regional.

Tucker Neale, G (Ashland OH 91/Colgate 93-95)
Averaged 23.1 ppg for Colgate's first NCAA playoff team in 1995. Scored game-high 25 points in loss against Kansas.

Carlton Neverson, G (Elmira NY 78/Pittsburgh 79-81)
Averaged 11.2 ppg and 5.3 rpg with Elmira before transferring to Pitt, where he averaged 11.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 2.3 apg. Appearing in NCAA playoffs as a senior, he scored a team-high 17 points in 74-57 second-round setback against North Carolina after contributing six points in 70-69 win against Idaho.

Anunwa "Nuni" Omot, F (Concordia MN 15/Baylor 17-18)
Member of the Bears' regular rotation much of 2016-17 season as juco recruit. Played briefly in all three NCAA tourney games that year.

Chris Parker, G (Henderson State AR 18-20/Liberty 21)
GAC Tournament MVP in 2020. Son of former NBA player Charlie Parker was assists leader and second-leading scorer for the Flames' NCAA tourney team. He scored 10 points in playoff game against Oklahoma State.

Aaron Preece, G (Illinois College/Bradley 49-51)
Sixth-leading scorer for the Braves' 1950 NCAA and NIT runner-up tallied 12 points in each of the NCAA Final Four games.

Cecil Rellford, F (Kentucky State 74/St. John's 76-77)
Averaged 21.7 ppg and 10 rpg for KSU in six games before averaging 11.2 ppg and 6 rpg with St. John's. Averaged 9 ppg and 4.5 rpg in two NCAA playoff setbacks.

Duncan Robinson, F (Williams MA 14/Michigan 16-18)
Averaged 17.1 ppg and 6.5 rpg for DIII Tournament runner-up as a freshman in 2013-14. Four years later, he led the Wolverines' 2018 DI Tournament runner-up in three-pointers with 78. Also competed in NCAA playoffs in 2016 and 2017.

Nevil Shed, F (North Carolina A&T/Texas Western 65-67)
"The Shadow" sank the free throw in 1966 NCAA championship game against Kentucky, giving the Miners a lead they never relinquished. He averaged 10.6 ppg and 7.9 rpg for the national titlist.

Bill Sherwood, C-F (Oglethorpe GA 84-85/Oregon State 87-88)
Averaged 7.7 ppg in 1986-87 and 14.7 ppg in 1987-88 for the Beavers. Outscored teammate Gary Payton with 17 points in OSU's 70-61 loss to Louisville in 1988 Southeast Regional.

Danny Singletary, G (Ohio Valley WV/Coppin State 97-98)
Led National Small College Athletic Association in scoring in mid-1990s with 27.6-ppg average before transferring. Averaged 12.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.8 apg and 2.3 spg for Coppin State. Scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half of a shocking 78-65 first-round triumph against South Carolina in 1997 NCAA playoffs before collecting team-high 6 assists and game-high 6 steals in 82-81 setback against Texas.

Gregg Smith, C (North Dakota State 00/Eastern Washington 02-04)
Transferred along with coach Ray Giacoletti following freshman season in 1999-00 (5.6 ppg and 3.9 rpg). Averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.3 rpg in three-year career with EWU, scoring team-high 16 points against Oklahoma State in his final game (75-56 setback in 2004 East Regional in East Rutherford).

Scott Snider, C (Pacific Lutheran WA 92-93/Gonzaga 95-96)
Led Pacific Lutheran in scoring as a freshman with 11.9 ppg before averaging 14 ppg and 5.6 rpg as a sophomore. Led the WCC in field-goal shooting (62.9%) as a senior when averaging 10.4 ppg and 7.4 rpg after averaging 5.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg the previous year for the Zags' first NCAA Tournament team.

Jerry Stroman, F (Benedict SC 83/Utah 85-86)
All-WAC first-team selection as a senior when leading the Utes in scoring with 18 ppg. He shared team-high scoring total with 18 points in opening-round loss against North Carolina in 1986 NCAA tourney.

Manny Suarez, C (Adelphi NY 16-17/Creighton 18)
Averaged 15.1 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 2.2 bpg in two-year career with Adelphi. Played briefly for Creighton in 2018 NCAA playoff opening-round defeat against Kansas State.

Johnny Taylor, F (Knoxville TN 94/Tenn.-Chattanooga 96-97)
Averaged 18.2 ppg and 8.1 rpg with UTC before becoming an NBA first-round draft choice. Southern Conference Player of the Year for UTC team upsetting Georgia and Illinois in 1997 Southeast Regional. He averaged 17.7 ppg and 6 rpg in three NCAA playoff games, scoring a game-high 22 points in defeat against Providence.

Chad Townsend, G (St. Edward's TX 95/Murray State 97-98)
Averaged 22.4 ppg and 4.4 rpg in his final season with St. Edward's. All-Ohio Valley Conference second-team selection averaged 13.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg and a school-record 7.1 apg as a junior when he was OVC Tournament MVP. Played in two NCAA tourneys with the Racers, pacing them in assists in both games while averaging 12 ppg and 5.5 rpg.

Joel Tribelhorn, G (Fort Lewis CO 85-87/Colorado State 89)
Finished third on Fort Lewis' career scoring list with 1,390 points after setting school single-season records for most points (635 in 1986-87), highest scoring average (24.4 ppg in 1985-86) and best three-point field-goal shooting (50% in 1986-87). The NAIA All-American second-team selection as a junior became an All-WAC second-team pick as a senior when he was CSU's second-leading scorer (13.8 ppg), led the Rams in field-goal shooting (53.9%) and paced the league in three-point shooting (56.3%). Scored a game-high 20 points when CSU upset Florida, 68-46, in 1989 Midwest Regional.

Jeff Tyson, G (Aquinas MI 72/Western Michigan 74-76)
Played seven games with Aquinas before averaging 15 ppg and 5.4 rpg with WMU. As a senior, he scored a game-high 25 points in 77-67 decision over Virginia Tech in the Chippewas' first-ever NCAA playoff contest.

Chandler Vaudrin, G (Walsh OH 17-18/Winthrop 20-21)
Averaged team-high 15.5 ppg and ranked fourth in DII with 7.5 apg as sophomore before ranking seventh in DI in assists as senior with 6.9 apg. Also led Winthrop's 2021 NCAA playoff squad in scoring.

Roosevelt Wallace, F (Virginia Union/Arkansas 91-92)
Averaged 8.8 ppg and 5.7 rpg for the Razorbacks' 1992 NCAA playoff squad. He played a total of 16 minutes in two tourney tilts.

Phil Zevenbergen, F (Seattle Pacific 83/Washington 86-87)
Attended community college before averaging 10.1 ppg and 6.2 rpg for the Huskies. Grabbed two rebounds in nine minutes in 72-70 setback against Michigan State in first round of 1986 Midwest Regional.

NOTE: Missouri State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, North Dakota State, Omaha, Prairie View, Sacramento State, Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee-Martin, Troy and Wright State subsequently moved up to NCAA Division I status.

Weep On It/Think On It/Sleep On It/Drink On It. That could be the motto for Alabama after the Crimson Tide remained viewed as a "Susan Lucci" school in NCAA Division I by failing to advance again to the Promised Land following a dismal opening-round effort against Notre Dame. Brigham Young, Missouri and Xavier are the only three schools participating in more than 25 NCAA Tournaments but never advancing to a Final Four.

Missouri has reached a regional final on four occasions but fell short in advancing to the Final Four. Four years ago, Xavier joined Mizzou (1994) as the only schools never reaching the national semifinals despite earning a #1 seed at some point during their NCAA playoff participation. Boston College is another bridesmaid multiple times comparable to Xavier, losing three regional finals (1967, 1982 and 1994) in 18 tourney appearances (22-19 record) since the field expanded beyond eight teams in 1950.

The following "Low Five" frustrated institutions remain in quagmire because they've made more than 20 appearances without reaching the Final Four: