Dead Teams Walking: Colgate Almost Left Brown as Only Club Sans 20 Wins

Colgate (19-14) nearly erased a striking shortcoming this campaign. New Hampshire, after reaching the 20-win plateau for the first time in school history in 2015-16, duplicated the feat again in 2016-17. After UNH shed a big blemish on its hoops resume, Brown and Colgate remained the only long-time NCAA Division I schools never to be part of a 20-win season at the major-college level. Harvard and Northwestern reached the 20-win plateau for the first time in school annals in 2009-10.

Following is a summary of how Brown and Colgate have been mired in mediocrity as the only institutions never to post a 20-win campaign despite participating at the NCAA Division I level more than 60 years: