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Never-Made-the-Tourney, March 12: Just Bethune-Cookman, y'all!

After the Summit League was a bummer, there's only one Tuesday never-made-the-tourney team. I'm so sad inside. I hate you, Summit League.

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Florida Gulf Coast is going to their first NCAA Tournament

The first bid in the 2013 NCAA Tournament goes to a squad that's Never-Made-The-Tourney no more: , Florida Gulf Coast is going dancing after knocking off No. 1 Mercer in the Atlantic Sun Tournament - in just their second year of tournament eligibility.

2 months ago Article 5 comments

Never-Made-The-Tourney March 9, featuring FGCU going for a tourney bid

Saturday features a Never-Made-The-Tourney team in FGCU going up for an at-large bid and a chance to break their curse. Unfortunately, Friday was a bit of a bloodbath.

3 months ago Article 1 comment

Never-Made-The-Tourney: Meet Presbyterian Blue Hose Basketball

The Presbyterian Blue Hose were in their first year in Division I, so now they're a member of the club after losing in the Big South Tournament on Wednesdays. They are not in different area codes.

3 months ago Article 7 comments

Never-Made-The-Tourney, March 8

Three of the four semifinalists in the Atlantic Sun are never-made-the-tourney squads. Can two make it out of today's semis? Plus, Youngstown State gets the awwwwws and The Citadel kicks into action.

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Never-Made-the-Tourney Club: March 7

Army is just two wins away from their first NCAA Tournament! But every other team lost yesterday :( Some A-Sun and Big South action today!

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Never-Made-the-Tourney Club: Meet Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners basketball

Cal State Bakersfield is new to Division I, and didn't have a conference this year. That's a nice, no-nonsense way not to make the NCAA Tournament. ROADRUNNERS, Y'ALL.

3 months ago Article 5 comments

Never-Made-The-Tourney Club, March 6

Longwood wins! Longwood wins! (They'll probably lose their next game.) Youngstown State also won a thriller, because go Penguins.

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Never-Made-the-NCAA-Tournament Club: The Great West Conference, a Failure of a thing

A look at the Great West Conference, a dying attempt by some schools making the NCAA Tourney. It was not great, it was not really that West, and it was barely a conference

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Never-Made-the-Tourney Club: Meet Sacred Heart basketball

Our look at teams that also haven't made the NCAA Tournament, brings us to Sacred Heart, an NEC team whose coach is terrible. According to the Wikipedia, at least.

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The Never-Made-The-Tourney Club rides again: 2013 primer

With March Madness around the corner, it's time for Sippin' on Purple's annual look at the teams - besides Northwestern - never to have gone dancing.