The 34 men's college basketball teams who have never made it to March Madness in 2025

We know this is a rough time for anyone on this list: a look at the teams that have never made it to men's March Madness in their program's history.

But we've got to talk about it, because that's sadly how it is. But hey, maybe one of these teams will be a Kennesaw State, who ended their streak of missing the men's NCAA tournament in 2023.

So ... maybe this gives the teams on this list some hope that they too, someday, can break through and get a bid to play for a national title?

Here's who's never made it (h/t to the NCAA):

• Army
• Bellarmine
• Bethune-Cookman
• Cal Baptist
• Central Arkansas
• Chicago State
• The Citadel
• Denver
• Elon
• Incarnate Word
• Kansas City
• Maine
• Maryland Eastern Shore
• Merrimack
• New Hampshire
• NJIT
• North Alabama
• Presbyterian
• Purdue Fort Wayne
• Quinnipiac
• Sacramento State
• Sacred Heart
• South Dakota
• Tarleton State
• UC Riverside
• UMass Lowell
• USC Upstate
• UT Martin
• UTRGV
• Utah Tech
• Utah Valley
• Western Illinois
• William & Mary
• Youngstown State

This article originally appeared on For The Win: College basketball teams never to make it to March Madness in 2025