College Basketball belt drought clocks
149 programs · counting from the last reign's endFordham has waited longest: 27,682 days since January 9, 1951. Every program that has held the lineal College Basketball belt, by how long it has been without it. The clocks keep counting on this page; the belt only moves when someone beats the holder.
| Team | Days without it | Last held | Longest wait ever | Reigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham | 27,682 | Jan 9, 1951 | — | 1 |
| Detroit Mercy | 27,273 | Feb 22, 1952 | — | 1 |
| Oklahoma State | 26,953 | Jan 7, 1953 | — | 1 |
| Bowling Green | 23,636 | Feb 6, 1962 | — | 1 |
| Davidson | 22,143 | Mar 10, 1966 | — | 1 |
| New Mexico | 21,862 | Dec 16, 1966 | — | 1 |
| New Mexico State | 21,856 | Dec 22, 1966 | — | 1 |
| Tulsa | 21,778 | Mar 10, 1967 | — | 1 |
| Seattle U | 20,763 | Dec 19, 1969 | — | 1 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 20,754 | Dec 28, 1969 | — | 1 |
| Pacific | 20,688 | Mar 4, 1970 | — | 1 |
| San Francisco longest ever | 20,417 | Nov 30, 1970 | 2,643ended by Utah State, Mar 12, 1964 | 4 |
| Toledo longest ever | 18,212 | Dec 13, 1976 | 5,408ended by Indiana, Nov 30, 1976 | 2 |
| Western Michigan | 18,198 | Dec 27, 1976 | — | 1 |
| Washington longest ever | 17,844 | Dec 16, 1977 | 13ended by Washington State, Mar 2, 1977 | 2 |
| Utah State longest ever | 17,825 | Jan 4, 1978 | 5,027ended by Washington, Dec 16, 1977 | 3 |
| UTEP longest ever | 17,788 | Feb 10, 1978 | 4,073ended by Arizona State, Feb 8, 1978 | 2 |
| Rice | 16,365 | Jan 3, 1982 | — | 1 |
| Texas A&M | 16,335 | Feb 2, 1982 | — | 1 |
| South Alabama | 15,625 | Jan 13, 1984 | — | 1 |
| Old Dominion longest ever | 15,620 | Jan 18, 1984 | 1,092ended by South Alabama, Jan 13, 1984 | 2 |
| James Madison | 15,579 | Feb 28, 1984 | — | 1 |
| William & Mary | 15,569 | Mar 9, 1984 | — | 1 |
| Navy | 15,568 | Mar 10, 1984 | — | 1 |
| Lamar | 14,923 | Dec 15, 1985 | — | 1 |
| Vanderbilt longest ever | 14,141 | Feb 5, 1988 | 11,001ended by Georgia, Jan 19, 1988 | 3 |
| Ole Miss longest ever | 14,116 | Mar 1, 1988 | 12,079ended by Alabama, Feb 23, 1988 | 2 |
| California longest ever | 13,445 | Jan 1, 1990 | 10,871ended by BYU, Dec 22, 1989 | 3 |
| Southern | 12,271 | Mar 20, 1993 | — | 1 |
| Santa Clara longest ever | 11,295 | Nov 21, 1995 | 9,406ended by UCLA, Nov 20, 1995 | 3 |
| Temple longest ever | 11,270 | Dec 16, 1995 | 9,461ended by Kansas, Nov 30, 1993 | 6 |
| Tulane | 11,200 | Feb 24, 1996 | 14,250ended by Louisville, Feb 7, 1996 | 3 |
| Mississippi State | 11,166 | Mar 29, 1996 | 13,595ended by Cincinnati, Mar 23, 1996 | 3 |
| San José State | 10,888 | Jan 1, 1997 | — | 1 |
| Hawai'i | 10,858 | Jan 31, 1997 | — | 1 |
| Fresno State | 10,844 | Feb 14, 1997 | — | 1 |
| Air Force | 10,839 | Feb 19, 1997 | — | 1 |
| UNLV longest ever | 10,830 | Feb 28, 1997 | 7,338ended by Duke, Apr 1, 1990 | 5 |
| Colorado State longest ever | 10,826 | Mar 4, 1997 | 6,973ended by UNLV, Feb 28, 1997 | 2 |
| SMU | 10,824 | Mar 6, 1997 | 11,755ended by Colorado State, Mar 4, 1997 | 2 |
| Indiana longest ever | 8,708 | Dec 21, 2002 | 4,025ended by Memphis, Dec 28, 1964 | 18 |
| Oklahoma longest ever | 8,609 | Mar 30, 2003 | 5,472ended by Butler, Mar 28, 2003 | 2 |
| Charlotte longest ever | 8,361 | Dec 3, 2003 | 3,680ended by Louisville, Feb 16, 1994 | 3 |
| Alabama longest ever | 8,330 | Jan 3, 2004 | 6,889ended by Western Michigan, Dec 27, 1976 | 7 |
| George Washington longest ever | 8,302 | Jan 31, 2004 | 3,610ended by Duquesne, Jan 24, 2004 | 4 |
| Richmond longest ever | 8,298 | Feb 4, 2004 | 7,260ended by George Washington, Jan 31, 2004 | 5 |
| Dayton | 8,291 | Feb 11, 2004 | — | 1 |
| Xavier longest ever | 8,245 | Mar 28, 2004 | 57ended by Saint Joseph's, Mar 11, 2004 | 2 |
| Northwestern | 7,556 | Feb 15, 2006 | 19,729ended by Iowa, Feb 8, 2006 | 2 |
| Iowa | 7,526 | Mar 17, 2006 | 11,581ended by Northeastern, Nov 30, 1986 | 10 |
| Northwestern State | 7,524 | Mar 19, 2006 | — | 1 |
| DePaul | 7,259 | Dec 9, 2006 | 9,458ended by Kansas, Dec 2, 2006 | 3 |
| Chattanooga | 7,217 | Jan 20, 2007 | — | 1 |
| Wofford | 7,215 | Jan 22, 2007 | — | 1 |
| Charleston | 7,208 | Jan 29, 2007 | — | 1 |
| App State longest ever | 7,203 | Feb 3, 2007 | 16ended by Charleston, Jan 29, 2007 | 2 |
| Furman | 7,194 | Feb 12, 2007 | — | 1 |
| Georgia Southern | 7,191 | Feb 15, 2007 | — | 1 |
| George Mason | 7,182 | Feb 24, 2007 | — | 1 |
| Drexel | 7,174 | Mar 4, 2007 | — | 1 |
| VCU | 7,161 | Mar 17, 2007 | 8,341ended by UAB, Dec 16, 2006 | 4 |
| Illinois State | 6,803 | Mar 9, 2008 | — | 1 |
| Drake | 6,791 | Mar 21, 2008 | 16,828ended by Illinois State, Mar 9, 2008 | 2 |
| Wright State longest ever | 6,498 | Jan 8, 2009 | 310ended by Cleveland State, Dec 30, 2008 | 2 |
| Green Bay longest ever | 6,463 | Feb 12, 2009 | 368ended by Butler, Feb 2, 2009 | 2 |
| Youngstown State | 6,457 | Feb 18, 2009 | — | 1 |
| Cleveland State longest ever | 6,454 | Feb 21, 2009 | 326ended by Syracuse, Dec 15, 2008 | 3 |
| Southern Illinois | 6,441 | Mar 6, 2009 | — | 1 |
| Bradley | 6,440 | Mar 7, 2009 | 16,805ended by Southern Illinois, Mar 6, 2009 | 3 |
| Northern Iowa | 6,428 | Mar 19, 2009 | — | 1 |
| Harvard | 5,434 | Dec 8, 2011 | — | 1 |
| South Florida | 5,387 | Jan 24, 2012 | 10,208ended by Seton Hall, Jan 13, 2012 | 2 |
| Notre Dame | 5,355 | Feb 25, 2012 | 10,949ended by Georgetown, Feb 27, 2010 | 7 |
| St. John's | 5,351 | Feb 29, 2012 | 10,202ended by North Carolina, Nov 20, 1982 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh | 5,348 | Mar 3, 2012 | 6,993ended by St. John's, Jan 31, 1983 | 10 |
| Cincinnati | 5,341 | Mar 10, 2012 | 5,830ended by Syracuse, Mar 9, 2012 | 9 |
| Georgia Tech | 5,009 | Feb 5, 2013 | 8,768ended by Virginia, Feb 21, 1992 | 12 |
| Wake Forest | 5,001 | Feb 13, 2013 | 7,657ended by NC State, Jan 2, 1975 | 5 |
| Boston College | 4,998 | Feb 16, 2013 | 6,184ended by Virginia Tech, Mar 1, 2011 | 5 |
| NC State | 4,991 | Feb 23, 2013 | 7,364ended by UCLA, Mar 22, 1974 | 13 |
| Syracuse longest ever | 4,949 | Apr 6, 2013 | 3,295ended by North Carolina, Mar 19, 1975 | 16 |
| UAB longest ever | 4,690 | Dec 21, 2013 | 2,607ended by Saint Louis, Mar 14, 2003 | 6 |
| Rhode Island | 4,673 | Jan 7, 2014 | 7,244ended by LSU, Jan 4, 2014 | 3 |
| Duquesne | 4,616 | Mar 5, 2014 | 14,648ended by Xavier, Jan 14, 2004 | 3 |
| Massachusetts longest ever | 4,612 | Mar 9, 2014 | 3,659ended by UConn, Dec 9, 2004 | 4 |
| Saint Louis | 4,607 | Mar 14, 2014 | 13,161ended by Louisville, Feb 12, 2003 | 5 |
| St. Bonaventure | 4,606 | Mar 15, 2014 | 12,078ended by Saint Louis, Mar 14, 2014 | 3 |
| Saint Joseph's longest ever | 4,601 | Mar 20, 2014 | 3,656ended by St. Bonaventure, Mar 15, 2014 | 2 |
| West Virginia | 4,342 | Dec 4, 2014 | 14,647ended by Northwestern State, Mar 19, 2006 | 6 |
| LSU | 4,307 | Jan 8, 2015 | 8,056ended by Missouri, Mar 13, 1980 | 7 |
| Missouri | 4,305 | Jan 10, 2015 | 7,236ended by LSU, Jan 8, 2015 | 5 |
| Georgia | 4,284 | Jan 31, 2015 | 9,806ended by Florida, Jan 17, 2015 | 4 |
| Virginia Tech | 3,880 | Mar 10, 2016 | 9,922ended by Duke, Feb 26, 2011 | 3 |
| Miami longest ever | 3,879 | Mar 11, 2016 | 2,221ended by Virginia, Feb 5, 2011 | 5 |
| Marquette | 3,556 | Jan 28, 2017 | 10,304ended by Cincinnati, Mar 1, 1996 | 7 |
| Providence | 3,552 | Feb 1, 2017 | 9,841ended by Marquette, Jan 28, 2017 | 2 |
| South Carolina longest ever | 3,493 | Apr 1, 2017 | 782ended by Florida, Mar 26, 2017 | 2 |
| North Carolina longest ever | 3,254 | Nov 26, 2017 | 2,564ended by Houston, Mar 26, 1982 | 24 |
| Ohio State | 3,194 | Jan 25, 2018 | 5,138ended by Illinois, Feb 21, 2001 | 9 |
| Penn State | 2,807 | Feb 16, 2019 | 10,941ended by St. Bonaventure, Feb 17, 1981 | 6 |
| Minnesota | 2,787 | Mar 8, 2019 | 14,226ended by Clemson, Dec 1, 1996 | 3 |
| Maryland | 2,781 | Mar 14, 2019 | 3,995ended by NC State, Feb 12, 1986 | 11 |
| Wisconsin | 2,779 | Mar 16, 2019 | 12,905ended by Kentucky, Apr 4, 2015 | 8 |
| Michigan State | 2,758 | Apr 6, 2019 | 9,829ended by Indiana, Dec 30, 1978 | 14 |
| Virginia | 2,516 | Dec 4, 2019 | 6,921ended by Clemson, Feb 2, 2011 | 7 |
| Purdue | 2,505 | Dec 15, 2019 | 4,029ended by Northern Iowa, Mar 19, 2009 | 8 |
| Nebraska longest ever | 2,499 | Dec 21, 2019 | 275ended by Purdue, Dec 15, 2019 | 2 |
| North Dakota | 2,491 | Dec 29, 2019 | — | 1 |
| Oregon State | 2,487 | Jan 2, 2020 | 9,511ended by Arizona, Mar 1, 2000 | 4 |
| Arizona State | 2,431 | Feb 27, 2020 | 8,059ended by Oregon State, Mar 3, 2000 | 4 |
| USC | 2,151 | Dec 3, 2020 | 9,450ended by Arizona, Jan 21, 2000 | 7 |
| Butler | 2,097 | Jan 26, 2021 | 2,893ended by Villanova, Jan 4, 2017 | 6 |
| Seton Hall | 2,072 | Feb 20, 2021 | 8,311ended by UConn, Jan 3, 2012 | 6 |
| Georgetown | 2,044 | Mar 20, 2021 | 12,109ended by Houston, Apr 1, 1984 | 11 |
| Colorado | 2,042 | Mar 22, 2021 | 24,450ended by Washington State, Jan 23, 2020 | 3 |
| Florida State | 2,036 | Mar 28, 2021 | 4,357ended by Wake Forest, Feb 9, 1993 | 9 |
| Gonzaga longest ever | 2,028 | Apr 5, 2021 | 1,461ended by UCLA, Apr 3, 2021 | 2 |
| Kansas State | 1,736 | Jan 22, 2022 | 14,548ended by Texas Tech, Jan 15, 2022 | 3 |
| Kentucky | 1,712 | Feb 15, 2022 | 3,381ended by Louisville, Mar 31, 2012 | 23 |
| Arkansas | 1,694 | Mar 5, 2022 | 7,375ended by South Carolina, Feb 3, 2015 | 4 |
| Villanova | 1,666 | Apr 2, 2022 | 7,418ended by North Carolina, Apr 4, 2016 | 14 |
| Tennessee | 1,407 | Dec 17, 2022 | 16,452ended by Kentucky, Feb 15, 2022 | 5 |
| Washington State | 1,374 | Jan 19, 2023 | 15,660ended by Oregon, Jan 16, 2020 | 3 |
| Utah | 1,365 | Jan 28, 2023 | 8,322ended by Oregon State, Jan 2, 2020 | 8 |
| Oregon | 1,360 | Feb 2, 2023 | 7,276ended by Utah, Jan 4, 2020 | 4 |
| Stanford | 1,346 | Feb 16, 2023 | 8,365ended by Arizona, Feb 11, 2023 | 6 |
| UCLA | 1,323 | Mar 11, 2023 | 4,718ended by Arizona, Jan 12, 1990 | 19 |
| Princeton | 1,310 | Mar 24, 2023 | 20,530ended by Arizona, Mar 16, 2023 | 2 |
| Creighton | 1,308 | Mar 26, 2023 | 1,429ended by UConn, Dec 20, 2020 | 4 |
| San Diego State | 1,300 | Apr 3, 2023 | — | 1 |
| Texas Tech | 998 | Jan 30, 2024 | 1,009ended by Baylor, Jan 11, 2022 | 3 |
| TCU | 994 | Feb 3, 2024 | — | 1 |
| Texas | 991 | Feb 6, 2024 | 8,823ended by West Virginia, Mar 23, 2006 | 3 |
| Illinois | 938 | Mar 30, 2024 | 6,610ended by Iowa State, Mar 28, 2024 | 12 |
| UConn | 698 | Nov 25, 2024 | 3,292ended by Duke, Mar 28, 1999 | 15 |
| Memphis | 696 | Nov 27, 2024 | 6,076ended by UConn, Nov 25, 2024 | 5 |
| Auburn | 689 | Dec 4, 2024 | 9,801ended by Missouri, Jan 10, 2015 | 6 |
| Clemson | 589 | Mar 14, 2025 | 5,082ended by Duke, Feb 8, 2025 | 8 |
| Louisville | 588 | Mar 15, 2025 | 4,768ended by LSU, Mar 15, 1980 | 15 |
| Duke | 567 | Apr 5, 2025 | 4,390ended by Notre Dame, Mar 24, 1978 | 28 |
| Florida | 355 | Nov 3, 2025 | 13,546ended by Boston College, Mar 26, 1994 | 8 |
| Kansas | 252 | Feb 14, 2026 | 12,858ended by Oklahoma, Apr 3, 1988 | 10 |
| Iowa State | 245 | Feb 21, 2026 | 688ended by Kansas, Feb 14, 2026 | 3 |
| BYU | 242 | Feb 24, 2026 | 12,440ended by UCF, Jan 13, 2024 | 4 |
| UCF | 238 | Feb 28, 2026 | 4,428ended by Kansas, Jan 10, 2024 | 3 |
| Baylor | 234 | Mar 4, 2026 | 14,290ended by Gonzaga, Apr 5, 2021 | 4 |
| Houston | 224 | Mar 14, 2026 | 14,568ended by Iowa State, Feb 19, 2024 | 8 |
| Arizona | 203 | Apr 4, 2026 | 5,082ended by Colorado State, Jan 26, 1978 | 15 |
| Michigan | holding | — | 8,034ended by Purdue, Mar 6, 1987 | 18 |
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