Waiting for the College Basketball belt: the longest droughts

The active programs that have gone longest without the belt, and the ones still waiting for their first reign.

Every active Division I program and how long it's been since it last held the belt. The belt moves constantly, so a long wait usually means a program keeps losing the one game that matters.

Never held it

214 current programs have never held the belt.

The longest waits

1. Holy Cross: last held it March 2, 1952, 27,238 days ago.
2. Canisius: last held it February 7, 1953, 26,896 days ago.
3. Valparaiso: last held it December 1, 1953, 26,599 days ago.
4. San Francisco: last held it December 16, 1956, 25,488 days ago.
5. Niagara: last held it February 1, 1963, 23,250 days ago.
6. Miami (OH): last held it December 21, 1964, 22,561 days ago.
7. Seattle U: last held it February 23, 1969, 21,036 days ago.
8. UTEP: last held it March 3, 1969, 21,028 days ago.
9. Weber State: last held it December 3, 1969, 20,753 days ago.
10. Washington: last held it March 5, 1970, 20,661 days ago.

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