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

206 current programs have never held the belt.

The longest waits

1. Fordham: last held it January 9, 1951, 27,701 days ago.
2. Niagara: last held it January 24, 1951, 27,686 days ago.
3. Canisius: last held it January 26, 1951, 27,684 days ago.
4. Pennsylvania: last held it December 21, 1951, 27,355 days ago.
5. Detroit Mercy: last held it February 22, 1952, 27,292 days ago.
6. Oklahoma State: last held it January 7, 1953, 26,972 days ago.
7. La Salle: last held it March 18, 1955, 26,172 days ago.
8. Bowling Green: last held it February 6, 1962, 23,655 days ago.
9. Davidson: last held it March 10, 1966, 22,162 days ago.
10. New Mexico: last held it December 16, 1966, 21,881 days ago.

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