***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***

Trivia Question: Nebraska won their first NCAA Tournament game in their 9th try. Every team from the 5 Major conferences have now won a tournament game. Which major conference team took the 2nd longest (6 games) before they won their first tournament game?
The answer is UCLA. They lost their first 5 tournament games.
 
16 Longest Sweet Sixteen Droughts - Major Conferences

Nebraska - Never
UCF - Never
Northwestern - Never
SMU - 1967
TCU - 1968
Colorado - 1969
Rutgers - 1979
DePaul - 1987
Arizona State - 1995
Mississippi State - 1996
Georgia - 1996
California - 1997
Minnesota - 1997
Iowa - 1999
St. John's - 1999

Seton Hall - 2000
Interesting that two of those, Mississippi State (1996) and Minnesota (1997), reached the Final Four in those seasons. (Minnesota's wins were vacated).
 

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