College Basketball Teams Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA Tournament

St. Thomas' Riley Miller (10) plays against Creighton during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. Creighton defeated St. Thomas 72-60.
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Nine teams are officially ineligible for the 2025 NCAA Tournament, all of which are ineligible as they transition to Division I.

There are 364 college basketball teams competing in the 2024-25 NCAA Division I menโ€™s basketball season. But only 355 of those teams are eligible for the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

More than 40 programs, including the following nine, rank among the teams that have never made the NCAA Menโ€™s Basketball Tournament.

Teams Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA Tournament

  • East Texas A&M
  • Le Moyne
  • Lindenwood
  • Mercyhurst
  • Queens
  • Southern Indiana
  • Stonehill
  • St. Thomas
  • West Georgia

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Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.

Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.