william & mary is one of four original division i teams in history to have never participated in the ncaa tournament. when the ncaa split its classification into divisions in 1948–49, william & mary was classified as a division i school. of all division i schools today that were charter members of this new classification, only william & mary, the citadel, army, and st. francis brooklyn have never reached the ncaa men's basketball tournament at least once. the closest effort by the tribe to reach the ncaa tournament was a 75–74 loss in the 2014 caa tournament final to delaware. the tribe also lost conference tournament championships in 1958, 1961, 1965, 1975, 1983, 2008, 2010, and 2015, now having gone 0–9 in ncaa tournament berth-clinching games.