Alaska Does Not have A division 1 school but just a few years ago South Dakota State University, University of South Dakota and North Dakota State University made the jump to Division 1. Only NDSU out of the three teams has made it to the Big dance.
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Only five schools have failed to make a single NCAA Tournament since the NCAA adopted the "Division 1" format in 1947.
Northwestern is the only "BCS" conference team to never reach the tournament. The other four schools are Army, William & Mary, Saint Francis NY and The Citadel.
In the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament, there were no schools from the following 19
states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming.