Name a program that will NEVER miss the postseason

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L.A.Longhorn

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So I got to thinking about teams in all sports, professional and college, that will never miss the postseason during my lifetime. To be eligible in your sport the team must meet these requirements:

NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball : Must make the slot of 65 teams, NIT does not count
NCAA Football: Must make it to a bowl
NCAA Baseball / Softball: Must make it to regional playoffs
NCAA Soccer/ Volleyball, etc: Make your respective postseason

NFL: Playoffs
MLB: Playoffs
NBA: Playoffs

There are a few I am sure will never miss the postseason:

Tennessee Women's Basketball
UConn Women's Basketball
Texas Men's Football
A&M Meat Judging Team

Let's hear more.
 
Umm, unless you're under the age of 10 or so, Texas football has already missed the postseason in your lifetime.

I get where you're going, but it's pretty tough to do this kind of thing.

Also, doesn't Tech have one of the longest active bowl streaks going right now? Or is that just winning/non-losing seasons?
 
I want to see both Uconn and Tenn. after Geno and Pat retire. The first coach to replace either of those two will be fired within 5 years simply because they aren't Pat and Geno. Then those programs will probably look a little like UCLA and Bama after Wooden and the Bear retired.

I know its womens basketball, but it will still be interesting to see how it turns out.
 
I'd go Meatchicken football bowling every year.

A close second, Texas baseball.

See the link for stats:

The Link

Since the national post-season tournament began for the College World Series in 1947, from then to 2006 (the year of the stat source above), 60 years, Texas only missed going to a regional 10 of those years -

1948
1951
1955
1956
1959
1964
1977
1978
1997
1998.

And that was with only 3 coaches (Bibb Falk, Cliff Gustafson, and Augie Garrido), actually Falk was coaching at UT before the tournament began, but anyway, over the 61 years of tournament play, UT has had great coaching stability and strong tradition in this sport.

Hasn't won as many NCs as USC, but has been in tournament play more than any other team by far.

But it only takes one down year, which seldom happens at UT-Austin for baseball.


PS, an analytical edit.

Like with basketball's expanded field and football's bowl game explosion, getting to the post-season in baseball is a little easier today with a larger field of participant slots.

Looking at it that way, and tossing out (for the sake of argument on a sports BBS) the 48, 51, 55, 56, 59 and 64 no-shows, recent history of Texas in the baseball regional level had only two 2-year absences, 77-78 and 97-98.
 
Baylor and BYU - beer chugging contest
Nebraska and OU - mullet playoff finalists every year
Arkansas and West Virginia - shoe-less cross country
 
hell, OU held the longest NCAA streak of making the tourney in basketball at 32 straight years until the string was broken a couple of year ago & now we can't seem to get into the tourney.
Things go in cycles.
 
UNC women's soccer record (ncaa reference is old) but 1982-2003 appeared in the college cup (semi's) 22 times, record 20-2, in finals 17-3.

2007 Lost in third round to ND (not a great draw)
Beat ND for title 2006
2005 Lost to Fla St in quarters (U Portland wins!!!)
2004 lost to ND on pk
 
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