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Home > Blogs > Springfield, Ohio High School Sports > Archives > 2009 > February > 12 > Entry

Witt’s streak of winning seasons in jeopardy

By David Jablonski | Thursday, February 12, 2009, 11:47 AM

North Carolina, Kentucky, UCLA … Wittenberg?

You wouldn’t think a Division III school would have much to brag about when compared to the titans of college basketball, but Wittenberg currently holds a rather remarkable record. It has the longest active streak of winning (40 years) and non-losing seasons (52) in all divisions of NCAA basketball.

Wittenberg coach Bill Brown said he hasn’t focused on keeping those streaks alive. He said he has mentioned it to the team three times this season. His more important goals have to do with this season and this season only.

Still he conceded that the streaks are “pretty spectacular.”

And both of those streaks are in danger this season.

“We just try not to dwell on that stuff,” Wittenberg’s lone senior Kevin Murray said. “We try to dwell on getting better every day.”

The Tigers are 11-10 with four regular-season games and at least one tournament game to play. Their remaining schedule includes some big hurdles, starting with Wooster (16-6) on Saturday. They host Indiana University-East (21-7) on Monday and finish with two NCAC games against teams they have already beaten: Wabash (9-12) and Kenyon (14-8).

At this point, it looks as if the Tigers would play Kenyon again in the first round of the NCAC tournament.

If the Tigers can post another winning season or at least a .500 record, they will keep alive the possibility of surpassing UCLA’s streak of 54 straight winning seasons (1949-2002) and Kentucky’s streak of 60 straight non-losing seasons (1928-52, 1954-88).

The longest active streak of winning seasons (38) and non-losing seasons (39) in Division I belongs to Syracuse. In Division II, Norfolk State owns the record for most consecutive winning and non-losing seasons (35 from 1963-97).

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