2026 NCAA Tournament — Drought Watch Recap

Final results, AI prediction accuracy, and which tournament teams struggled most with scoring droughts.

Final Four

UConn Huskies

#2

Illinois Fighting Illini

#3

Arizona Wildcats

#1

Michigan Wolverines

#1

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AI Prediction Accuracy

Tournament Drought Leaders

Regular-season drought totals for all 68 tournament teams, ranked by total droughts.

Team	Total	/Game	Avg Dur	Pts Allowed
1Lehigh Mountain Hawks	59	1.9	3:51	6.8
2Siena Saints	57	2.0	3:48	7.0
3Northern Iowa Panthers	52	1.6	4:10	6.2
4Nebraska Cornhuskers	51	1.8	3:41	5.7
5UConn HuskiesFF	48	1.6	3:57	6.5
6Iowa Hawkeyes	47	1.8	4:05	7.2
7Kansas Jayhawks	47	1.9	3:55	7.8
8California Baptist Lancers	46	2.0	3:54	6.6
9Idaho Vandals	46	1.8	4:02	7.9
10Michigan State Spartans	46	1.7	3:53	6.2
11Troy Trojans	46	1.8	3:58	7.0
12Villanova Wildcats	46	1.9	3:40	6.7
13Furman Paladins	45	1.7	3:48	6.6
14Houston Cougars	45	1.7	3:58	7.1
15Long Island University Sharks	45	1.9	4:12	7.8
16Louisville Cardinals	45	1.9	3:36	6.7
17UCLA Bruins	45	1.7	3:51	7.4
18VCU Rams	45	1.7	3:37	7.1
19Iowa State Cyclones	44	1.8	3:43	7.7
20TCU Horned Frogs	44	1.8	3:55	7.2