2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65.

Qualifying teams[]

Team names are those used on ESPN.com scoreboards and team pages.

Automatic bids[]

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)		Last NCAA Tournament app.	Conference regular season	Regular season second place	Second place record (Conf.)
Cornell	27–4 (13–1)		2009	Ivy League	Princeton	20–8 (11–3)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last NCAA Tournament app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	29–5 (13–3)	1	2009	ACC	Georgia Tech	22–12 (7–9)	7
Vermont	25–9 (12–4)	2	2005	America East	Boston University	19–13 (11–5)	4
Temple	29–5 (14–2)	1	2009	Atlantic 10	Richmond	26–8 (13–3)	3
East Tennessee State	20–14 (13–7)	5	2009	Atlantic Sun	Mercer	16–17 (10–10)	6
Kansas	32–2 (15–1)	1	2009	Big 12	Kansas State	26–7 (11–5)	2
West Virginia	27–6 (14–5)	3	2009	Big East	Georgetown	23–10 (10–8)	8
Montana	22–9 (10–6)	4	2006	Big Sky	Weber State	20–10 (13–3)	1
Winthrop	19–13 (12–6)	3	2008	Big South	Coastal Carolina	28–6 (15–3)	1
Ohio State	27–7 (14–4)	1	2009	Big Ten	Minnesota	21–13 (9–9)	6
UC Santa Barbara	20–9 (12–4)	1	2002	Big West	Long Beach State	17–16 (8–8)	3
Old Dominion	26–8 (15–3)	1	2007	CAA	William & Mary	22–10 (12–6)	3
Houston	19–15 (7–9)	7	1992	C-USA	UTEP	26–6 (15–1)	1
Butler	28–4 (18–0)	1	2009	Horizon	Wright State	20–12 (12–6)	2
Siena	27–6 (17–1)	1	2009	MAAC	Fairfield	22–10 (13–5)	2
Morgan State	27–9 (16–1)	1	2009	MEAC	South Carolina State	18–14 (10–6)	3
Ohio	21–14 (7–9)	9	2005	Mid-American	Akron	24–10 (12–4)	3
Northern Iowa	28–4 (15–3)	1	2009	Missouri Valley	Wichita State	25–9 (12–6)	2
San Diego State	25–8 (11–5)	4	2006	Mountain West	UNLV	25–8 (11–5)	3
Robert Morris	23–11 (15–3)	2	2009	Northeast	Quinnipiac	23–9 (15–3)	1
Murray State	30–4 (17–1)	1	2006	Ohio Valley	Morehead State	23–10 (15–3)	2
Washington	24–9 (11–7)	3	2009	Pac-10	California	23–10 (13–5)	1
Lehigh	22–10 (10–4)	1	2004	Patriot	Lafayette	19–13 (8–6)	3
Kentucky	32–2 (14–2)	East 1	2008	SEC	Mississippi State	23–11 (9–7)	West 1
Wofford	26–8 (15–3)	South 1	Never	Southern	Appalachian State	22–12 (13–5)	North 1
Sam Houston State	25–7 (14–2)	1	2003	Southland	Stephen F. Austin	23–9 (11–5)	2
Oakland	26–8 (17–1)	1	2005	Summit	IUPUI	24–10 (15–3)	2
North Texas	24–8 (13–5)	2	2007	Sun Belt	Troy	20–12 (13–5)	1
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	17–15 (14–4)	2	Never	SWAC	Texas Southern	17–16 (11–7)	5
New Mexico State	22–11 (11–5)	3	2007	WAC	Utah State	27–7 (14–2)	1
Saint Mary's	26–5 (11–3)	2	2008	West Coast	Gonzaga	26–6 (12–2)	1

At-large bids[]

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Baylor	Big 12	2008	6
BYU	Mountain West	2009	26
California	Pac-10	2009	15
Clemson	ACC	2009	10
Florida	SEC	2007	15
Florida State	ACC	2009	12
Georgetown	Big East	2008	26
Georgia Tech	ACC	2007	16
Gonzaga	West Coast	2009	13
Kansas State	Big 12	2008	24
Louisville	Big East	2009	36
Marquette	Big East	2009	28
Maryland	ACC	2009	24
Michigan State	Big Ten	2009	24
Minnesota	Big Ten	2009	6
Missouri	Big 12	2009	23
New Mexico	Mountain West	2005	11
Notre Dame	Big East	2008	30
Oklahoma State	Big 12	2009	24
Pittsburgh	Big East	2009	22
Purdue	Big Ten	2009	24
Richmond	Atlantic 10	2004	9
Syracuse	Big East	2009	33
Tennessee	SEC	2009	18
Texas	Big 12	2009	28
Texas A&M	Big 12	2009	11
UNLV	Mountain West	2008	17
Utah State	WAC	2009	19
UTEP	C-USA	2005	17
Vanderbilt	SEC	2008	11
Villanova	Big East	2009	31
Wake Forest	ACC	2009	22
Wisconsin	Big Ten	2009	16
Xavier	Atlantic 10	2009	21

Listed by region and seeding[]

East Regional – Syracuse
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Kentucky	SEC	32–2	Automatic
2	West Virginia	Big East	27–6	Automatic
3	New Mexico	Mountain West	29–4	At-large
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	23–8	At-large
5	Temple	Atlantic 10	29–5	Automatic
6	Marquette	Big East	22–11	At-large
7	Clemson	ACC	21–10	At-large
8	Texas	Big 12	24–9	At-large
9	Wake Forest	ACC	19–10	At-large
10	Missouri	Big 12	22–10	At-large
11	Washington	Pac-10	24–9	Automatic
12	Cornell	Ivy League	27–4	Automatic
13	Wofford	Southern	26–8	Automatic
14	Montana	Big Sky	22–9	Automatic
15	Morgan State	MEAC	27–9	Automatic
16	East Tennessee State	Atlantic Sun	20–14	Automatic

Midwest Regional – St. Louis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Kansas	Big 12	32–2	Automatic
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	27–7	Automatic
3	Georgetown	Big East	23–10	At-large
4	Maryland	ACC	23–8	At-large
5	Michigan State	Big Ten	24–8	At-large
6	Tennessee	SEC	25–8	At-large
7	Oklahoma State	Big 12	22–10	At-large
8	UNLV	Mountain West	25–8	At-large
9	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	28–4	Automatic
10	Georgia Tech	ACC	22–12	At-large
11	San Diego State	Mountain West	25–8	Automatic
12	New Mexico State	WAC	22–11	Automatic
13	Houston	C-USA	19–15	Automatic
14	Ohio	Mid-American	21–14	Automatic
15	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	20–9	Automatic
16	Lehigh	Patriot	22–10	Automatic

South Regional – Houston
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Duke	ACC	29–5	Automatic
2	Villanova	Big East	24–7	At-large
3	Baylor	Big 12	25–7	At-large
4	Purdue	Big Ten	27–5	At-large
5	Texas A&M	Big 12	23–9	At-large
6	Notre Dame	Big East	23–11	At-large
7	Richmond	Atlantic 10	26–8	At-large
8	California	Pac-10	23–10	At-large
9	Louisville	Big East	20–12	At-large
10	Saint Mary's	West Coast	26–5	Automatic
11	Old Dominion	CAA	26–8	Automatic
12	Utah State	WAC	27–7	At-large
13	Siena	MAAC	27–6	Automatic
14	Sam Houston State	Southland	25–7	Automatic
15	Robert Morris	Northeast	23–11	Automatic
16	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	SWAC	17–15	Automatic
16	Winthrop	Big South	19–13	Automatic

West Regional – Salt Lake City
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Syracuse	Big East	28–4	At-large
2	Kansas State	Big 12	26–7	At-large
3	Pittsburgh	Big East	24–8	At-large
4	Vanderbilt	SEC	24–8	At-large
5	Butler	Horizon	28–4	Automatic
6	Xavier	Atlantic 10	24–8	At-large
7	BYU	Mountain West	29–5	At-large
8	Gonzaga	West Coast	26–6	At-large
9	Florida State	ACC	22–9	At-large
10	Florida	SEC	21–12	At-large
11	Minnesota	Big Ten	21–13	At-large
12	UTEP	C-USA	26–6	At-large
13	Murray State	Ohio Valley	30–4	Automatic
14	Oakland	Summit	26–8	Automatic
15	North Texas	Sun Belt	24–8	Automatic
16	Vermont	America East	25–9	Automatic

Bids by conference[]

Bids	Conference(s)	Schools
8	Big East	Pittsburgh, Villanova, Georgetown, Marquette, Louisville, West Virginia, Syracuse, Notre Dame
7	Big 12	Kansas State, Kansas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas, Baylor
6	ACC	Clemson, Wake Forest, Maryland, Florida State, Duke, Georgia Tech
5	Big Ten	Minnesota, Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan State, Ohio State
4	SEC	Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Vanderbilt
4	Mountain West	BYU, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV
3	Atlantic 10	Xavier, Richmond, Temple
2	Pac-10	California, Washington
	C-USA	Houston, UTEP
	WAC	New Mexico State, Utah State
	West Coast	Gonzaga, Saint Mary's
1	20 other conferences	See Automatic Bids

Bids by state[]

Bids	State(s)	Schools
7	Texas	Baylor, Houston, North Texas, Sam Houston State, Texas, Texas A&M, UTEP
5	Pennsylvania	Lehigh, Pittsburgh, Robert Morris, Temple, Villanova
4	California	California, Saint Mary's, San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara
3	Indiana	Butler, Notre Dame, Purdue
	Kentucky	Kentucky, Louisville, Murray State
	New York	Cornell, Siena, Syracuse
	Ohio	Ohio, Ohio State, Xavier
	South Carolina	Clemson, Winthrop, Wofford
	Tennessee	East Tennessee State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
2	Florida	Florida, Florida State
	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State
	Maryland	Maryland, Morgan State
	Michigan	Michigan State, Oakland
	New Mexico	New Mexico, New Mexico State
	North Carolina	Duke, Wake Forest
	Utah	BYU, Utah State
	Virginia	Old Dominion, Richmond
	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington
	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Arkansas	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
	Georgia	Georgia Tech
	Iowa	Northern Iowa
	Minnesota	Minnesota
	Missouri	Missouri
	Montana	Montana
	Nevada	UNLV
	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State
	Vermont	Vermont
	Washington, D.C.	Georgetown
	West Virginia	West Virginia

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