2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. A total of 68 teams enter the tournament. Thirty two of the teams earn automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The remaining 36 teams are 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 seeds the entire field from 1 to 68.[1][2]

Qualifying teams[]

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2017 Participants: East Region (blue), South Region (red), Midwest Region (green), and West Region (purple)

Automatic bids[]

Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Conference championship runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Seed Last app. Conference
tournament 		Conf. finals
runner-up 		Runner-up
record (Conf.) 		Runner-up
seed
Jacksonville State 20–14 (9–7) 4 Never Ohio Valley UT Martin 21–12 (10–6) 2
Winthrop 26–6 (15–3) 1 2010 Big South Campbell 17–17 (7–11) 7
Wichita State 30–4 (17–1) 2 2016 Missouri Valley Illinois State 27–6 (17–1) 1
Florida Gulf Coast 26–7 (12–2) 1 2016 Atlantic Sun North Florida 15–19 (8–6) 3
UNC Wilmington 29–5 (15–3) 1 2016 CAA College of Charleston 25–9 (14–4) 2
East Tennessee State 27–7 (14–4) 3 2010 Southern UNC Greensboro 25–9 (14–4) 1
Iona 22–12 (12–8) 3 2016 MAAC Siena 17–17 (12–8) 4
Northern Kentucky 24–10 (12–6) 4 Never Horizon Milwaukee 11–24 (4–14) 10
Mount St. Mary's 19–15 (14–4) 1 2014 Northeast Saint Francis (PA) 16–16 (11–7) 4
South Dakota State 18–16 (8–8) 4 2016 Summit Omaha 18–14 (9–7) 3
Gonzaga 32–1 (17–1) 1 2016 West Coast Saint Mary's 28–4 (16–2) 2
Bucknell 26–8 (15–3) 1 2013 Patriot Lehigh 20–12 (12–6) 3
Vermont 29–5 (16–0) 1 2012 America East Albany 21–13 (10–6) 3
North Carolina Central 25–8 (13–3) 1 2014 MEAC Norfolk State 17–16 (12–4) 2
Villanova 31–3 (15–3) 1 2016 Big East Creighton 25–9 (10–8) 6
Iowa State 23–10 (12–6) 4 2016 Big 12 West Virginia 26–8 (12–6) 2
Nevada 28–6 (14–4) 1 2007 Mountain West Colorado State 23–11 (13–5) 2
Texas Southern 23–11 (16–2) 1 2015 SWAC Alcorn State 18–14 (13–5) 2
Kent State 22–13 (10–8) 6 2008 MAC Akron 26–8 (14–4) 1
Middle Tennessee 30–4 (17–1) 1 2016 C-USA Marshall 20–15 (10–8) 6
North Dakota 22–9 (14–4) 1 Never Big Sky Weber State 19–12 (12–6) 3
Duke 27–8 (11–7) 5 2016 ACC Notre Dame 25–9 (12–6) 3
New Orleans 20–11 (13–5) 1 1996 Southland Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 20–11 (12–6) 2
Arizona 30–4 (16–2) 2 2016 Pac-12 Oregon 29–5 (16–2) 1
New Mexico State 28–5 (11–3) 2 2015 WAC Cal State Bakersfield 22–9 (12–2) 1
UC Davis 22–12 (11–5) 2 Never Big West UC Irvine 21–14 (12–4) 1
Princeton 23–6 (14–0) 1 2011 Ivy League Yale 18–11 (9–5) 3
Rhode Island 24–9 (13–5) 4 1999 Atlantic 10 VCU 26–8 (14–4) 2
Kentucky 29–5 (16–2) 1 2016 SEC Arkansas 25–9 (12–6) 3
Troy 22–14 (10–8) 6 2003 Sun Belt Texas State 20–13 (11–7) 4
Michigan 24–11 (10–8) 8 2016 Big Ten Wisconsin 25–8 (12–6) 2
SMU 30–4 (17–1) 1 2015 American Cincinnati 29–5 (16–2) 2

Conferences with multiple bids[]

Bids Conference Schools
9 ACC Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
7 Big East Villanova, Butler, Creighton, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier
7 Big Ten Michigan, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
6 Big 12 Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
5 SEC Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
4 Pac-12 Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, USC
3 Atlantic 10 Rhode Island, Dayton, VCU
2 American SMU, Cincinnati
2 WCC Gonzaga, St. Mary's

Bids by state[]

Bids State School(s)
2 Alabama Jacksonville State, Troy
1 Arizona Arizona
1 Arkansas Arkansas
4 California St. Mary's, UC Davis, UCLA, USC
4 Florida Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami
1 Illinois Northwestern
3 Indiana Butler, Notre Dame, Purdue
1 Iowa Iowa State
3 Kansas Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State
3 Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky
1 Louisiana New Orleans
2 Maryland Maryland, Mount St. Mary's
2 Michigan Michigan, Michigan State
1 Minnesota Minnesota
1 Nebraska Creighton
1 Nevada Nevada
2 New Jersey Princeton, Seton Hall
1 New Mexico New Mexico State
1 New York Iona
5 North Carolina Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, UNC Wilmington, Wake Forest
1 North Dakota North Dakota
4 Ohio Cincinnati, Dayton, Kent State, Xavier
1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State
1 Oregon Oregon
2 Pennsylvania Bucknell, Villanova
2 Rhode Island Providence, Rhode Island
2 South Carolina South Carolina, Winthrop
1 South Dakota South Dakota State
3 Tennessee East Tennessee State, Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt
3 Texas Baylor, SMU, Texas Southern
1 Vermont Vermont
3 Virginia Virginia, VCU, Virginia Tech
1 Washington Gonzaga
1 West Virginia West Virginia
2 Wisconsin Marquette, Wisconsin

References[]

  1. ^ "March Madness bracket: How the 68 teams are selected for the Division I Men's Basketball Tournament". NCAA. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ "March Madness 2017: Conference tournament scores, schedule, NCAA tournament automatic qualifiers". NCAA. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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