2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2005 qualifying teams
2005 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Illinois, North Carolina, Duke, Washington
Champion	North Carolina
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2004 2006»

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2005 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 did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded within their assigned region from 1 to 16, which was disclosed, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65, which was not disclosed.

Qualifying teams

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 app.	Conference regular season	Regular season second place	Second place record (Conf.)
Penn	20–8 (13–1)		2003	Ivy League	Cornell	13–14 (8–6)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	25–5 (11–5)	3	2004	ACC	Georgia Tech	19–11 (8–8)	5
Vermont	24–6 (16–2)	1	2004	America East	Northeastern	21–9 (15–3)	2
George Washington	21–10 (8–8)	W1	1999	Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's	18–13 (9–7)	E1
Central Florida	24–8 (13–7)	2	2004	Atlantic Sun	Gardner–Webb	18–13 (13–7)	1
Oklahoma State	24–6 (11–5)	3	2004	Big 12	Texas Tech	20–10 (10–6)	4
Syracuse	27–6 (11–5)	3	2004	Big East	West Virginia	21–10 (8–8)	8
Montana	18–12 (9–5)	3	2002	Big Sky	Weber State	14–16 (7–7)	5
Winthrop	23–7 (13–3)	1	2002	Big South	Charleston Southern	13–17 (7–9)	7
Illinois	32–1 (15–1)	1	2004	Big Ten	Wisconsin	22–8 (11–5)	3
Utah State	24–7 (13–5)	2	2003	Big West	Pacific	26–3 (18–0)	1
Old Dominion	28–5 (15–3)	1	1997	CAA	VCU	19–12 (13–5)	2
Louisville	29–4 (14–2)	1	2004	C-USA	Memphis	19–15 (9–7)	7
UW-Milwaukee	24–5 (14–2)	1	2003	Horizon	Detroit	14–16 (9–7)	3
Niagara	20–9 (13–5)	1	1970	MAAC	Rider	19–11 (13–5)	2
Ohio	21–10 (11–7)	4	1994	MAC	Buffalo	22–9 (11–7)	7
Delaware State	19–13 (14–4)	1	Never	MEAC	Hampton	17–13 (13–5)	2
Oakland	12–18 (7–9)	7	Never	Mid-Con	Oral Roberts	25–7 (13–3)	1
Creighton	23–10 (11–7)	3	2003	Missouri Valley	Southwest Missouri State	18–12 (10–8)	5
New Mexico	26–6 (10–4)	2	1999	Mountain West	Utah	27–5 (13–1)	1
Fairleigh Dickinson	20–12 (13–5)	2	1998	Northeast	Wagner	13–17 (10–8)	6
Eastern Kentucky	22–8 (11–5)	2	1979	Ohio Valley	Austin Peay	13–19 (9–7)	5
Washington	27–5 (14–4)	2	2004	Pac-10	Arizona	27–6 (15–3)	1
Bucknell	22–9 (10–4)	2	1989	Patriot	Holy Cross	24–6 (13–1)	1
Florida	23–7 (12–4)	E2	2004	SEC	Kentucky	26–5 (14–2)	E1
Chattanooga	20–10 (10–6)	2	1997	Southern	UNC Greensboro	18–12 (9–7)	4
Southeastern Louisiana	24–8 (13–3)	2	Never	Southland	Northwestern State	21–12 (13–3)	1
Louisiana–Lafayette	20–10 (11–4)	2W	2004	Sun Belt	Denver	20–10 (12–3)	1W
Alabama A&M	18–13 (12–6)	1	Never	SWAC	Alabama State	15–15 (11–7)	2
UTEP	27–7 (14–4)	2	2004	WAC	Nevada	24–6 (16–2)	1
Gonzaga	25–4 (12–2)	1	2004	West Coast	Saint Mary's	25–8 (11–3)	2

At-large bids

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Alabama	SEC	18th	2004
Arizona	Pac-10	24th	2004
Boston College	Big East	15th	2004
Charlotte	C-USA	11th	2004
Cincinnati	C-USA	24th	2004
Connecticut	Big East	26th	2004
Georgia Tech	ACC	14th	2004
Iowa	Big Ten	21st	2001
Iowa State	Big 12	13th	2001
Kansas	Big 12	34th	2004
Kentucky	SEC	47th	2004
LSU	SEC	18th	2003
Michigan State	Big Ten	19th	2004
Minnesota	Big Ten	9th	1999
Mississippi State	SEC	8th	2004
NC State	ACC	21st	2004
Nevada	WAC	4th	2004
North Carolina	ACC	37th	2004
Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	3rd	2004
Oklahoma	Big 12	23rd	2003
Pacific	Big West	7th	2004
Pittsburgh	Big East	17th	2004
Saint Mary's	West Coast	4th	1997
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8th	2004
Stanford	Pac-10	14th	2004
Texas	Big 12	23rd	2004
Texas Tech	Big 12	13th	2004
UAB	C-USA	12th	2004
UCLA	Pac-10	39th	2002
Utah	Mountain West	26th	2004
Villanova	Big East	27th	1999
Wake Forest	ACC	20th	2004
West Virginia	Big East	19th	1998
Wisconsin	Big Ten	10th	2004

Listed by region and seeding

Chicago Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Illinois	Big Ten	32–1	Automatic
#2	Oklahoma State	Big 12	24–6	Automatic
#3	Arizona	Pac-10	27–6	At-large
#4	Boston College	Big East	24–4	At-large
#5	Alabama	SEC	24–7	At-large
#6	LSU	SEC	20–9	At-large
#7	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	26–7	At-large
#8	Texas	Big 12	20–10	At-large
#9	Nevada	WAC	24–6	At-large
#10	Saint Mary's	WCC	25–8	At-large
#11	UAB	C-USA	21–10	At-large
#12	UW-Milwaukee	Horizon	24–5	Automatic
#13	Penn	Ivy	20–8	Automatic
#14	Utah State	Big West	24–7	Automatic
#15	Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	24–8	Automatic
#16	Fairleigh Dickinson	Northeast	20–12	Automatic

Albuquerque Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Washington	Pac-10	27–5	Automatic
#2	Wake Forest	ACC	26–5	At-large
#3	Gonzaga	WCC	25–4	Automatic
#4	Louisville	C-USA	29–4	Automatic
#5	Georgia Tech	ACC	19–11	At-large
#6	Texas Tech	Big 12	20–10	At-large
#7	West Virginia	Big East	21–10	At-large
#8	Pacific	Big West	26–3	At-large
#9	Pittsburgh	Big East	20–8	At-large
#10	Creighton	Missouri Valley	23–10	Automatic
#11	UCLA	Pac-10	18–10	At-large
#12	George Washington	Atlantic 10	22–7	Automatic
#13	Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated)^[1]	Sun Belt	20–10	Automatic
#14	Winthrop	Big South	27–5	Automatic
#15	Chattanooga	SoCon	20–10	Automatic
#16	Montana	Big Sky	18–12	Automatic

Syracuse Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	North Carolina	ACC	27–4	At-large
#2	Connecticut	Big East	22–7	At-large
#3	Kansas	Big 12	23–6	At-large
#4	Florida	SEC	23–7	Automatic
#5	Villanova	Big East	22–7	At-large
#6	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22–8	At-large
#7	Charlotte	C-USA	21–7	At-large
#8	Minnesota	Big Ten	21–10	At-large
#9	Iowa State	Big 12	18–11	At-large
#10	NC State	ACC	19–13	At-large
#11	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	21–10	At-large
#12	New Mexico	Mountain West	26–6	Automatic
#13	Ohio	Mid-American	21–10	Automatic
#14	Bucknell	Patriot	22–9	Automatic
#15	Central Florida	Atlantic Sun	24–8	Automatic
#16	Oakland	Mid-Continent	12–18	Automatic
#16	Alabama A&M	SWAC	18–14	Automatic

Austin Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Duke	ACC	25–5	Automatic
#2	Kentucky	SEC	25–5	At-large
#3	Oklahoma	Big 12	24–7	At-large
#4	Syracuse (vacated)^[2]^[3]	Big East	27–6	Automatic
#5	Michigan State	Big Ten	22–6	At-large
#6	Utah	Mountain West	27–5	At-large
#7	Cincinnati	C-USA	24–7	At-large
#8	Stanford	Pac-10	18–12	At-large
#9	Mississippi State	SEC	22–10	At-large
#10	Iowa	Big Ten	21–11	At-large
#11	UTEP	WAC	27–7	Automatic
#12	Old Dominion	CAA	28–5	Automatic
#13	Vermont	America East	24–6	Automatic
#14	Niagara	MAAC	20–9	Automatic
#15	Eastern Kentucky	Ohio Valley	22–8	Automatic
#16	Delaware State	MEAC	19–13	Automatic

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference	Schools
6	Big 12	Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
6	Big East	Boston College, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia
5	ACC	Duke, Georgia Tech, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest
	Big Ten	Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Wisconsin
	SEC	Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State
4	C-USA	Charlotte, Cincinnati, Louisville, UAB
4	Pac-10	Arizona, Stanford, UCLA, Washington
3	Missouri Valley	Creighton, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois
2	Big West	Pacific, Utah State
	Mountain West	New Mexico, Utah
	WAC	Nevada, UTEP
	West Coast	Gonzaga, Saint Mary's
1	19 other conferences

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
3	Alabama	Alabama, Alabama A&M, UAB
1	Arizona	Arizona
4	California	Pacific, Saint Mary's, Stanford, UCLA
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
1	Delaware	Delaware State
2	Florida	Central Florida, Florida
1	Georgia	Georgia Tech
2	Illinois	Illinois, Southern Illinois
3	Iowa	Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa
1	Kansas	Kansas
3	Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Louisville
3	Louisiana	Louisiana–Lafayette, LSU, Southeastern Louisiana
1	Massachusetts	Boston College
1	Minnesota	Minnesota
2	Michigan	Michigan State, Oakland
1	Mississippi	Mississippi State
1	Montana	Montana
1	Nebraska	Creighton
1	Nevada	Nevada
1	New Jersey	Fairleigh Dickinson
1	New Mexico	New Mexico
2	New York	Niagara, Syracuse
5	North Carolina	Charlotte, Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest
2	Ohio	Cincinnati, Ohio
2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
4	Pennsylvania	Bucknell, Penn, Pittsburgh, Villanova
1	South Carolina	Winthrop
1	Tennessee	Chattanooga
3	Texas	Texas, Texas Tech, UTEP
2	Utah	Utah, Utah State
1	Vermont	Vermont
1	Virginia	Old Dominion
2	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington
1	Washington, D.C.	George Washington
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
2	Wisconsin	UW-Milwaukee, Wisconsin

References

^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Final decision" (PDF). i.turner.ncaa.com. 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "NCAA investigation costs Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim 108 wins, drops him to 6th all-time". syracuse.com. March 6, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

[1] "Forfeits and Vacated Games - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[:0-2] "Final decision" (PDF). i.turner.ncaa.com. 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[:1-3] "NCAA investigation costs Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim 108 wins, drops him to 6th all-time". syracuse.com. March 6, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

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