2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2011 qualifying teams
2011 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	37
Regional top seeds	Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Kansas, Duke
Champion	Connecticut
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2010 2012»

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament, an increase of three from the prior season with introduction of the opening round "First Four". 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 37 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 68, which was not disclosed.

Team names used below are consistent with ESPN.com scoreboards and individual team pages on Wikipedia.

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 (though Princeton and Harvard were required to break a tie with a one-game playoff). 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	1-Game Playoff Runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)
Princeton	25–6 (12–2)		2004	Ivy League	Harvard	23–6 (12–2)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	30–4 (13–3)	2	2010	ACC	North Carolina	26–7 (14–2)	1
Boston University	21–13 (12–4)	2	2002	America East	Stony Brook	21–13 (12–4)	5
Richmond	27–7 (13–3)	3	2010	Atlantic 10	Dayton	22–13 (7–9)	9
Belmont	30–4 (19–1)	1	2008	Atlantic Sun	North Florida	15–19 (10–10)	6
Kansas	32–2 (14–2)	1	2010	Big 12	Texas	27–7 (13–3)	2
Connecticut	26–9 (9–9)	9	2009	Big East	Louisville	25–9 (12–9)	3
Northern Colorado	21–10 (13–3)	1	Never	Big Sky	Montana	21–10 (12–4)	2
UNC Asheville	19–13 (11–7)	3	2003	Big South	Coastal Carolina	28–5 (16–2)	1
Ohio State	32–2 (16–2)	1	2010	Big Ten	Penn State	19–14 (9–9)	6
UC Santa Barbara	18–13 (8–8)	5	2010	Big West	Long Beach State	22–11 (14–2)	1
Old Dominion	27–6 (14–4)	2	2010	CAA	Virginia Commonwealth	23–11 (12–6)	4
Memphis	25–9 (10–6)	4	2009	C-USA	UTEP	25–9 (11–5)	3
Butler	23–9 (13–5)	2	2010	Horizon	Milwaukee	19–13 (13–5)	1
Saint Peter's	20–13 (11–7)	4	1995	MAAC	Iona	22–11 (13–5)	2
Hampton	24–8 (11–5)	2	2006	MEAC	Morgan State	17–14 (10–6)	4
Akron	23–12 (9–7)	6	2009	Mid-American	Kent State	23–11 (12–4)	1
Indiana State	20–13 (12–6)	3	2001	Missouri Valley	Missouri State	25–8 (15–3)	1
San Diego State	32–2 (14–2)	2	2010	Mountain West	BYU	30–4 (14–2)	1
Long Island	27–5 (16–2)	1	1997	Northeast	Robert Morris	18–14 (12–6)	3
Morehead State	24–9 (13–5)	2	2009	Ohio Valley	Tennessee Tech	20–12 (12–6)	4
Washington	23–10 (11–7)	3	2010	Pac-10	Arizona	27–7 (14–4)	1
Bucknell	25–8 (13–1)	1	2006	Patriot	Lafayette	13–19 (6–8)	6
Kentucky	25–8 (10–6)	East 2	2010	SEC	Florida	26–7 (13–3)	East 1
Wofford	21–12 (14–4)	South 2	2010	Southern	College of Charleston	24–10 (14–4)	South 1
UTSA	19–13 (9–7)	7	2004	Southland	McNeese State	21–11 (11–5)	1
Oakland	25–9 (17–1)	1	2010	Summit	Oral Roberts	19–15 (13–5)	2
Arkansas–Little Rock	19–16 (7–9)	West 5	1990	Sun Belt	North Texas	22–11 (8–8)	West 4
Alabama State	17–17 (11–7)	4	2009	SWAC	Grambling State	12–21 (8–10)	6
Utah State	30–3 (15–1)	1	2010	WAC	Boise State	20–12 (10–6)	2
Gonzaga	24–9 (11–3)	2	2010	West Coast	Saint Mary's	24–8 (11–3)	1

At-large bids

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Arizona	Pac-10	2009	29
BYU	MWC	2010	26
Cincinnati	Big East	2005	25
Clemson	ACC	2010	11
Florida	SEC	2010	16
Florida State	ACC	2010	13
George Mason	CAA	2008	6
Georgetown	Big East	2010	27
Georgia	SEC	2008	11
Illinois	Big Ten	2009	29
Kansas State	Big 12	2010	25
Louisville	Big East	2010	37
Marquette	Big East	2010	29
Michigan	Big Ten	2009	22
Michigan State	Big Ten	2010	25
Missouri	Big 12	2010	24
North Carolina	ACC	2009	42
Notre Dame	Big East	2010	31
Penn State	Big Ten	2001	9
Pittsburgh	Big East	2010	23
Purdue	Big Ten	2010	25
St. John's	Big East	2002	28
Syracuse	Big East	2010	34
Temple	Atlantic 10	2010	29
Tennessee	SEC	2010	19
Texas	Big 12	2010	29
Texas A&M	Big 12	2010	12
UAB	Conference USA	2006	14
UCLA	Pac-10	2009	44
UNLV	MWC	2010	18
USC	Pac-10	2009	16
Vanderbilt	SEC	2010	12
VCU	CAA	2009	10
Villanova	Big East	2010	32
West Virginia	Big East	2010	24
Wisconsin	Big Ten	2010	17
Xavier	Atlantic 10	2010	22

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Newark, New Jersey
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Ohio State	Big 10	32–2	Automatic
2	North Carolina	ACC	26–7	At-large
3	Syracuse	Big East	26–7	At-large
4	Kentucky	SEC	25–8	Automatic
5	West Virginia	Big East	20–11	At-large
6	Xavier	Atlantic 10	24–7	At-large
7	Washington	Pac-10	23–10	Automatic
8	George Mason	CAA	26–6	At-large
9	Villanova	Big East	21–11	At-large
10	Georgia	SEC	21–11	At-large
11	Marquette	Big East	20–14	At-large
12*	UAB	C-USA	22–8	At-large
12*	Clemson	ACC	21–11	At-large
13	Princeton	Ivy League	25–6	Automatic
14	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	20–13	Automatic
15	Long Island	Northeast	27–5	Automatic
16*	UTSA	Southland	19–13	Automatic
16*	Alabama State	SWAC	17–17	Automatic

Southeast Regional – New Orleans, Louisiana
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Pittsburgh	Big East	27–5	At-large
2	Florida	SEC	26–7	At-large
3	BYU	MWC	30–4	At-large
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	23–8	At-large
5	Kansas State	Big 12	22–10	At-large
6	St. John's	Big East	21–11	At-large
7	UCLA	Pac-10	22–10	At-large
8	Butler	Horizon	23–9	Automatic
9	Old Dominion	CAA	27–6	Automatic
10	Michigan State	Big 10	19–14	At-large
11	Gonzaga	West Coast	24–9	Automatic
12	Utah State	WAC	30–3	Automatic
13	Belmont	Atlantic Sun	30–4	Automatic
14	Wofford	Southern	21–12	Automatic
15	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	18–13	Automatic
16*	UNC Asheville	Big South	19–13	Automatic
16*	Arkansas–Little Rock	Sun Belt	19–16	Automatic

Southwest Regional – San Antonio, Texas
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Kansas	Big 12	32–2	Automatic
2	Notre Dame	Big East	26–6	At-large
3	Purdue	Big 10	25–7	At-large
4	Louisville	Big East	25–9	At-large
5	Vanderbilt	SEC	23–10	At-large
6	Georgetown	Big East	21–10	At-large
7	Texas A&M	Big 12	24–8	At-large
8	UNLV	MWC	24–8	At-large
9	Illinois	Big 10	19–13	At-large
10	Florida State	ACC	21–10	At-large
11*	USC	Pac-10	19–14	At-large
11*	VCU	CAA	23–11	At-large
12	Richmond	Atlantic 10	27–7	Automatic
13	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	24–9	Automatic
14	Saint Peter's	MAAC	20–13	Automatic
15	Akron	Mid-American	23–12	Automatic
16	Boston University	America East	21–13	Automatic

West Regional – Anaheim, California
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Duke	ACC	30–4	Automatic
2	San Diego State	MWC	32–2	Automatic
3	Connecticut	Big East	26–9	Automatic
4	Texas	Big 12	27–7	At-large
5	Arizona	Pac-10	27–7	At-large
6	Cincinnati	Big East	25–8	At-large
7	Temple	Atlantic 10	25–7	At-large
8	Michigan	Big 10	20–13	At-large
9	Tennessee	SEC	19–14	At-large
10	Penn State	Big 10	19–14	At-large
11	Missouri	Big 12	23–10	At-large
12	Memphis	C-USA	25–9	Automatic
13	Oakland	Summit	25–9	Automatic
14	Bucknell	Patriot	25–8	Automatic
15	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	21–10	Automatic
16	Hampton	MEAC	24–8	Automatic

*See First Four.

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference(s)	Schools
11	Big East	Syracuse, West Virginia, Villanova, Marquette, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Louisville, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, St. John's
7	Big Ten	Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan State
5	SEC	Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida
5	Big 12	Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Texas A&M, Kansas State
4	Pac-10	Washington, Arizona, USC, UCLA
4	ACC	North Carolina, Duke, Florida State, Clemson
3	Mountain West	San Diego State, UNLV, BYU
	Atlantic 10	Xavier, Temple, Richmond
	CAA	George Mason, VCU, Old Dominion
2	C-USA	UAB, Memphis
1	21 other conferences	See Automatic Bids

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
5	Pennsylvania	Bucknell, Villanova, Temple, Penn State, Pittsburgh
5	Virginia	Hampton, Old Dominion, Richmond, George Mason, VCU
4	California	San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara, USC, UCLA
4	Indiana	Butler, Indiana State, Notre Dame, Purdue
4	Ohio	Akron, Ohio State, Xavier, Cincinnati
4	Tennessee	Belmont, Memphis, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
3	Kentucky	Kentucky, Morehead State, Louisville
3	Michigan	Oakland, Michigan, Michigan State
3	New York	Long Island, Syracuse, St. John's
3	North Carolina	Duke, UNC Asheville, North Carolina
3	Texas	UTSA, Texas, Texas A&M
2	Alabama	Alabama State, UAB
2	Florida	Florida State, Florida
2	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State
2	New Jersey	Princeton, St. Peter's
2	South Carolina	Wofford, Clemson
2	Utah	Utah State, BYU
2	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Arkansas	Arkansas-Little Rock
1	Colorado	Northern Colorado
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
1	Georgia	Georgia
1	Illinois	Illinois
1	Massachusetts	Boston U
1	Missouri	Missouri
1	Nevada	UNLV
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
1	Washington, D.C.	Georgetown