2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2018 qualifying teams
2018 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Virginia
Champion	Villanova
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2017 2019»

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams participated the tournament. Thirty-two of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The remaining 36 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.^[1]^[2]

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

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

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Tournament	Runner-up	Record (Conf.)	Seed
Murray State	26–5 (16–2)	1	2012	Ohio Valley	Belmont	24–9 (15–3)	2
Radford	22–12 (12–6)	2	2009	Big South	Liberty	20–14 (9–9)	5
Loyola–Chicago	28–5 (15–3)	1	1985	Missouri Valley	Illinois State	15–14 (10–8)	3
Lipscomb	23–9 (10–4)	2	Never	Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast	23–11 (12–2)	1
Michigan	28–7 (13–5)	5	2017	Big Ten	Purdue	28–5 (15–3)	3
Iona	20–13 (11–7)	4	2017	MAAC	Fairfield	17–16 (9–9)	6
UNC Greensboro	27–7 (15–3)	1	2001	Southern	East Tennessee State	25–9 (14–4)	2
LIU Brooklyn	18–16 (10–8)	4	2013	Northeast	Wagner	23–9 (14–4)	1
College of Charleston	26–7 (14–4)	1	1999	CAA	Northeastern	23–9 (14–4)	2
Gonzaga	30–4 (17–1)	1	2017	West Coast	BYU	24–10 (11–7)	3
Bucknell	24–9 (16–2)	1	2017	Patriot	Colgate	19–12 (12–6)	2
Wright State	25–9 (14–4)	2	2007	Horizon	Cleveland State	12–23 (6–12)	8
South Dakota State	28–6 (13–1)	1	2017	Summit	South Dakota	26–8 (11–3)	2
UMBC	24–10 (12–4)	2	2008	America East	Vermont	27–7 (15–1)	1
North Carolina Central	19–15 (9–7)	6	2017	MEAC	Hampton	19–15 (12–4)	1
Texas Southern	15–19 (12–6)	3	2017	SWAC	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	14–21 (12–6)	1
Kansas	27–7 (13–5)	1	2017	Big 12	West Virginia	11–7 (23–9)	3
San Diego State	22–10 (11–7)	5	2015	Mountain West	New Mexico	18–15 (12–6)	3
Villanova	30–4 (14–4)	2	2017	Big East	Providence	21–12 (10–8)	5
Buffalo	25–8 (15–3)	1	2016	MAC	Toledo	23–10 (13–5)	2
Montana	26–7 (16–2)	1	2013	Big Sky	Eastern Washington	20–14 (13–5)	3
Virginia	31–2 (17–1)	1	2017	ACC	North Carolina	25–9 (11–7)	6
Marshall	24–10 (12–6)	4	1987	Conference USA	Western Kentucky	24–10 (14–4)	3
Stephen F. Austin	28–6 (14–4)	3	2016	Southland	Southeastern Louisiana	21–10 (15–3)	1
Arizona	27-7 (14-4)	1	2017	Pac-12	USC	23–11 (12–6)	2
New Mexico State	27–5 (12–2)	1	2017	WAC	Grand Canyon	22–10 (9–5)	3
Cal State Fullerton	20–11 (10–6)	4	2008	Big West	UC-Irvine	18–17 (11–5)	3
Penn	24–8 (12–2)	2	2007	Ivy	Harvard	18–3 (12–2)	1
Davidson	21–11 (13–5)	3	2015	Atlantic 10	Rhode Island	25–7 (15–3)	1
Kentucky	24–10 (10–8)	4	2017	SEC	Tennessee	25–8 (13–5)	2
Georgia State	23–10 (12–6)	2	2015	Sun Belt	Texas–Arlington	21–12 (10–8)	4
Cincinnati	27–4 (16–2)	1	2017	American	Houston	24–6 (14–4)	3

At-large bids

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Alabama	SEC	2012	20
Arizona State	Pac-12	2014	14
Arkansas	SEC	2017	32
Auburn	SEC	2003	9
Butler	Big East	2017	16
Clemson	ACC	2011	11
Creighton	Big East	2017	21
Duke	ACC	2017	42
Florida	SEC	2017	19
Florida State	ACC	2017	16
Houston	American	2010	20
Kansas State	Big 12	2017	30
Miami	ACC	2017	10
Michigan State	Big Ten	2017	32
Missouri	SEC	2013	26
Nevada	Mountain West	2017	8
NC State	ACC	2015	27
North Carolina	ACC	2017	49
Ohio State	Big Ten	2017	28
Oklahoma	Big 12	2016	31
Providence	Big East	2017	20
Purdue	Big Ten	2017	29
Rhode Island	A–10	2017	10
Seton Hall	Big East	2017	12
St. Bonaventure	A–10	2012	7
Syracuse	ACC	2016	39
Tennessee	SEC	2014	21
Texas	Big 12	2016	34
Texas A&M	SEC	2016	14
Texas Tech	Big 12	2016	16
TCU	Big 12	1998	8
UCLA	Pac-12	2017	48
Virginia Tech	ACC	2017	10
West Virginia	Big 12	2017	29
Wichita State	American	2017	15
Xavier	Big East	2017	28

Listed by region and seeding

East Region – Boston
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Villanova	Big East	30–4	Automatic	2
2	Purdue	Big Ten	28–6	At-large	7
3	Texas Tech	Big 12	24–9	At-large	12
4	Wichita State	American	28–7	At-large	14
5	West Virginia	Big 12	24–10	At-large	18
6	Florida	SEC	20–12	At-large	21
7	Arkansas	SEC	23–11	At-large	26
8	Virginia Tech	ACC	21–11	At-large	31
9	Alabama	SEC	19–15	At-large	36
10	Butler	Big East	20–13	At-large	33
11*	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	25–7	At-large	41
11*	UCLA	Pac-12	21–10	At-large	42
12	Murray State	Ohio Valley	26–5	Automatic	50
13	Marshall	C-USA	24–10	Automatic	54
14	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	28–6	Automatic	58
15	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	20–11	Automatic	61
16*	LIU Brooklyn	Northeast	18–16	Automatic	66
16*	Radford	Big South	22–12	Automatic	65

Midwest Region – Omaha
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Kansas	Big 12	27–7	Automatic	3
2	Duke	ACC	26–7	At-large	6
3	Michigan State	Big Ten	29–4	At-large	9
4	Auburn	SEC	25–7	At-large	13
5	Clemson	ACC	23–9	At-large	19
6	TCU	Big 12	21–11	At-large	24
7	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	25–7	At-large	28
8	Seton Hall	Big East	21–11	At-large	29
9	NC State	ACC	21-11	At-large	37
10	Oklahoma	Big 12	18-13	At-large	40
11*	Arizona State	Pac-12	20–11	At-large	43
11*	Syracuse	ACC	20–13	At-large	44
12	New Mexico State	WAC	28–5	Automatic	47
13	Charleston	CAA	26–7	Automatic	53
14	Bucknell	Patriot	25–9	Automatic	55
15	Iona	MAAC	20–13	Automatic	62
16	Penn	Ivy	24–8	Automatic	64

South Region – Atlanta
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Virginia	ACC	31–2	Automatic	1
2	Cincinnati	AAC	30–4	Automatic	8
3	Tennessee	SEC	25–8	At-large	10
4	Arizona	Pac-12	27–7	Automatic	16
5	Kentucky	SEC	24–10	Automatic	17
6	Miami (FL)	ACC	22–9	At-large	22
7	Nevada	Mountain West	27–7	At-large	27
8	Creighton	Big East	21–11	At-large	30
9	Kansas State	Big 12	22–11	At-large	34
10	Texas	Big 12	19–14	At-large	39
11	Loyola-Chicago	MVC	28–5	Automatic	46
12	Davidson	Atlantic 10	21–11	Automatic	48
13	Buffalo	MAC	26–8	Automatic	52
14	Wright State	Horizon League	25–9	Automatic	57
15	Georgia State	Sun Belt	24–10	Automatic	60
16	UMBC	America East	24–10	Automatic	63

West Region – Los Angeles
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Xavier	Big East	28–5	At-large	4
2	North Carolina	ACC	25–10	At-large	5
3	Michigan	Big Ten	28–7	Automatic	11
4	Gonzaga	West Coast	30–4	Automatic	15
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	24–8	At-large	20
6	Houston	American	26–7	At-large	23
7	Texas A&M	SEC	20–12	At-large	25
8	Missouri	SEC	20–12	At-large	32
9	Florida State	ACC	20–11	At-large	38
10	Providence	Big East	21–13	At-large	35
11	San Diego State	Mountain West	22–10	Automatic	45
12	South Dakota State	Summit	28–6	Automatic	49
13	UNC Greensboro	Southern	27–7	Automatic	52
14	Montana	Big Sky	26–7	Automatic	56
15	Lipscomb	Atlantic Sun	23–9	Automatic	59
16*	North Carolina Central	MEAC	19–15	Automatic	67
16*	Texas Southern	SWAC	15–19	Automatic	68

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
9	ACC	Virginia, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
8	SEC	Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M
7	Big 12	Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia
6	Big East	Villanova, Butler, Creighton, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier
4	Big Ten	Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State
3	American	Cincinnati, Houston, Wichita State
3	Atlantic 10	Davidson, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure
3	Pac-12	Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA
2	Mountain West	San Diego State, Nevada

Automatic conference bids in bold

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
2	Alabama	Alabama, Auburn
2	Arizona	Arizona, Arizona State
1	Arkansas	Arkansas
3	California	Cal State Fullerton, San Diego State, UCLA
3	Florida	Florida, Florida State, Miami
1	Georgia	Georgia State
1	Illinois	Loyola-Chicago
2	Indiana	Butler, Purdue
3	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State
2	Kentucky	Kentucky, Murray State
1	Maryland	UMBC
2	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
1	Missouri	Missouri
1	Montana	Montana
1	Nebraska	Creighton
1	Nevada	Nevada
1	New Jersey	Seton Hall
1	New Mexico	New Mexico State
5	New York	Buffalo, Iona, LIU Brooklyn, St. Bonaventure, Syracuse
6	North Carolina	Davidson, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, NC State, UNC Greensboro
4	Ohio	Cincinnati, Ohio State, Wright State, Xavier
1	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
3	Pennsylvania	Bucknell, Penn, Villanova
2	Rhode Island	Providence, Rhode Island
2	South Carolina	Clemson, College of Charleston
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
2	Tennessee	Lipscomb, Tennessee
7	Texas	Houston, Stephen F. Austin, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Texas Tech
3	Virginia	Radford, Virginia, Virginia Tech
1	Washington	Gonzaga
2	West Virginia	Marshall, West Virginia

References

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

[1] "March Madness bracket: How the 68 teams are selected for the Division I men's basketball tournament". NCAA. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.

[2] "March Madness 2017: Conference tournament scores, schedule, NCAA tournament automatic qualifiers". NCAA. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.

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