2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2023 qualifying teams
2023 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Alabama
Champion	UConn
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2022 2024»

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams are entered into the tournament. Thirty-two of the teams qualified via automatic bids, usually earned by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 36 teams were via "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Teams are seeded from 1 to 16 within each of the four regionals, while the Selection Committee also seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.

Automatic bids

A total of 32 automatic bids to the tournament were granted to the below listed conferences, normally to the team that won the conference's championship tournament.^[1] Seeds listed reflect seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	# of app.	Tournament	Runner-up	Record (Conf.)	Seed
Southeast Missouri State	19–16 (10–8)	5	2000	2nd	Ohio Valley	Tennessee Tech	16–17 (11–7)	2
UNC Asheville	27–7 (16–2)	1	2016	5th	Big South	Campbell	16–18 (8–10)	7
Drake	27–7 (15–5)	2	2021	6th	Missouri Valley	Bradley	25–9 (17–4)	1
Kennesaw State	26–8 (15–3)	1	Never	1st	ASUN	Liberty	26–8 (15–3)	2
Louisiana	26–7 (13–5)	2	2014	9th	Sun Belt	South Alabama	19–16 (9–9)	8
Furman	27–7 (15–3)	1	1980	7th	Southern	Chattanooga	18–17 (7–11)	7
Fairleigh Dickinson^[a]	19–15 (10–6)	2	2019	7th	Northeast	Merrimack^[a]	18–16 (12–4)	1
Northern Kentucky	22–12 (14–6)	4	2019	3rd	Horizon	Cleveland State	21–13 (14–6)	3
College of Charleston	31–3 (14–6)	2	2018	6th	CAA	UNC Wilmington	24–9 (12–6)	4
Oral Roberts	29–4 (18–0)	1	2021	7th	Summit League	North Dakota State	16–17 (11–7)	3
Gonzaga	27–5 (14–2)	2	2022	25th	WCC	Saint Mary's	26–6 (14–2)	1
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	23–10 (14–4)	1	2022	3rd	Southland	Northwestern State	22–11 (13–5)	2
Colgate	26–8 (17–1)	1	2022	6th	Patriot	Lafayette	11–22 (7–11)	6
Montana State	25–9 (15–3)	2	2022	5th	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	12–23 (5–13)	9
Vermont	23–10 (14–2)	1	2022	9th	America East	UMass Lowell	26–8 (11–5)	2
Howard	22–12 (11–3)	1	1992	3rd	MEAC	Norfolk State	22–11 (9–5)	3
Texas Southern	14–20 (7–11)	8	2022	11th	SWAC	Grambling State	24–9 (15–3)	2
Texas	26–8 (12–6)	2	2022	37th	Big 12	Kansas	27–7 (13–5)	1
San Diego State	27–6 (15–3)	1	2022	15th	Mountain West	Utah State	26–8 (13–5)	3
Marquette	28–6 (17–3)	1	2022	35th	Big East	Xavier	25–9 (15–5)	2
Kent State	28–6 (15–3)	2	2017	7th	MAC	Toledo	27–7 (16–2)	1
Iona	27–7 (17–3)	1	2021	16th	MAAC	Marist	13–20 (6–14)	11
Florida Atlantic	31–3 (18–2)	1	2002	2nd	C-USA	UAB	25–9 (14–6)	3
Duke	26–8 (14–6)	4	2022	45th	ACC	Virginia	25–7 (15–5)	2
UC Santa Barbara	27–7 (15–5)	2	2021	7th	Big West	Cal State Fullerton	20–13 (12–6)	4
Arizona	28–6 (14–6)	2	2022	37th	Pac-12	UCLA	29–5 (18–2)	1
Grand Canyon	24–11 (11–7)	5	2021	2nd	WAC	Southern Utah	22–12 (18–2)	3
Princeton	21–8 (10–4)	2	2017	26th	Ivy League	Yale	21–8 (10–4)	1
VCU	27–7 (15–3)	1	2021	18th	Atlantic 10	Dayton	22–11 (12–6)	2
Alabama	29–5 (16–2)	1	2022	24th	SEC	Texas A&M	25–8 (15–3)	2
Memphis	26–8 (13–5)	2	2022	28th	American	Houston	31–3 (17–1)	1
Purdue	29–8 (15–5)	1	2022	34th	Big Ten	Penn State	22–13 (10–10)	10

At-large bids

36 at-large teams were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process.

At-large bids
Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Houston	American	2022	24th
Miami (FL)	ACC	2022	45th
NC State		2018	28th
Pittsburgh		2016	27th
Virginia		2016	25th
Baylor	Big 12	2022	15th
Iowa State		2022	22nd
Kansas		2022	51st
Kansas State		2019	32nd
TCU		2018	9th
West Virginia		2021	31st
Creighton	Big East	2022	24rd
Providence		2022	22nd
UConn		2022	36th
Xavier		2018	38th
Illinois	Big Ten	2022	33rd
Indiana		2022	41st
Iowa		2022	29th
Maryland		2021	29th
Michigan State		2022	36th
Northwestern		2017	2nd
Penn State		2021	10th
Boise State	Mountain West	2022	9th
Nevada		2019	10th
Utah State		2021	23rd
Arizona State	Pac-12	2019	16th
UCLA		2022	52nd
USC		2022	20th
Arkansas	SEC	2022	35th
Auburn		2022	12th
Kentucky		2022	59th
Mississippi State		2019	12th
Missouri		2021	29th
Tennessee		2022	24th
Texas A&M		2018	15th
Saint Mary's	West Coast	2022	12th

Listed by region and seeding

The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process and were published by the selection committee after the brackets were released.

South Regional – KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type	Last bid
1	Alabama	SEC	29–5	1	Automatic	2022
2	Arizona	Pac–12	28–6	7	Automatic	2022
3	Baylor	Big 12	22–10	9	At large	2022
4	Virginia	ACC	25–7	16	At large	2021
5	San Diego State	Mountain West	27–6	17	Automatic	2022
6	Creighton	Big East	21–12	22	At large	2022
7	Missouri	SEC	24–9	27	At large	2021
8	Maryland	Big Ten	21–12	31	At large	2021
9	West Virginia	Big 12	19–14	34	At large	2021
10	Utah State	Mountain West	26–8	40	At large	2021
11	North Carolina State	ACC	23–10	41	At large	2018
12	Charleston	Colonial	31–3	47	Automatic	2018
13	Furman	Southern	27–7	53	Automatic	1980
14	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	27–7	56	Automatic	2021
15	Princeton	Ivy	21–8	61	Automatic	2017
16*	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	23–10	65	Automatic	2022
16*	Southeast Missouri State	Ohio Valley	19–16	67	Automatic	2000

East Regional – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type	Last bid
1	Purdue	Big Ten	29–5	4	Automatic	2022
2	Marquette	Big East	28–6	8	Automatic	2022
3	Kansas State	Big 12	23–9	11	At large	2019
4	Tennessee	SEC	23–10	14	At large	2022
5	Duke	ACC	26–8	18	Automatic	2022
6	Kentucky	SEC	21–11	23	At large	2022
7	Michigan State	Big Ten	19–12	26	At large	2022
8	Memphis	American	26–8	29	Automatic	2022
9	Florida Atlantic	C-USA	31–3	33	Automatic	2002
10	USC	Pac–12	22–10	39	At large	2022
11	Providence	Big East	21–11	42	At large	2022
12	Oral Roberts	Summit	30–4	48	Automatic	2021
13	Louisiana	Sun Belt	26–7	54	Automatic	2014
14	Montana State	Big Sky	25–9	58	Automatic	2022
15	Vermont	America East	23–10	59	Automatic	2022
16*	Texas Southern	SWAC	14–20	66	Automatic	2022
16*	Fairleigh Dickinson	Northeast	19–15	68	Automatic	2019

Midwest Regional – T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type	Last bid
1	Houston	American	31–3	2	At large	2022
2	Texas	Big 12	26–8	6	Automatic	2022
3	Xavier	Big East	25–9	12	At large	2018
4	Indiana	Big Ten	22–11	15	At large	2022
5	Miami (FL)	ACC	25–7	20	At large	2022
6	Iowa State	Big 12	19–13	21	At large	2022
7	Texas A&M	SEC	25–9	25	At large	2018
8	Iowa	Big Ten	19–13	32	At large	2022
9	Auburn	SEC	20–12	35	At large	2022
10	Penn State	Big Ten	22–13	38	At large	2011
11*	Mississippi State	SEC	21–12	43	At large	2019
11*	Pittsburgh	ACC	22–11	44	At large	2016
12	Drake	Missouri Valley	27–7	49	Automatic	2021
13	Kent State	MAC	28–6	51	Automatic	2017
14	Kennesaw State	ASUN	26–8	55	Automatic	Never
15	Colgate	Patriot	26–8	60	Automatic	2022
16	Northern Kentucky	Horizon	22–12	63	Automatic	2019

West Regional – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type	Last bid
1	Kansas	Big 12	27–7	3	At large	2022
2	UCLA	Pac–12	29–5	5	At large	2022
3	Gonzaga	West Coast	28–5	10	Automatic	2022
4	UConn	Big East	25–8	13	At large	2022
5	Saint Mary's	West Coast	26–7	19	At large	2022
6	TCU	Big 12	21–12	24	At large	2022
7	Northwestern	Big Ten	21–11	28	At large	2017
8	Arkansas	SEC	20–13	30	At large	2022
9	Illinois	Big Ten	20–12	36	At large	2022
10	Boise State	Mountain West	24–9	37	At large	2022
11*	Arizona State	Pac–12	22–12	45	At large	2019
11*	Nevada	Mountain West	22–10	46	At large	2019
12	VCU	Atlantic 10	27–7	50	Automatic	2021
13	Iona	MAAC	27–7	52	Automatic	2021
14	Grand Canyon	WAC	24–11	57	Automatic	2021
15	UNC Asheville	Big South	27–7	62	Automatic	2016
16	Howard	MEAC	22–12	64	Automatic	1992

*See First Four
Source:^[2]

Conferences with multiple bids

Teams in boldface won their conference tournament and received the conference's automatic bid.

Bids	Conference	Schools
8	Big Ten	Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Penn State
8	SEC	Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M
7	Big 12	Texas, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, TCU, West Virginia
5	ACC	Duke, Miami (FL), NC State, Pittsburgh, Virginia
5	Big East	Marquette, Creighton, Providence, UConn, Xavier
4	Mountain West	San Diego State, Boise State, Nevada, Utah State
4	Pac-12	Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA, USC
2	American	Memphis, Houston
2	WCC	Gonzaga, Saint Mary's

Bids by state

Bids	State	Schools
2	Alabama	Alabama, Auburn
3	Arizona	Arizona, Arizona State, Grand Canyon
1	Arkansas	Arkansas
5	California	San Diego State, Saint Mary's, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, USC
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
2	Florida	Florida Atlantic, Miami
1	Georgia	Kennesaw State
1	Idaho	Boise State
2	Illinois	Illinois, Northwestern
2	Indiana	Indiana, Purdue
3	Iowa	Drake, Iowa, Iowa State
2	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State
2	Kentucky	Kentucky, Northern Kentucky
1	Louisiana	Louisiana
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Michigan	Michigan State
1	Mississippi	Mississippi State
2	Missouri	Missouri, Southeast Missouri State
1	Montana	Montana State
1	Nebraska	Creighton
1	Nevada	Nevada
2	New Jersey	Fairleigh Dickinson, Princeton
2	New York	Colgate, Iona
3	North Carolina	Duke, NC State, UNC Asheville
2	Ohio	Kent State, Xavier
1	Oklahoma	Oral Roberts
2	Pennsylvania	Penn State, Pittsburgh
1	Rhode Island	Providence
2	South Carolina	College of Charleston, Furman
2	Tennessee	Memphis, Tennessee
7	Texas	Baylor, Houston, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Texas Southern
1	Utah	Utah State
1	Vermont	Vermont
2	Virginia	VCU, Virginia
1	Washington	Gonzaga
1	Washington, D.C.	Howard
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
1	Wisconsin	Marquette

Notes

^ ^a ^b Despite losing the NEC championship game, Fairleigh Dickinson received the NEC's automatic bid because Merrimack, who defeated them, is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament due to a transition from Division II.

References

^ "Tracking all 32 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2023". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
^ Boone, Kyle (March 12, 2023). "March Madness 2023: Committee reveals official NCAA Tournament bracket seed list from 1-68". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 4, 2023.

[FDU-2] Despite losing the NEC championship game, Fairleigh Dickinson received the NEC's automatic bid because Merrimack, who defeated them, is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament due to a transition from Division II.

[1] "Tracking all 32 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2023". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[3] Boone, Kyle (March 12, 2023). "March Madness 2023: Committee reveals official NCAA Tournament bracket seed list from 1-68". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 4, 2023.

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