2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2008 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	North Carolina, Kansas, Memphis, UCLA
Champion	Kansas
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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2008 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.)
Cornell	22–5 (14–0)		1988	Ivy League	Brown	19–10 (11–3)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
North Carolina	32–2 (14–2)	1	2007	ACC	Clemson	24–10 (10–6)	3
UMBC	24–8 (13–3)	1	Never	America East	Hartford	18–16 (10–6)	2
Temple	21–12 (11–5)	2	2001	Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's	21–13 (9–7)	5
Belmont	25–8 (14–2)	1	2007	Atlantic Sun	Jacksonville	18–13 (12–4)	2
Kansas	31–3 (13–3)	2	2007	Big 12	Texas	31–7 (13–3)	1
Pittsburgh	26–9 (10–8)	7	2007	Big East	Georgetown	28–6 (15–3)	1
Portland State	23–9 (14–2)	1	Never	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	21–11 (11–5)	2
Winthrop	22–11 (10–4)	2	2007	Big South	UNC Asheville	23–10 (10–4)	1
Wisconsin	29–4 (16–2)	1	2007	Big Ten	Illinois	16–19 (5–13)	10
Cal State Fullerton	24–8 (12–4)	3	1978	Big West	UC Irvine	18–16 (9–7)	5
George Mason	23–10 (12–6)	3	2006	CAA	William & Mary	17–16 (10–8)	5
Memphis	33–1 (16–0)	1	2007	C-USA	Tulsa	25–14 (8–8)	7
Butler	29–3 (16–2)	1	2007	Horizon	Cleveland State	21–13 (12–6)	2
Siena	22–10 (13–5)	1	2002	MAAC	Rider	23–11 (13–5)	2
Kent State	28–6 (13–3)	1	2006	MAC	Akron	24–11 (11–5)	3
Coppin State	16–20 (7–9)	7	1997	MEAC	Morgan State	22–11 (14–2)	1
Drake	28–4 (15–3)	1	1971	Missouri Valley	Illinois State	25–10 (13–5)	2
UNLV	26–7 (12–4)	2	2007	Mountain West	BYU	27–8 (14–2)	1
Mount St. Mary's	18–14 (11–7)	4	1999	Northeast	Sacred Heart	18–14 (13–5)	3
Austin Peay	24–10 (16–4)	1	2003	Ohio Valley	Tennessee State	15–17 (10–10)	6
UCLA	31–3 (16–2)	1	2007	Pac 10	Stanford	28–8 (13–5)	2
American	21–11 (10–4)	1	Never	Patriot	Colgate	18–14 (7–7)	3
Georgia	17–16 (4–12)	East 6	2002	SEC	Arkansas	23–12 (9–7)	West 2
Davidson	26–6 (20–0)	1	2007	Southern	Elon	14–19 (9–11)	7
Texas–Arlington	21–11 (7–9)	7	Never	Southland	Northwestern State	15–18 (9–7)	5
Oral Roberts	24–8 (16–2)	1	2007	Summit	IUPUI	26–7 (15–3)	2
Western Kentucky	27–6 (16–2)	3	2003	Sun Belt	Middle Tennessee	17–15 (11–7)	4
Mississippi Valley State	17–15 (12–6)	2	1996	SWAC	Jackson State	14–20 (10–8)	4
Boise State	25–8 (12–4)	4	1994	WAC	New Mexico State	21–14 (12–4)	3
San Diego	21–13 (11–3)	3	2003	West Coast	Gonzaga	25–8 (13–1)	1

At-large bids

Conference	School	Appearance	Last bid
Arizona	Pac-10	27th	2007
Arkansas	SEC	29th	2007
Baylor	Big 12	5th	1988
BYU	Mountain West	24th	2007
Clemson	ACC	8th	1998
Connecticut	Big East	28th	2006
Duke	ACC	32nd	2007
Georgetown	Big East	25th	2007
Gonzaga	West Coast	11th	2007
Indiana	Big Ten	35th	2007
Kansas State	Big 12	23rd	1996
Kentucky	SEC	50th	2007
Louisville	Big East	34th	2007
Marquette	Big East	26th	2007
Miami (FL)	ACC	6th	2002
Michigan State	Big Ten	22nd	2007
Mississippi State	SEC	9th	2005
Notre Dame	Big East	29th	2007
Oklahoma	Big 12	26th	2006
Oregon	Pac-10	10th	2007
Purdue	Big Ten	22nd	2007
Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	19th	2004
Saint Mary's	West Coast	5th	2005
South Alabama	Sun Belt	8th	2006
Stanford	Pac-10	16th	2007
Tennessee	SEC	16th	2007
Texas	Big 12	26th	2007
Texas A&M	Big 12	9th	2007
USC	Pac-10	14th	2007
Vanderbilt	SEC	10th	2007
Villanova	Big East	29th	2007
Washington State	Pac-10	6th	2007
West Virginia	Big East	21st	2006
Xavier	Atlantic 10	19th	2007

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Charlotte Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 North Carolina ACC 32–2 Automatic 2 Tennessee SEC 29–4 At-large 3 Louisville Big East 24–8 At-large 4 Washington State Pac-10 24–8 At-large 5 Notre Dame Big East 24–7 At-large 6 Oklahoma Big 12 22–11 At-large 7 Butler Horizon 29–3 Automatic 8 Indiana Big Ten 25–7 At-large 9 Arkansas SEC 22–11 At-large 10 South Alabama Sun Belt 26–6 At-large 11 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 21–12 At-large 12 George Mason CAA 23–10 Automatic 13 Winthrop Big South 22–11 Automatic 14 Boise State WAC 25–8 Automatic 15 American Patriot League 21–11 Automatic 16 Mount St. Mary's Northeast 18–14 Automatic Coppin State MEAC 16–20 Automatic

Midwest Regional – Detroit Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Kansas Big 12 31–3 Automatic 2 Georgetown Big East 27–5 At-large 3 Wisconsin Big Ten 29–4 Automatic 4 Vanderbilt SEC 26–7 At-large 5 Clemson ACC 24–9 At-large 6 USC Pac-10 21–11 At-large 7 Gonzaga West Coast 25–7 At-large 8 UNLV Mountain West 26–7 Automatic 9 Kent State MAC 28–6 Automatic 10 Davidson Southern 26–6 Automatic 11 Kansas State Big 12 20–11 At-large 12 Villanova Big East 20–12 At-large 13 Siena MAAC 22–10 Automatic 14 Cal State Fullerton Big West 24–8 Automatic 15 UMBC America East 24–8 Automatic 16 Portland State Big Sky 23–9 Automatic

South Regional – Houston Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Memphis C-USA 33–1 Automatic 2 Texas Big 12 28–6 At-large 3 Stanford Pac-10 26–7 At-large 4 Pittsburgh Big East 26–9 Automatic 5 Michigan State Big Ten 25–8 At-large 6 Marquette Big East 24–9 At-large 7 Miami (FL) ACC 22–10 At-large 8 Mississippi State SEC 22–10 At-large 9 Oregon Pac-10 18–13 At-large 10 Saint Mary's West Coast 25–6 At-large 11 Kentucky SEC 18–12 At-large 12 Temple Atlantic 10 21–12 Automatic 13 Oral Roberts Summit 24–8 Automatic 14 Cornell Ivy League 22–5 Automatic 15 Austin Peay Ohio Valley 24–10 Automatic 16 Texas–Arlington Southland 21–11 Automatic

West Regional – Phoenix Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 UCLA Pac-10 31–3 Automatic 2 Duke ACC 27–5 At-large 3 Xavier Atlantic 10 27–6 At-large 4 Connecticut Big East 24–8 At-large 5 Drake Missouri Valley 28–4 Automatic 6 Purdue Big Ten 24–8 At-large 7 West Virginia Big East 24–10 At-large 8 BYU Mountain West 27–7 At-large 9 Texas A&M Big 12 24–10 At-large 10 Arizona Pac-10 19–14 At-large 11 Baylor Big 12 21–10 At-large 12 Western Kentucky Sun Belt 27–6 Automatic 13 San Diego West Coast 21–13 Automatic 14 Georgia SEC 17–16 Automatic 15 Belmont Atlantic Sun 25–8 Automatic 16 Mississippi Valley State SWAC 17–15 Automatic

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference(s)	Schools
8	Big East	Georgetown, Louisville, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Marquette, West Virginia, Villanova
6	Big 12	Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Baylor, Kansas State
	Pac-10	UCLA, Stanford, Washington State, USC, Oregon, Arizona
	SEC	Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Kentucky, Georgia
4	ACC	North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Miami (FL)
	Big Ten	Wisconsin, Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana
3	Atlantic 10	Xavier, Saint Joseph's, Temple
	WCC	Gonzaga, Saint Mary's, San Diego
2	Mountain West	BYU, UNLV
	Sun Belt	South Alabama, Western Kentucky
1	21 other conferences	See Automatic Bids

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
6	California	Cal State Fullerton, Saint Mary's, San Diego, Stanford, UCLA, USC
5	Tennessee	Austin Peay, Belmont, Memphis, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
4	Indiana	Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue
	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's, Temple, Villanova
	Texas	Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas-Arlington
3	Kentucky	Kentucky, Louisville, Western Kentucky
	Maryland	Coppin State, Mount St. Mary's, UMBC
	North Carolina	Davidson, Duke, North Carolina
2	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State
	Mississippi	Mississippi State, Mississippi Valley State
	New York	Cornell, Siena
	Ohio	Kent State, Xavier
	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oral Roberts
	Oregon	Oregon, Portland State
	South Carolina	Clemson, Winthrop
	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington State
	Washington, D.C.	American, Georgetown
	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Alabama	South Alabama
	Arizona	Arizona
	Arkansas	Arkansas
	Connecticut	Connecticut
	Florida	Miami (FL)
	Georgia	Georgia
	Idaho	Boise State
	Iowa	Drake
	Michigan	Michigan State
	Nevada	UNLV
	Utah	BYU
	Virginia	George Mason
	West Virginia	West Virginia

Other teams considered (bubble teams)

• Arizona State, 19-12, NIT SEED: 1
• Illinois State, 24-9, NIT SEED: 2
• Massachusetts, 21-10, NIT SEED: 2
• Ohio State, 19-13, NIT SEED: 1
• Virginia Tech, 19-13, NIT SEED: 1
• Florida, 21-11, NIT SEED: 2