2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2017 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Villanova
Champion	North Carolina
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
«2016 2018»

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams participated in 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

UC Davis

UCLA

USC

Nevada

Arizona

Gonzaga

Oregon

NMSU

North Dakota

SDSU

Creighton

Kansas St.

Wichita St.

Oklahoma St.

SMU

Baylor

TSU

Minnesota

Iowa St.

Arkansas

UNO

Wisconsin

Marquette

Michigan St.

Michigan

Notre Dame

Purdue

Butler

Florida

Florida St.

FGCU

Miami

Villanova

Kansas

NCCU

Troy

JSU

Middle Tenn.

Vanderbilt

ETSU

Louisville

NKU

Kentucky

URI

Providence

Iona

Seton Hall

Princeton

MSM

Virginia Tech

Maryland

WVU

Virginia

S. Carolina

Winthrop

UNCW

Northwestern

Bucknell

Xavier

Cincinnati

St. Mary's

VCU

Vermont

Duke

Dayton

Kent St.

UNC

WFU

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2017 Participants: East Region (blue), South Region (red), Midwest Region (green), and West Region (purple)

Automatic bids

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

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Jacksonville State	20–14 (9–7)	4	Never	Ohio Valley	UT Martin	21–12 (10–6)	2
Winthrop	26–6 (15–3)	1	2010	Big South	Campbell	17–17 (7–11)	7
Wichita State	30–4 (17–1)	2	2016	Missouri Valley	Illinois State	27–6 (17–1)	1
Florida Gulf Coast	26–7 (12–2)	1	2016	Atlantic Sun	North Florida	15–19 (8–6)	3
UNC Wilmington	29–5 (15–3)	1	2016	CAA	College of Charleston	25–9 (14–4)	2
East Tennessee State	27–7 (14–4)	3	2010	Southern	UNC Greensboro	25–9 (14–4)	1
Iona	22–12 (12–8)	3	2016	MAAC	Siena	17–17 (12–8)	4
Northern Kentucky	24–10 (12–6)	4	Never	Horizon	Milwaukee	11–24 (4–14)	10
Mount St. Mary's	19–15 (14–4)	1	2014	Northeast	Saint Francis (PA)	16–16 (11–7)	4
South Dakota State	18–16 (8–8)	4	2016	Summit	Omaha	18–14 (9–7)	3
Gonzaga	32–1 (17–1)	1	2016	West Coast	Saint Mary's	28–4 (16–2)	2
Bucknell	26–8 (15–3)	1	2013	Patriot	Lehigh	20–12 (12–6)	3
Vermont	29–5 (16–0)	1	2012	America East	Albany	21–13 (10–6)	3
North Carolina Central	25–8 (13–3)	1	2014	MEAC	Norfolk State	17–16 (12–4)	2
Villanova	31–3 (15–3)	1	2016	Big East	Creighton	25–9 (10–8)	6
Iowa State	23–10 (12–6)	4	2016	Big 12	West Virginia	26–8 (12–6)	2
Nevada	28–6 (14–4)	1	2007	Mountain West	Colorado State	23–11 (13–5)	2
Texas Southern	23–11 (16–2)	1	2015	SWAC	Alcorn State	18–14 (13–5)	2
Kent State	22–13 (10–8)	6	2008	MAC	Akron	26–8 (14–4)	1
Middle Tennessee	30–4 (17–1)	1	2016	C-USA	Marshall	20–15 (10–8)	6
North Dakota	22–9 (14–4)	1	Never	Big Sky	Weber State	19–12 (12–6)	3
Duke	27–8 (11–7)	5	2016	ACC	Notre Dame	25–9 (12–6)	3
New Orleans	20–11 (13–5)	1	1996	Southland	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	20–11 (12–6)	2
Arizona	30–4 (16–2)	2	2016	Pac-12	Oregon	29–5 (16–2)	1
New Mexico State	28–5 (11–3)	2	2015	WAC	Cal State Bakersfield	22–9 (12–2)	1
UC Davis	22–12 (11–5)	2	Never	Big West	UC Irvine	21–14 (12–4)	1
Princeton	23–6 (14–0)	1	2011	Ivy League	Yale	18–11 (9–5)	3
Rhode Island	24–9 (13–5)	4	1999	Atlantic 10	VCU	26–8 (14–4)	2
Kentucky	29–5 (16–2)	1	2016	SEC	Arkansas	25–9 (12–6)	3
Troy	22–14 (10–8)	6	2003	Sun Belt	Texas State	20–13 (11–7)	4
Michigan	24–11 (10–8)	8	2016	Big Ten	Wisconsin	25–8 (12–6)	2
SMU	30–4 (17–1)	1	2015	American	Cincinnati	29–5 (16–2)	2

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
9	ACC	Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
7	Big East	Villanova, Butler, Creighton, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier
7	Big Ten	Michigan, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
6	Big 12	Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
5	SEC	Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
4	Pac-12	Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, USC
3	Atlantic 10	Rhode Island, Dayton, VCU
2	American	SMU, Cincinnati
2	WCC	Gonzaga, St. Mary's
1	22 other conferences	See Automatic Bids

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
2	Alabama	Jacksonville State, Troy
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Arkansas	Arkansas
4	California	St. Mary's, UC Davis, UCLA, USC
4	Florida	Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami
1	Illinois	Northwestern
3	Indiana	Butler, Notre Dame, Purdue
1	Iowa	Iowa State
3	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State
3	Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky
1	Louisiana	New Orleans
2	Maryland	Maryland, Mount St. Mary's
2	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
1	Minnesota	Minnesota
1	Nebraska	Creighton
1	Nevada	Nevada
2	New Jersey	Princeton, Seton Hall
1	New Mexico	New Mexico State
1	New York	Iona
5	North Carolina	Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, UNC Wilmington, Wake Forest
1	North Dakota	North Dakota
4	Ohio	Cincinnati, Dayton, Kent State, Xavier
1	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State
1	Oregon	Oregon
2	Pennsylvania	Bucknell, Villanova
2	Rhode Island	Providence, Rhode Island
2	South Carolina	South Carolina, Winthrop
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
3	Tennessee	East Tennessee State, Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt
3	Texas	Baylor, SMU, Texas Southern
1	Vermont	Vermont
3	Virginia	Virginia, VCU, Virginia Tech
1	Washington	Gonzaga
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin

References

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