Qualifying teams
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 | 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 | 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 |