2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2019 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Duke
Champion	Virginia
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams participed 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

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	27–4 (16–2)	2	2018	Ohio Valley	Belmont	26–5 (16–2)	1
Gardner–Webb	23–11 (10–6)	4	Never	Big South	Radford	22–11 (12–4)	2
Bradley	20–14 (9–9)	5	2006	Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa	16–18 (9–9)	6
Liberty	28–6 (14–2)	2	2013	Atlantic Sun	Lipscomb	25–7 (14–2)	1
Wofford	29–4 (18–0)	1	2015	Southern	UNC Greensboro	28–6 (15–3)	2
Iona	17–15 (12–6)	1	2018	MAAC	Monmouth	14–21 (10–8)	6
Northeastern	23–10 (14–4)	2	2015	CAA	Hofstra	27–7 (15–3)	1
Northern Kentucky	26–8 (13–5)	2	2017	Horizon	Wright State	21–13 (13–5)	1
Fairleigh Dickinson	20–13 (12–6)	2	2016	Northeast	Saint Francis (PA)	18–14 (12–6)	1
North Dakota State	18–15 (9–7)	4	2015	Summit	Omaha	21–11 (13–3)	2
Saint Mary's	22–11 (11–5)	2	2017	West Coast	Gonzaga	30–3 (16–0)	1
Colgate	24–10 (13–5)	1	1996	Patriot	Bucknell	21–12 (13–5)	2
Vermont	27–6 (14–2)	1	2017	America East	UMBC	21–12 (11–5)	3
North Carolina Central	18–15 (10–6)	3	2018	MEAC	Norfolk State	21–13 (14–2)	1
Iowa State	23–11 (9–9)	5	2017	Big 12	Kansas	25–9 (12–6)	3
Utah State	28–6 (15–3)	2	2011	Mountain West	San Diego State	21–13 (11–7)	4
Prairie View A&M	22–12 (17–1)	1	1998	SWAC	Texas Southern	21–13 (14–4)	2
Villanova	25–9 (13–5)	1	2018	Big East	Seton Hall	20–13 (9–9)	3
Buffalo	31–3 (16–2)	1	2018	MAC	Bowling Green	22–12 (12–6)	3
Montana	26–8 (16–4)	1	2018	Big Sky	Eastern Washington	16–18 (12–8)	3
Duke	29–5 (14–4)	3	2018	ACC	Florida State	27–7 (13–5)	4
Old Dominion	26–8 (13–5)	1	2011	C-USA	Western Kentucky	19–14 (11–7)	2
Abilene Christian	27–6 (14–4)	2	Never	Southland	New Orleans	19–13 (12–6)	4
New Mexico State	30–4 (15–1)	1	2018	WAC	Grand Canyon	20–13 (10–6)	3
Oregon	23–12 (10-8)	6	2017	Pac-12	Washington	26–8 (15-3)	1
UC Irvine	30–5 (15–1)	1	2015	Big West	Cal State Fullerton	16–17 (10–6)	3
Yale	22–7 (10–4)	2	2016	Ivy	Harvard	18–11 (10–4)	1
Saint Louis	23–12 (10–8)	6	2014	Atlantic 10	St. Bonaventure	18–16 (12–6)	4
Auburn	26–9 (11–7)	5	2018	SEC	Tennessee	29–5 (15–3)	3
Georgia State	24–9 (13–5)	1	2018	Sun Belt	UT Arlington	17–16 (12–6)	2
Cincinnati	28–6 (14–4)	2	2018	American	Houston	31–3 (16–2)	1
Michigan State	28–6 (16–4)	1	2018	Big Ten	Michigan	28–6 (15–5)	3

At-large bids

Conference	School	Appearance	Last bid
Arizona State	Pac-12	15th	2018
Baylor	Big 12	12th	2018
Belmont	Ohio Valley	8th	2015
Florida	SEC	20th	2018
Florida State	ACC	17th	2018
Gonzaga	WCC	22nd	2018
Houston	American	21st	2018
Iowa	Big Ten	26th	2016
Kansas	Big 12	48th	2018
Kansas State	Big 12	31st	2018
Kentucky	SEC	58th	2018
Louisville	ACC	39th	2017
LSU	SEC	22nd	2015
Marquette	Big East	33rd	2017
Maryland	Big Ten	27th	2017
Michigan	Big Ten	25th	2018
Minnesota	Big Ten	10th	2017
Mississippi State	SEC	11th	2009
Nevada	Mountain West	9th	2018
North Carolina	ACC	50th	2018
Ohio State	Big Ten	29th	2018
Oklahoma	Big 12	32nd	2018
Ole Miss	SEC	9th	2016
Purdue	Big Ten	30th	2018
Seton Hall	Big East	13th	2018
St. John's	Big East	29th	2015
Syracuse	ACC	40th	2018
Temple	American	33rd	2016
Tennessee	SEC	22nd	2018
Texas Tech	Big 12	16th	2018
UCF	American	5th	2005
VCU	Atlantic 10	17th	2017
Virginia	ACC	23rd	2018
Virginia Tech	ACC	11th	2018
Washington	Pac-12	17th	2011
Wisconsin	Big Ten	24th	2017

Listed by region and seeding

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The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process.

East Regional – Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C. Seed School Conference Record Overall Seed Berth type 1 Duke ACC 29–5 1 Automatic 2 Michigan State Big Ten 28–6 6 Automatic 3 LSU SEC 26–6 11 At-Large 4 Virginia Tech ACC 24–8 16 At-Large 5 Mississippi State SEC 23–10 20 At-Large 6 Maryland Big Ten 22–10 22 At-Large 7 Louisville ACC 20–13 25 At-Large 8 VCU Atlantic 10 25–7 29 At-Large 9 UCF American 23–8 34 At-Large 10 Minnesota Big Ten 21–13 39 At-Large 11* Temple American 23–9 43 At-Large Belmont Ohio Valley 26–5 42 At-Large 12 Liberty ASUN 28–6 50 Automatic 13 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 23–12 53 Automatic 14 Yale Ivy 22–7 55 Automatic 15 Bradley Missouri Valley 20–14 61 Automatic 16* North Carolina Central MEAC 18–15 68 Automatic North Dakota State Summit 18–15 67 Automatic

West Regional – Honda Center, Anaheim, California Seed School Conference Record Overall Seed Berth type 1 Gonzaga West Coast 30–3 4 At-Large 2 Michigan Big Ten 28–6 8 At-Large 3 Texas Tech Big 12 26–6 10 At-Large 4 Florida State ACC 27–7 14 At-Large 5 Marquette Big East 24–9 17 At-Large 6 Buffalo MAC 31–3 23 Automatic 7 Nevada Mountain West 29–4 26 At-Large 8 Syracuse ACC 20–13 30 At-Large 9 Baylor Big 12 19–13 35 At-Large 10 Florida SEC 19–15 40 At-Large 11* Arizona State Pac-12 22–10 45 At-Large St. John's Big East 21–12 47 At-Large 12 Murray State Ohio Valley 27–4 46 Automatic 13 Vermont America East 27–6 52 Automatic 14 Northern Kentucky Horizon 26–8 58 Automatic 15 Montana Big Sky 26–8 59 Automatic 16* Fairleigh Dickinson Northeast 20–13 66 Automatic Prairie View A&M SWAC 22–12 65 Automatic

South Regional – KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky Seed School Conference Record Overall Seed Berth type 1 Virginia ACC 29–3 2 At-Large 2 Tennessee SEC 29–5 5 At-Large 3 Purdue Big Ten 23–9 12 At-Large 4 Kansas State Big 12 25–8 15 At-Large 5 Wisconsin Big Ten 23–10 19 At-Large 6 Villanova Big East 25–9 21 Automatic 7 Cincinnati American 28–6 27 Automatic 8 Ole Miss SEC 20–12 31 At-Large 9 Oklahoma Big 12 19–13 36 At-Large 10 Iowa Big Ten 22–11 37 At-Large 11 Saint Mary's West Coast 22–11 44 Automatic 12 Oregon Pac-12 23–12 48 Automatic 13 UC Irvine Big West 30–5 51 Automatic 14 Old Dominion C-USA 26–8 56 Automatic 15 Colgate Patriot 24–10 60 Automatic 16 Gardner–Webb Big South 23–11 63 Automatic

Midwest Regional – Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri Seed School Conference Record Overall Seed Berth type 1 North Carolina ACC 27–6 3 At-Large 2 Kentucky SEC 27–6 7 At-Large 3 Houston American 31–3 9 At-Large 4 Kansas Big 12 25–9 13 At-Large 5 Auburn SEC 26–9 18 Automatic 6 Iowa State Big 12 23–11 24 Automatic 7 Wofford Southern 29–4 28 Automatic 8 Utah State Mountain West 28–6 32 Automatic 9 Washington Pac-12 26–8 33 At-Large 10 Seton Hall Big East 20–13 38 At-Large 11 Ohio State Big Ten 19–14 41 At-Large 12 New Mexico State WAC 30–4 49 Automatic 13 Northeastern CAA 23–10 54 Automatic 14 Georgia State Sun Belt 24–9 57 Automatic 15 Abilene Christian Southland 27–6 62 Automatic 16 Iona MAAC 17–15 64 Automatic

*See First Four

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
8	Big Ten	Michigan State, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
7	ACC	Duke, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech
7	SEC	Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee
6	Big 12	Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech
4	American	Cincinnati, UCF, Houston, Temple
4	Big East	Villanova, Marquette, Seton Hall, St. John's
3	Pac-12	Oregon, Arizona State, Washington
2	Atlantic 10	Saint Louis, VCU
2	Mountain West	Utah State, Nevada
2	Ohio Valley	Murray State, Belmont
2	West Coast	St. Mary's, Gonzaga

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
1	Alabama	Auburn
1	Arizona	Arizona State
2	California	Saint Mary's, UC Irvine
1	Connecticut	Yale
3	Florida	UCF, Florida, Florida State
1	Georgia	Georgia State
1	Illinois	Bradley
1	Indiana	Purdue
2	Iowa	Iowa, Iowa State
2	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State
4	Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky, Murray State, Northern Kentucky
1	Louisiana	LSU
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Massachusetts	Northeastern
2	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
1	Minnesota	Minnesota
2	Mississippi	Mississippi State, Ole Miss
1	Missouri	Saint Louis
1	Montana	Montana
1	Nevada	Nevada
2	New Jersey	Fairleigh Dickinson, Seton Hall
1	New Mexico	New Mexico State
5	New York	Buffalo, Colgate, Iona, St. John's, Syracuse
4	North Carolina	Duke, Gardner–Webb, North Carolina, North Carolina Central
1	North Dakota	North Dakota State
2	Ohio	Cincinnati, Ohio State
1	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
1	Oregon	Oregon
2	Pennsylvania	Temple, Villanova
1	South Carolina	Wofford
2	Tennessee	Belmont, Tennessee
5	Texas	Abilene Christian, Baylor, Houston, Prairie View A&M, Texas Tech
1	Utah	Utah State
1	Vermont	Vermont
5	Virginia	Liberty, Old Dominion, Virginia, VCU, Virginia Tech
2	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin

References

1. "March Madness bracket: How the field of 68 teams is picked for March Madness". NCAA. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. "2019 NCAA conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, scores and auto-bids". NCAA. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.