2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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2023 qualifying teams
Total teams68
Automatic bids32
At-large bids36
Top seed Alabama
ChampionUConn
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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.

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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 schoolRecord (Conf.)SeedLast app.# of app.TournamentRunner-upRecord (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)1Never1st 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 29–5 (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
TeamConferenceLast appearance# of appearances
Houston American 202224th
Miami (FL) ACC 202245th
NC State 201828th
Pittsburgh 201627th
Virginia 202125th
Baylor Big 12 202215th
Iowa State 202222nd
Kansas 202251st
Kansas State 201932nd
TCU 20229th
West Virginia 202131st
Creighton Big East 202224rd
Providence 202222nd
UConn 202236th
Xavier 201838th
Illinois Big Ten 202233rd
Indiana 202241st
Iowa 202229th
Maryland 202129th
Michigan State 202236th
Northwestern 20172nd
Penn State 201110th
Boise State Mountain West 20229th
Nevada 201910th
Utah State 202123rd
Arizona State Pac-12 201916th
UCLA 202252nd
USC 202220th
Arkansas SEC 202235th
Auburn 202212th
Kentucky 202259th
Mississippi State 201912th
Missouri 202129th
Tennessee 202224th
Texas A&M 201815th
Saint Mary's West Coast 202212th

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
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordOverall SeedBerth typeLast bid
1 Alabama SEC 29–51Automatic2022
2 Arizona Pac–12 28–67Automatic2022
3 Baylor Big 12 22–109At large2022
4 Virginia ACC 25–716At large2021
5 San Diego State Mountain West 27–617Automatic2022
6 Creighton Big East 21–1222At large2022
7 Missouri SEC 24–927At large2021
8 Maryland Big Ten 21–1231At large2021
9 West Virginia Big 12 19–1434At large2021
10 Utah State Mountain West 26–840At large2021
11 North Carolina State ACC 23–1041At large2018
12 Charleston Colonial 31–347Automatic2018
13 Furman Southern 27–753Automatic1980
14 UC Santa Barbara Big West 27–756Automatic2021
15 Princeton Ivy 21–861Automatic2017
16* Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Southland 23–1065Automatic2022
Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley 19–1667Automatic2000
East Regional – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordOverall SeedBerth typeLast bid
1 Purdue Big Ten 29–54Automatic2022
2 Marquette Big East 28–68Automatic2022
3 Kansas State Big 12 23–911At large2019
4 Tennessee SEC 23–1014At large2022
5 Duke ACC 26–818Automatic2022
6 Kentucky SEC 21–1123At large2022
7 Michigan State Big Ten 19–1226At large2022
8 Memphis American 26–829Automatic2022
9 Florida Atlantic C-USA 31–333Automatic2002
10 USC Pac–12 22–1039At large2022
11 Providence Big East 21–1142At large2022
12 Oral Roberts Summit 30–448Automatic2021
13 Louisiana Sun Belt 26–754Automatic2014
14 Montana State Big Sky 25–958Automatic2022
15 Vermont America East 23–1059Automatic2022
16* Texas Southern SWAC 14–2066Automatic2022
Fairleigh Dickinson Northeast 19–1568Automatic2019
Midwest Regional – T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordOverall SeedBerth typeLast bid
1 Houston American 31–32At large2022
2 Texas Big 12 26–86Automatic2022
3 Xavier Big East 25–912At large2018
4 Indiana Big Ten 22–1115At large2022
5 Miami (FL) ACC 25–720At large2022
6 Iowa State Big 12 19–1321At large2022
7 Texas A&M SEC 25–925At large2018
8 Iowa Big Ten 19–1332At large2022
9 Auburn SEC 20–1235At large2022
10 Penn State Big Ten 22–1338At large2011
11* Mississippi State SEC 21–1243At large2019
Pittsburgh ACC 22–1144At large2016
12 Drake Missouri Valley 27–749Automatic2021
13 Kent State MAC 28–651Automatic2017
14 Kennesaw State ASUN 26–855AutomaticNever
15 Colgate Patriot 26–860Automatic2022
16 Northern Kentucky Horizon 22–1263Automatic2019
West Regional – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordOverall SeedBerth typeLast bid
1 Kansas Big 12 27–73At large2022
2 UCLA Pac–12 29–55At large2022
3 Gonzaga West Coast 28–510Automatic2022
4 UConn Big East 25–813At large2022
5 Saint Mary's West Coast 26–719At large2022
6 TCU Big 12 21–1224At large2022
7 Northwestern Big Ten 21–1128At large2017
8 Arkansas SEC 20–1330At large2022
9 Illinois Big Ten 20–1236At large2022
10 Boise State Mountain West 24–937At large2022
11* Arizona State Pac–12 22–1245At large2019
Nevada Mountain West 22–1046At large2019
12 VCU Atlantic 10 27–750Automatic2021
13 Iona MAAC 27–752Automatic2021
14 Grand Canyon WAC 24–1157Automatic2021
15 UNC Asheville Big South 27–762Automatic2016
16 Howard MEAC 22–1264Automatic1992

*See First Four
Source: [2]

Conferences with multiple bids

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

BidsConferenceSchools
8 Big Ten Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Penn State
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
Big East Marquette, Creighton, Providence, UConn, Xavier
4 Mountain West San Diego State, Boise State, Nevada, Utah State
Pac-12 Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA, USC
2 American Memphis, Houston
WCC Gonzaga, Saint Mary's

Bids by state

BidsStateSchools
2AlabamaAlabama, Auburn
3ArizonaArizona, Arizona State, Grand Canyon
1ArkansasArkansas
5CaliforniaSan Diego State, Saint Mary's, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, USC
1ConnecticutConnecticut
2FloridaFlorida Atlantic, Miami
1GeorgiaKennesaw State
1IdahoBoise State
2IllinoisIllinois, Northwestern
2IndianaIndiana, Purdue
3IowaDrake, Iowa, Iowa State
2KansasKansas, Kansas State
2KentuckyKentucky, Northern Kentucky
1LouisianaLouisiana
1MarylandMaryland
1MichiganMichigan State
1MississippiMississippi State
2MissouriMissouri, Southeast Missouri State
1MontanaMontana State
1NebraskaCreighton
1NevadaNevada
2New JerseyFairleigh Dickinson, Princeton
2New YorkColgate, Iona
3North CarolinaDuke, NC State, UNC Asheville
2OhioKent State, Xavier
1OklahomaOral Roberts
2PennsylvaniaPenn State, Pittsburgh
1Rhode IslandProvidence
2South CarolinaCollege of Charleston, Furman
2TennesseeMemphis, Tennessee
7TexasBaylor, Houston, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Texas Southern
1UtahUtah State
1VermontVermont
2VirginiaVCU, Virginia
1WashingtonGonzaga
1Washington, D.C.Howard
1West VirginiaWest Virginia
1WisconsinMarquette

See also

Notes

  1. 1 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Tracking all 32 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2023". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ 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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