2018_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_tournament_qualifying_teams
This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams participated 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]
Automatic bids
Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Conference championship runners-up in bold were given at-large berths.
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| Qualifying school | Record (Conf.) | Seed | Last app. | Tournament | Runner-up | Record (Conf.) | Seed |
| Murray State | 26–5 (16–2) | 1 | 2012 | Ohio Valley | Belmont | 24–9 (15–3) | 2 |
| Radford | 22–12 (12–6) | 2 | 2009 | Big South | Liberty | 20–14 (9–9) | 5 |
| Loyola–Chicago | 28–5 (15–3) | 1 | 1985 | Missouri Valley | Illinois State | 15–14 (10–8) | 3 |
| Lipscomb | 23–9 (10–4) | 2 | Never | Atlantic Sun | Florida Gulf Coast | 23–11 (12–2) | 1 |
| Michigan | 28–7 (13–5) | 5 | 2017 | Big Ten | Purdue | 28–5 (15–3) | 3 |
| Iona | 20–13 (11–7) | 4 | 2017 | MAAC | Fairfield | 17–16 (9–9) | 6 |
| UNC Greensboro | 27–7 (15–3) | 1 | 2001 | Southern | East Tennessee State | 25–9 (14–4) | 2 |
| LIU Brooklyn | 18–16 (10–8) | 4 | 2013 | Northeast | Wagner | 23–9 (14–4) | 1 |
| College of Charleston | 26–7 (14–4) | 1 | 1999 | CAA | Northeastern | 23–9 (14–4) | 2 |
| Gonzaga | 30–4 (17–1) | 1 | 2017 | West Coast | BYU | 24–10 (11–7) | 3 |
| Bucknell | 24–9 (16–2) | 1 | 2017 | Patriot | Colgate | 19–12 (12–6) | 2 |
| Wright State | 25–9 (14–4) | 2 | 2007 | Horizon | Cleveland State | 12–23 (6–12) | 8 |
| South Dakota State | 28–6 (13–1) | 1 | 2017 | Summit | South Dakota | 26–8 (11–3) | 2 |
| UMBC | 24–10 (12–4) | 2 | 2008 | America East | Vermont | 27–7 (15–1) | 1 |
| North Carolina Central | 19–15 (9–7) | 6 | 2017 | MEAC | Hampton | 19–15 (12–4) | 1 |
| Texas Southern | 15–19 (12–6) | 3 | 2017 | SWAC | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 14–21 (12–6) | 1 |
| Kansas | 27–7 (13–5) | 1 | 2017 | Big 12 | West Virginia | 11–7 (23–9) | 3 |
| San Diego State | 22–10 (11–7) | 5 | 2015 | Mountain West | New Mexico | 18–15 (12–6) | 3 |
| Villanova | 30–4 (14–4) | 2 | 2017 | Big East | Providence | 21–12 (10–8) | 5 |
| Buffalo | 25–8 (15–3) | 1 | 2016 | MAC | Toledo | 23–10 (13–5) | 2 |
| Montana | 26–7 (16–2) | 1 | 2013 | Big Sky | Eastern Washington | 20–14 (13–5) | 3 |
| Virginia | 31–2 (17–1) | 1 | 2017 | ACC | North Carolina | 25–9 (11–7) | 6 |
| Marshall | 24–10 (12–6) | 4 | 1987 | Conference USA | Western Kentucky | 24–10 (14–4) | 3 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 28–6 (14–4) | 3 | 2016 | Southland | Southeastern Louisiana | 21–10 (15–3) | 1 |
| Arizona | 27-7 (14-4) | 1 | 2017 | Pac-12 | USC | 23–11 (12–6) | 2 |
| New Mexico State | 27–5 (12–2) | 1 | 2017 | WAC | Grand Canyon | 22–10 (9–5) | 3 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 20–11 (10–6) | 4 | 2008 | Big West | UC-Irvine | 18–17 (11–5) | 3 |
| Penn | 24–8 (12–2) | 2 | 2007 | Ivy | Harvard | 18–3 (12–2) | 1 |
| Davidson | 21–11 (13–5) | 3 | 2015 | Atlantic 10 | Rhode Island | 25–7 (15–3) | 1 |
| Kentucky | 24–10 (10–8) | 4 | 2017 | SEC | Tennessee | 25–8 (13–5) | 2 |
| Georgia State | 23–10 (12–6) | 2 | 2015 | Sun Belt | Texas–Arlington | 21–12 (10–8) | 4 |
| Cincinnati | 27–4 (16–2) | 1 | 2017 | American | Houston | 24–6 (14–4) | 3 |
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At-large bids
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| Team | Conference | Last appearance | # of appearances |
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| Alabama | SEC | 2012 | 20 |
| Arizona State | Pac-12 | 2014 | 14 |
| Arkansas | SEC | 2017 | 32 |
| Auburn | SEC | 2003 | 9 |
| Butler | Big East | 2017 | 16 |
| Clemson | ACC | 2011 | 11 |
| Creighton | Big East | 2017 | 21 |
| Duke | ACC | 2017 | 42 |
| Florida | SEC | 2017 | 19 |
| Florida State | ACC | 2017 | 16 |
| Houston | American | 2010 | 20 |
| Kansas State | Big 12 | 2017 | 30 |
| Miami | ACC | 2017 | 10 |
| Michigan State | Big Ten | 2017 | 32 |
| Missouri | SEC | 2013 | 26 |
| Nevada | Mountain West | 2017 | 8 |
| NC State | ACC | 2015 | 27 |
| North Carolina | ACC | 2017 | 49 |
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 2017 | 28 |
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | 2016 | 31 |
| Providence | Big East | 2017 | 20 |
| Purdue | Big Ten | 2017 | 29 |
| Rhode Island | A–10 | 2017 | 10 |
| Seton Hall | Big East | 2017 | 12 |
| St. Bonaventure | A–10 | 2012 | 7 |
| Syracuse | ACC | 2016 | 39 |
| Tennessee | SEC | 2014 | 21 |
| Texas | Big 12 | 2016 | 34 |
| Texas A&M | SEC | 2016 | 14 |
| Texas Tech | Big 12 | 2016 | 16 |
| TCU | Big 12 | 1998 | 8 |
| UCLA | Pac-12 | 2017 | 48 |
| Virginia Tech | ACC | 2017 | 10 |
| West Virginia | Big 12 | 2017 | 29 |
| Wichita State | American | 2017 | 15 |
| Xavier | Big East | 2017 | 28 |
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Listed by region and seeding
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Conferences with multiple bids
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| Bids | Conference | Schools |
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| 9 | ACC | Virginia, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech |
| 8 | SEC | Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M |
| 7 | Big 12 | Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia |
| 6 | Big East | Villanova, Butler, Creighton, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier |
| 4 | Big Ten | Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State |
| 3 | American | Cincinnati, Houston, Wichita State |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Davidson, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure |
| 3 | Pac-12 | Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA |
| 2 | Mountain West | San Diego State, Nevada |
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Automatic conference bids in bold
Bids by state
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| Bids | State | School(s) |
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| 2 | Alabama | Alabama, Auburn |
| 2 | Arizona | Arizona, Arizona State |
| 1 | Arkansas | Arkansas |
| 3 | California | Cal State Fullerton, San Diego State, UCLA |
| 3 | Florida | Florida, Florida State, Miami |
| 1 | Georgia | Georgia State |
| 1 | Illinois | Loyola-Chicago |
| 2 | Indiana | Butler, Purdue |
| 3 | Kansas | Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State |
| 2 | Kentucky | Kentucky, Murray State |
| 1 | Maryland | UMBC |
| 2 | Michigan | Michigan, Michigan State |
| 1 | Missouri | Missouri |
| 1 | Montana | Montana |
| 1 | Nebraska | Creighton |
| 1 | Nevada | Nevada |
| 1 | New Jersey | Seton Hall |
| 1 | New Mexico | New Mexico State |
| 5 | New York | Buffalo, Iona, LIU Brooklyn, St. Bonaventure, Syracuse |
| 6 | North Carolina | Davidson, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, NC State, UNC Greensboro |
| 4 | Ohio | Cincinnati, Ohio State, Wright State, Xavier |
| 1 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | Bucknell, Penn, Villanova |
| 2 | Rhode Island | Providence, Rhode Island |
| 2 | South Carolina | Clemson, College of Charleston |
| 1 | South Dakota | South Dakota State |
| 2 | Tennessee | Lipscomb, Tennessee |
| 7 | Texas | Houston, Stephen F. Austin, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Texas Tech |
| 3 | Virginia | Radford, Virginia, Virginia Tech |
| 1 | Washington | Gonzaga |
| 2 | West Virginia | Marshall, West Virginia |
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- "March Madness bracket: How the 68 teams are selected for the Division I men's basketball tournament". NCAA. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- "March Madness 2017: Conference tournament scores, schedule, NCAA tournament automatic qualifiers". NCAA. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.