2016_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_tournament_qualifying_teams

2016 qualifying teams
2016 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Kansas
Champion	Villanova
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2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament. Thirty-one of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 36 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68, and seeded teams 1 to 16 within their regionals.^[1]^[2]

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Qualifying teams

Listed by region and seeding

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East Region – Philadelphia
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	North Carolina	ACC	28–6	Automatic	2
2	Xavier	Big East	27–5	At-large	8
3	West Virginia	Big 12	26–8	At-large	9
4	Kentucky	SEC	26–8	Automatic	15
5	Indiana	Big Ten	25–7	At-large	17
6	Notre Dame	ACC	21–11	At-large	22
7	Wisconsin	Big Ten	20–12	At-large	25
8	USC	Pac-12	21–12	At-large	31
9	Providence	Big East	22–9	At-large	33
10	Pittsburgh	ACC	21–11	At-large	37
11*	Michigan	Big Ten	22–12	At-large	42
11*	Tulsa	American	20–10	At-large	45
12	Chattanooga	Southern	29–5	Automatic	47
13	Stony Brook	American East	26–6	Automatic	53
14	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	26–5	Automatic	58
15	Weber State	Big Sky	26–8	Automatic	62
16*	Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	20–13	Automatic	65
16*	Fairleigh Dickinson	Northeast	18–14	Automatic	66

Midwest Region – Chicago
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Virginia	ACC	26–7	At-large	3
2	Michigan State	Big Ten	29–5	Automatic	5
3	Utah	Pac-12	26–8	At-large	11
4	Iowa State	Big 12	21–11	At-large	16
5	Purdue	Big Ten	26–8	At-large	18
6	Seton Hall	Big East	25–8	Automatic	24
7	Dayton	Atlantic 10	25–7	At-large	26
8	Texas Tech	Big 12	19–12	At-large	29
9	Butler	Big East	21–10	At-large	34
10	Syracuse	ACC	19–14	At-large	39
11	Gonzaga	WCC	26–7	Automatic	44
12	Arkansas-Little Rock	Sun Belt	29–4	Automatic	48
13	Iona	MAAC	22–10	Automatic	54
14	Fresno State	Mountain West	25–9	Automatic	57
15	Middle Tennessee	C-USA	24–9	Automatic	59
16	Hampton	MEAC	21–10	Automatic	64

South Region – Louisville
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Kansas	Big 12	30–4	Automatic	1
2	Villanova	Big East	29–5	At-large	7
3	Miami	ACC	25–7	At-large	10
4	California	Pac-12	23–10	At-large	14
5	Maryland	Big Ten	25–8	At-large	19
6	Arizona	Pac-12	25–8	At-large	23
7	Iowa	Big Ten	21–10	At-large	27
8	Colorado	Pac-12	22–11	At-large	30
9	Connecticut	American	24–10	Automatic	36
10	Temple	American	21–11	At-large	38
11*	Vanderbilt	SEC	19–13	At-large	41
11*	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	24–8	At-large	43
12	South Dakota State	Summit League	26–7	Automatic	50
13	Hawaii	Big West	27–5	Automatic	52
14	Buffalo	MAC	20–14	Automatic	56
15	UNC Asheville	Big South	22–11	Automatic	61
16	Austin Peay	Ohio Valley	18–17	Automatic	63

West Region – Anaheim
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Oregon	Pac-12	28–6	Automatic	4
2	Oklahoma	Big 12	25–7	At-large	6
3	Texas A&M	SEC	26–8	At-large	12
4	Duke	ACC	23–10	At-large	13
5	Baylor	Big 12	22–11	At-large	20
6	Texas	Big 12	20–12	At-large	21
7	Oregon State	Pac-12	19–12	At-large	28
8	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	27–7	Automatic	32
9	Cincinnati	American	22–9	At-large	35
10	VCU	Atlantic 10	24–10	At-large	40
11	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	22–12	Automatic	46
12	Yale	Ivy League	22–6	Automatic	49
13	UNC Wilmington	CAA	25–7	Automatic	51
14	Green Bay	Horizon	23–12	Automatic	55
15	Cal State Bakersfield	WAC	22–8	Automatic	60
16*	Holy Cross	Patriot	14–19	Automatic	68
16*	Southern	SWAC	22–12	Automatic	67

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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.

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"March Madness: Updating list of teams in the NCAA tournament". NCAA. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.

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Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)		Last app.	Conference regular season	Regular season second place	Second place record (Conf.)
Yale	22–6 (13–1)		1962	Ivy League	Princeton	22–6 (12–2)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
North Carolina	28–6 (14–4)	1	2015	ACC	Virginia	26–7 (13–5)	2
Stony Brook	26–6 (14–2)	1	Never	America East	Vermont	21–13 (11–5)	3
Connecticut	24–10 (11–7)	5	2014	American	Memphis	19–15 (8–10)	6
Saint Joseph's	27–7 (13–5)	4	2014	Atlantic 10	VCU	24–10 (14–4)	2
Florida Gulf Coast	20–13 (8–6)	4	2013	Atlantic Sun	Stetson*	12–22 (4–10)	7
Kansas	30–4 (15–3)	1	2015	Big 12	West Virginia	26–8 (13–5)	2
Seton Hall	25–8 (12–6)	3	2006	Big East	Villanova	29–5 (16–2)	1
Weber State	26–8 (15–3)	1	2014	Big Sky	Montana	21–11 (14–4)	2
UNC Asheville	22–11 (12–6)	4	2012	Big South	Winthrop	23–9 (13–5)	2
Michigan State	29–5 (13–5)	2	2015	Big Ten	Purdue	26–8 (12–6)	4
Hawaii	27–5 (13–3)	1	2002	Big West	Long Beach State	20–14 (12–4)	3
UNC Wilmington	25–7 (14–4)	2	2006	CAA	Hofstra	24–9 (14–4)	1
Middle Tennessee	24–9 (13–5)	2	2013	C-USA	Old Dominion	22–13 (12–6)	5
Green Bay	23–12 (11–7)	4	1996	Horizon	Wright State	22–13 (13–5)	3
Iona	22–10 (16–4)	2	2013	MAAC	Monmouth	27–7 (17–3)	1
Buffalo	20–14 (10–8)	3	2015	MAC	Akron	26–8 (13–5)	1
Hampton	21–10 (13–3)	1	2015	MEAC	South Carolina State	19–14 (12–4)	3
Northern Iowa	22–12 (11–7)	4	2015	Missouri Valley	Evansville	25–9 (12–6)	2
Fresno State	25–9 (13–5)	2	2001	Mountain West	San Diego State	25–9 (16–2)	1
Fairleigh Dickinson	18–14 (11–7)	2	2005	Northeast	Wagner	22–10 (13–5)	1
Austin Peay	18–17 (7–9)	8	2008	Ohio Valley	Tennessee–Martin	19–14 (10–6)	2
Oregon	28–6 (14–4)	1	2015	Pac-12	Utah	26–8 (13–5)	2
Holy Cross	14–19 (5–13)	9	2007	Patriot	Lehigh	17–15 (13–5)	2
Kentucky	26–8 (13–5)	2	2015	SEC	Texas A&M	26–8 (13–5)	1
Chattanooga	29–5 (15–3)	1	2009	Southern	East Tennessee State	23–11 (14–4)	2
Stephen F. Austin	27–5 (18–0)	1	2015	Southland	Texas A&M–CC	25–7 (15–3)	2
South Dakota State	26–7 (12–4)	2	2013	Summit	North Dakota State	20–13 (8–8)	5
Arkansas–Little Rock	29–4 (17–3)	1	2011	Sun Belt	Louisiana–Monroe	20–13 (15–5)	2
Southern	22–12 (11–7)	4	2013	SWAC	Jackson State	19–15 (12–6)	3
Cal State Bakersfield	24–8 (11–3)	2	Never	WAC	New Mexico State	23–10 (13–1)	1
Gonzaga	26–7 (15–3)	2	2015	West Coast	Saint Mary's	27–5 (15–3)	1

Bids	Conference	Schools
7	ACC	North Carolina, Duke, Miami, Notre Dame, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
7	Big 12	Kansas, Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
7	Big Ten	Michigan State, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin
7	Pac-12	Oregon, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon State, USC, Utah
5	Big East	Seton Hall, Butler, Providence, Xavier, Villanova
4	American	Connecticut, Cincinnati, Temple, Tulsa
3	Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's, Dayton, VCU
3	SEC	Kentucky, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
2	Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa, Wichita State

2016_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_tournament_qualifying_teams

2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

At-large bids

Listed by region and seeding

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids by state

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Bids	State	School(s)
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Arkansas	Arkansas–Little Rock
4	California	California, Cal State Bakersfield, Fresno State, USC
1	Colorado	Colorado
2	Connecticut	Connecticut, Yale
2	Florida	Florida Gulf Coast, Miami
1	Hawaii	Hawaii
4	Indiana	Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue
3	Iowa	Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa
2	Kansas	Kansas, Wichita State
1	Kentucky	Kentucky
1	Louisiana	Southern
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Massachusetts	Holy Cross
2	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
2	New Jersey	Fairleigh Dickinson, Seton Hall
4	New York	Buffalo, Iona, Stony Brook, Syracuse
4	North Carolina	Duke, North Carolina, UNC Asheville, UNC Wilmington
3	Ohio	Cincinnati, Dayton, Xavier
2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Tulsa
2	Oregon	Oregon, Oregon State
4	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's, Temple, Villanova
1	Rhode Island	Providence
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
4	Tennessee	Austin Peay, Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt
5	Texas	Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
2	Utah	Utah, Weber State
3	Virginia	Hampton, Virginia, VCU
1	Washington	Gonzaga
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
2	Wisconsin	Green Bay, Wisconsin