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]

2018 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Virginia
Champion	Villanova
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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	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

At-large bids

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
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

Listed by region and seeding

East Region – Boston Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Villanova Big East 30–4 Automatic 2 2 Purdue Big Ten 28–6 At-large 7 3 Texas Tech Big 12 24–9 At-large 12 4 Wichita State American 28–7 At-large 14 5 West Virginia Big 12 24–10 At-large 18 6 Florida SEC 20–12 At-large 21 7 Arkansas SEC 23–11 At-large 26 8 Virginia Tech ACC 21–11 At-large 31 9 Alabama SEC 19–15 At-large 36 10 Butler Big East 20–13 At-large 33 11* St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 25–7 At-large 41 UCLA Pac-12 21–10 At-large 42 12 Murray State Ohio Valley 26–5 Automatic 50 13 Marshall C-USA 24–10 Automatic 54 14 Stephen F. Austin Southland 28–6 Automatic 58 15 Cal State Fullerton Big West 20–11 Automatic 61 16* LIU Brooklyn Northeast 18–16 Automatic 66 Radford Big South 22–12 Automatic 65

Midwest Region – Omaha Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Kansas Big 12 27–7 Automatic 3 2 Duke ACC 26–7 At-large 6 3 Michigan State Big Ten 29–4 At-large 9 4 Auburn SEC 25–7 At-large 13 5 Clemson ACC 23–9 At-large 19 6 TCU Big 12 21–11 At-large 24 7 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 25–7 At-large 28 8 Seton Hall Big East 21–11 At-large 29 9 NC State ACC 21-11 At-large 37 10 Oklahoma Big 12 18-13 At-large 40 11* Arizona State Pac-12 20–11 At-large 43 Syracuse ACC 20–13 At-large 44 12 New Mexico State WAC 28–5 Automatic 47 13 Charleston CAA 26–7 Automatic 53 14 Bucknell Patriot 25–9 Automatic 55 15 Iona MAAC 20–13 Automatic 62 16 Penn Ivy 24–8 Automatic 64

South Region – Atlanta Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Virginia ACC 31–2 Automatic 1 2 Cincinnati AAC 30–4 Automatic 8 3 Tennessee SEC 25–8 At-large 10 4 Arizona Pac-12 27–7 Automatic 16 5 Kentucky SEC 24–10 Automatic 17 6 Miami (FL) ACC 22–9 At-large 22 7 Nevada Mountain West 27–7 At-large 27 8 Creighton Big East 21–11 At-large 30 9 Kansas State Big 12 22–11 At-large 34 10 Texas Big 12 19–14 At-large 39 11 Loyola-Chicago MVC 28–5 Automatic 46 12 Davidson Atlantic 10 21–11 Automatic 48 13 Buffalo MAC 26–8 Automatic 52 14 Wright State Horizon League 25–9 Automatic 57 15 Georgia State Sun Belt 24–10 Automatic 60 16 UMBC America East 24–10 Automatic 63

West Region – Los Angeles Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Xavier Big East 28–5 At-large 4 2 North Carolina ACC 25–10 At-large 5 3 Michigan Big Ten 28–7 Automatic 11 4 Gonzaga West Coast 30–4 Automatic 15 5 Ohio State Big Ten 24–8 At-large 20 6 Houston American 26–7 At-large 23 7 Texas A&M SEC 20–12 At-large 25 8 Missouri SEC 20–12 At-large 32 9 Florida State ACC 20–11 At-large 38 10 Providence Big East 21–13 At-large 35 11 San Diego State Mountain West 22–10 Automatic 45 12 South Dakota State Summit 28–6 Automatic 49 13 UNC Greensboro Southern 27–7 Automatic 52 14 Montana Big Sky 26–7 Automatic 56 15 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun 23–9 Automatic 59 16* North Carolina Central MEAC 19–15 Automatic 67 Texas Southern SWAC 15–19 Automatic 68

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
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

Automatic conference bids in bold

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
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

References

1. "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.
2. "March Madness 2017: Conference tournament scores, schedule, NCAA tournament automatic qualifiers". NCAA. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.