2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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.

2023 qualifying teams
Total teams68
Automatic bids32
At-large bids36
Top seedAlabama
ChampionUConn
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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 school Record (Conf.) Seed Last app. Tournament Runner-up Record (Conf.) Seed
Southeast Missouri State 19–16 (10–8) 5 2000 Ohio Valley Tennessee Tech 16–17 (11–7) 2
UNC Asheville 27–7 (16–2) 1 2016 Big South Campbell 16–18 (8–10) 7
Drake 27–7 (15–5) 2 2021 Missouri Valley Bradley 25–9 (17–4) 1
Kennesaw State 26–8 (15–3) 1 Never ASUN Liberty 26–8 (15–3) 2
Louisiana 26–7 (13–5) 2 2014 Sun Belt South Alabama 19–16 (9–9) 8
Furman 27–7 (15–3) 1 1980 Southern Chattanooga 18–17 (7–11) 7
Fairleigh Dickinson[lower-alpha 1] 19–15 (10–6) 2 2019 Northeast Merrimack[lower-alpha 1] 18–16 (12–4) 1
Northern Kentucky 22–12 (14–6) 4 2019 Horizon Cleveland State 21–13 (14–6) 3
College of Charleston 31–3 (14–6) 2 2018 CAA UNC Wilmington 24–9 (12–6) 4
Oral Roberts 29–4 (18–0) 1 2021 Summit League North Dakota State 16–17 (11–7) 3
Gonzaga 27–5 (14–2) 2 2022 WCC Saint Mary's 26–6 (14–2) 1
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 23–10 (14–4) 1 2022 Southland Northwestern State 22–11 (13–5) 2
Colgate 26–8 (17–1) 1 2022 Patriot Lafayette 11–22 (7–11) 6
Montana State 25–9 (15–3) 2 2022 Big Sky Northern Arizona 12–23 (5–13) 9
Vermont 23–10 (14–2) 1 2022 America East UMass Lowell 26–8 (11–5) 2
Howard 22–12 (11–3) 1 1992 MEAC Norfolk State 22–11 (9–5) 3
Texas Southern 14–20 (7–11) 8 2022 SWAC Grambling State 24–9 (15–3) 2
Texas 26–8 (12–6) 2 2022 Big 12 Kansas 27–7 (13–5) 1
San Diego State 27–6 (15–3) 1 2022 Mountain West Utah State 26–8 (13–5) 3
Marquette 28–6 (17–3) 1 2022 Big East Xavier 25–9 (15–5) 2
Kent State 28–6 (15–3) 2 2017 MAC Toledo 27–7 (16–2) 1
Iona 27–7 (17–3) 1 2021 MAAC Marist 13–20 (6–14) 11
Florida Atlantic 31–3 (18–2) 1 2002 C-USA UAB 25–9 (14–6) 3
Duke 26–8 (14–6) 4 2022 ACC Virginia 25–7 (15–5) 2
UC Santa Barbara 27–7 (15–5) 2 2021 Big West Cal State Fullerton 20–13 (12–6) 4
Arizona 28–6 (14–6) 2 2022 Pac-12 UCLA 29–5 (18–2) 1
Grand Canyon 24–11 (11–7) 5 2021 WAC Southern Utah 22–12 (18–2) 3
Princeton 21–8 (10–4) 2 2017 Ivy League Yale 21–8 (10–4) 1
VCU 27–7 (15–3) 1 2021 Atlantic 10 Dayton 22–11 (12–6) 2
Alabama 29–5 (16–2) 1 2022 SEC Texas A&M 25–8 (15–3) 2
Memphis 26–8 (13–5) 2 2022 American Houston 31–3 (17–1) 1
Purdue 29–8 (15–5) 1 2022 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.

Bids by state

Bids State Schools
2 Alabama Alabama, Auburn
3 Arizona Arizona, Arizona State, Grand Canyon
1 Arkansas Arkansas
5 California San Diego State, Saint Mary's, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, USC
1 Connecticut Connecticut
2 Florida Florida Atlantic, Miami
1 Georgia Kennesaw State
1 Idaho Boise State
2 Illinois Illinois, Northwestern
2 Indiana Indiana, Purdue
3 Iowa Drake, Iowa, Iowa State
2 Kansas Kansas, Kansas State
2 Kentucky Kentucky, Northern Kentucky
1 Louisiana Louisiana
1 Maryland Maryland
1 Michigan Michigan State
1 Mississippi Mississippi State
2 Missouri Missouri, Southeast Missouri State
1 Montana Montana State
1 Nebraska Creighton
1 Nevada Nevada
2 New Jersey Fairleigh Dickinson, Princeton
2 New York Colgate, Iona
3 North Carolina Duke, NC State, UNC Asheville
2 Ohio Kent State, Xavier
1 Oklahoma Oral Roberts
2 Pennsylvania Penn State, Pittsburgh
1 Rhode Island Providence
2 South Carolina College of Charleston, Furman
2 Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee
7 Texas Baylor, Houston, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Texas Southern
1 Utah Utah State
1 Vermont Vermont
2 Virginia VCU, Virginia
1 Washington Gonzaga
1 Washington, D.C. Howard
1 West Virginia West Virginia
1 Wisconsin Marquette

See also

Notes

  1. 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". www.ncaa.com. NCAA. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
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