2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams
Information on the qualifying teams in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. For more information on the tournament, see the 2007 Tournament Main Page. A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65.
Only one of the 65 teams, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, was a first-time entrant into the tournament field.
Qualifying teams
Team names are those listed on the NCAA's scoreboard for the play-in game and first round matchups. Only UCLA, UNLV, and USC use abbreviations; all other names are unabbreviated except for the common abbreviation "A&M".[1][2][3]
Listed by grouping and seeding
Bids by conference
| Bids |
Conference(s) |
Schools |
|---|
| 7 |
ACC |
(1) North Carolina, (4) Maryland, (4) Virginia, (5) Virginia Tech, (6) Duke, (7) Boston College, (10) Georgia Tech |
| 6 |
Big East |
(2) Georgetown, (3) Pittsburgh, (6) Louisville, (6) Notre Dame, (8) Marquette, (9) Villanova |
| Big Ten |
(1) Ohio State, (2) Wisconsin, (7) Indiana, (9) Purdue, (9) Michigan State, (12) Illinois |
| Pac-10 |
(2) UCLA, (3) Oregon, (3) Washington State, (5) Southern California, (8) Arizona, (11) Stanford |
| 5 |
SEC |
(1) Florida, (5) Tennessee, (6) Vanderbilt, (8) Kentucky, (12) Arkansas |
| 4 |
Big 12 |
(1) Kansas, (3) Texas A&M, (4) Texas, (10) Texas Tech |
| 2 |
Atlantic 10 |
(9) Xavier, (11) George Washington |
| CAA |
(11) Virginia Commonwealth, (12) Old Dominion |
| Horizon |
(5) Butler, (14) Wright State |
| Missouri Valley |
(4) Southern Illinois, (10) Creighton |
| Mountain West |
(7) UNLV, (8) BYU |
| WAC |
(7) Nevada, (13) New Mexico State |
| 1 | 19 other conferences |
Bids by state
| Bids |
State |
School/State |
|---|
| 5 |
Texas |
(3) Texas A&M, (4) Texas, (10) Texas Tech, (15) North Texas, (15) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| 4 |
California |
(2) UCLA, (5) Southern California, (11) Stanford, (12) Long Beach State |
| Indiana |
(5) Butler, (6) Notre Dame, (7) Indiana, (9) Purdue |
| Ohio |
(1) Ohio State, (9) Xavier, (14) Miami, (14) Wright State |
| Tennessee |
(2) Memphis, (5) Tennessee, (6) Vanderbilt, (15) Belmont |
| Virginia |
(4) Virginia, (5) Virginia Tech, (11) Virginia Commonwealth, (12) Old Dominion |
| 3 |
Kentucky |
(6) Louisville, (8) Kentucky, (16) Eastern Kentucky |
| North Carolina |
(1) North Carolina, (6) Duke, (13) Davidson |
| Pennsylvania |
(3) Pittsburgh, (9) Villanova, (14) Penn |
| 2 |
Florida |
Florida, Florida A&M |
| Illinois |
Illinois, Southern Illinois |
| Massachusetts |
Boston College, Holy Cross |
| Nevada |
Nevada, UNLV |
| New York |
Albany, Niagara |
| Utah |
Brigham Young, Weber State |
| Wisconsin |
Marquette, Wisconsin |
| Washington |
Gonzaga, Washington State |
| Washington D.C. |
George Washington, Georgetown |
| 1 |
Arizona |
Arizona |
| Arkansas |
Arkansas |
| Connecticut |
Central Connecticut State |
| Georgia |
Georgia Tech |
| Kansas |
Kansas |
| Maryland |
Maryland |
| Michigan |
Michigan State |
| Mississippi |
Jackson State |
| Nebraska |
Creighton |
| New Mexico |
New Mexico State |
| Oklahoma |
Oral Roberts |
| Oregon |
Oregon |
| South Carolina |
Winthrop |
|
Other teams considered (bubble teams)
On March 11, 2007, the NCAA Selection Committee released a list of 31 other schools that were considered for at-large bids but did not make the final field of 65.[4] Many of the teams were selected for the 2007 National Invitation Tournament.
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