2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. A total of 68 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 37 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 68.

For the first time ever, the NCAA Selection Committee disclosed each team's seed within the entire field following the announcement of the entire bracket.^[1]

Qualifying teams

Team names are those used on CBSsports.com scoreboards and team pages.

Automatic bids

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying School	Record (Conf.)	Last app.	Conference regular season		Regular Season Second Place	Second Place Record (Conf.)
Harvard	26–4 (12–2)	1946	Ivy League		Penn	19–12 (11–3)
Qualifying School	Record (Conf.)	Last app.	Conference tournament	Seed	Conf. Finals Runner-Up	Runner-Up Record (Conf.)	Runner-Up Seed
UNC Asheville	24–9 (16–2)	2011	Big South	1	VMI	17–16 (8–10)	7
Belmont	26–7 (16–2)	2011	Atlantic Sun	1	Florida Gulf Coast	15–17 (18–10)	6
Murray State	30–1 (15–1)	2010	Ohio Valley	1	Tennessee State	20–12 (11–5)	2
Creighton	28–5 (14–4)	2007	Missouri Valley	2	Illinois State	20–13 (9–9)	4
VCU	28–6 (15–3)	2011	CAA	2	Drexel	27–6 (16–2)	1
Loyola (MD)	24–8 (13–5)	1994	MAAC	2	Fairfield	19–14 (12–6)	4
Saint Mary's	27–5 (14–2)	2010	West Coast	1	Gonzaga	25–6 (13–3)	2
Davidson	25–7 (16–2)	2008	Southern	South 1	Western Carolina	17–17 (8–10)	North 4
Western Kentucky	15–18 (7–9)	2009	Sun Belt	East 4	North Texas	18–14 (9–7)	West 4
Detroit	22–13 (11–7)	1999	Horizon	3	Valparaiso	22–11 (14–4)	1
South Dakota State	27–7 (15–3)	Never	Summit	2	Western Illinois	18–14 (9–9)	4
Long Island	25–8 (16–2)	2011	Northeast	1	Robert Morris	24–9 (13–5)	3
Lehigh	26–7 (11–3)	2010	Patriot	2	Bucknell	24–8 (12–2)	1
Montana	25–6 (15–1)	2010	Big Sky	1	Weber State	24–6 (14–2)	2
Memphis	26–8 (13–3)	2011	C-USA	1	Marshall	21–13 (9–7)	6
Vermont	23–11 (13–3)	2010	America East	2	Stony Brook	22–9 (14–2)	1
Norfolk State	25–9 (13–3)	Never	MEAC	2	Bethune-Cookman	18-17 (11–5)	4
Lamar	23–11 (11–5)	2000	Southland	3	McNeese State	17-15 (10–6)	4
Colorado	22–11 (11–7)	2003	Pac-12	6	Arizona	23-10 (12–6)	4
Missouri	30–4 (14–4)	2011	Big 12	2	Baylor	27-7 (12–6)	4
New Mexico	27–6 (10–4)	2010	Mountain West	2	San Diego State	26–6 (10–4)	1
Ohio	27-7 (11-5)	2010	MAC	3	Akron	22–11 (13–3)	1
Mississippi Valley State	21–12 (17–1)	2008	SWAC	1	Texas Southern	15–18 (15-6)	2
Louisville	26–9 (10–8)	2011	Big East	7	Cincinnati	24–9 (12–6)	4
Long Beach State	25–8 (15–1)	2007	Big West	1	UC Santa Barbara	20–10 (12–4)	3
New Mexico State	26–9 (10–4)	2010	WAC	2	Louisiana Tech	18–16 (6–8)	5
Vanderbilt	24−10 (11−6)	2011	SEC	3	Kentucky	32–2 (16–1)	1
Florida State	24–9 (12–4)	2011	ACC	3	North Carolina	29–5 (14–2)	1
St. Bonaventure	20–11 (10-6)	2000	Atlantic 10	4	Xavier	21–12 (10–6)	3
Michigan State	27-7 (13-5)	2011	Big Ten	1	Ohio State	27-7 (13-5)	3

At-large Bids

Team	Conference	Last Appearance	# of Appearances
Alabama	SEC	2006	20
Baylor	Big 12	2011	7
Brigham Young	West Coast	2011	27
California	Pac 12	2010	16
Cincinnati	Big East	2011	26
Colorado State	Mountain West	2003	9
Connecticut	Big East	2011	30
Duke	ACC	2011	36
Florida	SEC	2011	15
Georgetown	Big East	2011	28
Gonzaga	West Coast	2011	15
Indiana	Big Ten	2008	36
Iona	MAAC	2006	8
Iowa State	Big 12	2005	14
Kansas	Big 12	2011	41
Kansas State	Big 12	2011	26
Kentucky	SEC	2011	52
Marquette	Big East	2011	30
Michigan	Big Ten	2011	19
North Carolina	ACC	2011	43
North Carolina State	ACC	2006	21
Notre Dame	Big East	2011	32
Ohio State	Big Ten	2011	24
Purdue	Big Ten	2011	25
Texas	Big 12	2011	30
Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	2000	7
San Diego State	Mountain West	2011	8
South Florida	Big East	1992	3
Southern Miss	Conference USA	1991	3
Syracuse	Big East	2011	35
Temple	Atlantic 10	2011	30
UNLV	Mountain West	2011	19
Virginia	ACC	2007	17
West Virginia	Big East	2011	25
Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2006	9
Wisconsin	Big Ten	2011	18
Xavier	Atlantic 10	2011	23

Listed by region and seeding

South Regional – Atlanta
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
#1	Kentucky	SEC	32–2	At-Large	1
#2	Duke	ACC	27–6	At-Large	6
#3	Baylor	Big 12	27–7	At-Large	9
#4	Indiana	Big Ten	25–8	At-Large	15
#5	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	27–5	At-Large	19
#6	UNLV	Mountain West	26–8	At-Large	21
#7	Notre Dame	Big East	22–11	At-Large	25
#8	Iowa State	Big 12	22–10	At-Large	30
#9	Connecticut	Big East	20–13	At-Large	34
#10	Xavier	Atlantic 10	21–12	At-Large	40
#11	Colorado	Pac-12	23–11	Tournament Winner	44
#12	VCU	Colonial	28–6	Tournament Winner	49
#13	New Mexico State	WAC	26–9	Tournament Winner	54
#14	South Dakota State	Summit	27–7	Tournament Winner	56
#15	Lehigh	Patriot	26–7	Tournament Winner	60
#16*	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	21–12	Tournament Winner	67
#16*	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	15–18	Tournament Winner	68

West Regional – Phoenix
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
#1	Michigan State	Big Ten	27–7	Tournament Winner	4
#2	Missouri	Big 12	30–4	Tournament Winner	8
#3	Marquette	Big East	25–7	At-large	10
#4	Louisville	Big East	26–9	Tournament Winner	16
#5	New Mexico	Mountain West	27–6	Tournament Winner	20
#6	Murray State	Ohio Valley	30–1	Tournament Winner	23
#7	Florida	SEC	23–10	At-large	28
#8	Memphis	C-USA	26–8	Tournament Winner	31
#9	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	25–7	At-large	36
#10	Virginia	ACC	22–9	At-large	39
#11	Colorado State	Mountain West	20–11	At-large	41
#12	Long Beach State	Big West	25–8	Tournament Winner	51
#13	Davidson	Southern	25–7	Tournament Winner	53
#14*	Brigham Young	West Coast	25–8	At-large	48
#14*	Iona	MAAC	25–7	At-large	50
#15	Norfolk State	MEAC	25–9	Tournament Winner	62
#16	Long Island	Northeast	25–8	Tournament Winner	63

East Regional – Boston
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
#1	Syracuse	Big East	31–2	At-large	2
#2	Ohio State	Big Ten	27–7	At-large	7
#3	Florida State	ACC	24–9	Tournament Winner	11
#4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24–9	At-large	14
#5	Vanderbilt	SEC	24–10	Tournament Winner	18
#6	Cincinnati	Big East	24–10	At-large	22
#7	Gonzaga	West Coast	25–6	At-large	27
#8	Kansas State	Big 12	21–10	At-large	32
#9	Southern Mississippi	C-USA	25–8	At-large	35
#10	West Virginia	Big East	19–13	At-large	38
#11	Texas	Big 12	20–13	At-large	43
#12	Harvard	Ivy League	26–4	Regular Season Winner	46
#13	Montana	Big Sky	25–6	Tournament Winner	55
#14	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	20–11	Tournament Winner	58
#15	Loyola (MD)	MAAC	24–8	Tournament Winner	59
#16	UNC-Asheville	Big South	24–9	Tournament Winner	64

Midwest Regional – St. Louis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
#1	North Carolina	ACC	29–5	At-Large	3
#2	Kansas	Big 12	27–6	At-Large	5
#3	Georgetown	Big East	23–8	At-Large	12
#4	Michigan	Big Ten	24–9	At-Large	13
#5	Temple	Atlantic Ten	24–7	At-Large	17
#6	San Diego State	Mountain West	26–7	At-Large	24
#7	Saint Mary's	West Coast	27–5	Tournament Winner	26
#8	Creighton	Missouri Valley	28–5	Tournament Winner	29
#9	Alabama	SEC	21–11	At-Large	33
#10	Purdue	Big Ten	21–12	At-Large	37
#11	North Carolina State	ACC	22–12	At-Large	42
#12*	California	Pac-12	24–9	At-Large	45
#12*	South Florida	Big East	20–13	At-Large	47
#13	Ohio	MAC	27–7	Tournament Winner	52
#14	Belmont	Atlantic Sun	27–7	Tournament Winner	57
#15	Detroit	Horizon	22–13	Tournament Winner	61
#16*	Lamar	Southland	23–11	Tournament Winner	65
#16*	Vermont	America East	23–11	Tournament Winner	66

*See First Four.

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
9	Big East	Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, South Florida, Syracuse, West Virginia
6	Big Ten	Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
6	Big 12	Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Texas
5	ACC	Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia
4	SEC	Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
4	Mountain West	Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV
4	Atlantic 10	St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, Temple, Xavier
3	West Coast	St. Mary's, Gonzaga, BYU
2	Pac-12	California, Colorado
2	Conference USA	Memphis, Southern Miss
2	MAAC	Iona, Loyola (MD)
2	Missouri Valley	Creighton, Wichita State

All other conferences have only one bid (see Automatic Bids)
NOTE: Teams in bold represent the conference's automatic bid.

Last four teams out

The Selection Committee also announced the last four teams out of the tournament as part of the Hardcore Brackets special following announcement of the teams. In order, they are Oral Roberts, Miami (Florida), Nevada, and Drexel. Oral Roberts, Nevada, and Drexel will automatically be selected, as regular-season champions, for berths in the National Invitation Tournament, while Miami was also selected for a berth by the NIT Selection Committee.^[2]

Bids by state

Bids	State(s)	Schools
5	North Carolina	Davidson, Duke, North Carolina, NC State, UNC Asheville
4	California	California, Long Beach State, Saint Mary's, San Diego State
4	Kentucky	Kentucky, Louisville, Murray State, Western Kentucky
4	New York	Iona, Long Island, St. Bonaventure, Syracuse
4	Ohio	Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State, Xavier
3	Florida	Florida, Florida State, South Florida
3	Indiana	Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue
3	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State
3	Michigan	Detroit, Michigan, Michigan State
3	Tennessee	Belmont, Memphis, Vanderbilt
3	Texas	Baylor, Lamar, Texas
3	Virginia	Norfolk State, Virginia, VCU
2	Colorado	Colorado, Colorado State
2	Mississippi	Mississippi Valley State, Southern Miss
2	Missouri	Missouri, Saint Louis
2	New Mexico	New Mexico, New Mexico State
2	Pennsylvania	Lehigh, Temple
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Alabama	Alabama
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
1	Iowa	Iowa State
1	Maryland	Loyola (MD)
1	Massachusetts	Harvard
1	Montana	Montana
1	Nebraska	Creighton
1	Nevada	UNLV
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
1	Utah	BYU
1	Vermont	Vermont
1	Washington	Gonzaga
1	Washington, D.C.	Georgetown
1	West Virginia	West Virginia

2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments

Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Great West Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast

National	NCAA NIT CBI CIT

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