2012 NCAA Division I men's 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 | |||||||
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Qualifying School | Record (Conf.) | Last app. | Conference | Finish | Regular Season Second Place |
Second Place Record (Conf.) |
Finish |
Harvard | Ivy League | Penn | |||||
Qualifying School | Record (Conf.) | Last app. | Conference tournament |
Seed | Conf. Finals Runner-Up |
Runner-Up Record (Conf.) |
Runner-Up Seed |
UNC Asheville | Big South | VMI | |||||
Belmont | Atlantic Sun | Florida Gulf Coast | |||||
Murray State | Ohio Valley | Tennessee State | |||||
Creighton | Missouri Valley | Illinois State | |||||
Virginia Commonwealth | CAA | Drexel | |||||
Loyola (MD) | MAAC | Fairfield | |||||
Saint Mary's | West Coast | Gonzaga | |||||
Davidson | Southern | Western Carolina | |||||
Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | North Texas | |||||
Detroit | Horizon | Valparaiso | |||||
South Dakota State | Summit | Western Illinois | |||||
Long Island | Northeast | Robert Morris | |||||
Lehigh | Patriot | Bucknell | |||||
Montana | Big Sky | Weber State | |||||
Memphis | C-USA | Marshall | |||||
Vermont | America East | Stony Brook | |||||
Norfolk State | MEAC | Bethune-Cookman | |||||
Lamar | Southland | McNeese State | |||||
Colorado | Pac-12 | Arizona | |||||
Missouri | Big 12 | Baylor | |||||
New Mexico | Mountain West | San Diego State | |||||
Ohio | MAC | Akron | |||||
Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | Texas Southern | |||||
Louisville | Big East | Cincinnati | |||||
Long Beach State | Big West | UC Santa Barbara | |||||
New Mexico State | WAC | Louisiana Tech | |||||
Vanderbilt | SEC | Kentucky | |||||
Florida State | ACC | North Carolina | |||||
St. Bonaventure | Atlantic 10 | Xavier | |||||
Michigan State | Big Ten | Ohio State |
At-large Bids
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*See First Four.
Bids by conference
Bids | Conference(s) | Schools |
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5 | ACC | |
3 | Atlantic 10 | |
9 | Big East | |
6 | Big Ten | |
6 | Big 12 | |
1 | CAA | |
1 | C-USA | |
4 | Mountain West | |
2 | Pac-12 | |
4 | SEC | |
1 | -- other conferences | See Automatic Bids |
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 will be eligible for a berth in the NIT or other post-season tournaments.[2]
Bids by state
Bids | State(s) | Schools |
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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 |