2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2015 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Kentucky
Champion	Duke
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament. Thirty-one of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. 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]}

Qualifying teams

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	1-Game Playoff Runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)
Harvard	22–7 (11–3)		2014	Ivy League	Yale	22–10 (11–3)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Notre Dame	29–5 (14–4)	3	2013	ACC	North Carolina	24–11 (11–7)	5
Albany	24–8 (15–1)	1	2014	America East	Stony Brook	23–11 (12–4)	3
Southern Methodist	26–6 (15–3)	1	1993	American	Connecticut	20–13 (10–8)	6
Virginia Commonwealth	26–9 (12–6)	5	2014	Atlantic 10	Dayton	23–8 (13–5)	2
North Florida	23–11 (12–2)	1	Never	Atlantic Sun	USC Upstate	23–11 (8–6)	3
Iowa State	25–8 (12–6)	2	2014	Big 12	Kansas	26–8 (13–5)	1
Villanova	32–2 (16–2)	1	2014	Big East	Xavier	21–13 (9–9)	6
Eastern Washington	26–8 (14-4)	2	2004	Big Sky	Montana	20-12 (14–4)	1
Coastal Carolina	24–9 (12–6)	3	2014	Big South	Winthrop	19–13 (12–6)	5
Wisconsin	31–3 (16–2)	1	2014	Big Ten	Michigan State	23–11 (12–6)	3
UC Irvine	21–12 (11–5)	3	Never	Big West	Hawaii	22–13 (8–8)	5
Northeastern	23–11 (12–6)	3	1991	CAA	William & Mary	20–12 (12–6)	1
UAB	19–15 (12–6)	4	2011	C-USA	Middle Tennessee	19–16 (9–9)	6
Valparaiso	28–5 (13–3)	1	2013	Horizon	Green Bay	24–8 (12–4)	2
Manhattan	19–13 (13–7)	3	2014	MAAC	Iona	26–8 (17–3)	1
Buffalo	23–9 (12–6)	2	Never	MAC	Central Michigan	23–8 (12–6)	1
Hampton	16–17 (8–8)	6	2011	MEAC	Delaware State	18–17 (9–7)	5
Northern Iowa	30–3 (16–2)	2	2010	Missouri Valley	Illinois State	21–12 (11–7)	4
Wyoming	25–9 (11–7)	4	2002	Mountain West	San Diego State	26–8 (14–4)	2
Robert Morris	19–14 (12–6)	2	2010	Northeast	St. Francis Brooklyn	24–10 (15–3)	1
Belmont	22–10 (11–5)	3	2013	Ohio Valley	Murray State	27–5 (16–0)	1
Arizona	30–3 (16–2)	1	2014	Pac-12	Oregon	25–8 (13–5)	2
Lafayette	20–12 (9–9)	4	2000	Patriot	American	17–16 (8–10)	6
Kentucky	34–0 (18–0)	1	2014	SEC	Arkansas	26–8 (13–5)	2
Wofford	28–6 (16–2)	1	2014	Southern	Furman	11–22 (5–13)	10
Stephen F. Austin	28–4 (17–1)	1	2014	Southland	Sam Houston State	25–7 (15–3)	2
North Dakota State	23–9 (12–4)	2	2014	Summit	South Dakota State	23–10 (12–4)	1
Georgia State	23–9 (15–5)	1	2001	Sun Belt	Georgia Southern	22–8 (14–6)	2
Texas Southern	22–12 (16–2)	1	2014	SWAC	Southern*	18–17 (13–5)	3
New Mexico State	23–10 (13–1)	1	2014	WAC	Seattle	16–15 (7–7)	3
Gonzaga	32–2 (17–1)	1	2014	West Coast	BYU	25–9 (13–5)	2

* ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA violations

At-large bids

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Arkansas	SEC	2008	30
Baylor	Big 12	2014	9
Boise State	Mountain West	2013	7
BYU	West Coast	2014	29
Davidson	Atlantic 10	2013	13
Dayton	Atlantic 10	2014	16
Duke	ACC	2014	39
Georgetown	Big East	2013	30
Georgia	SEC	2011	10
Indiana	Big 10	2013	38
Iowa	Big 10	2014	24
Louisville	ACC	2014	41
LSU	SEC	2007	21
Maryland	Big 10	2012	29
Michigan State	Big 10	2014	29
Mississippi	SEC	2013	8
NC State	ACC	2014	24
North Carolina	ACC	2014	46
Ohio State	Big 10	2014	27
Oklahoma	Big 12	2014	29
Oklahoma State	Big 12	2014	27
Oregon	Pac-12	2014	13
Providence	Big East	2014	17
Purdue	Big 10	2012	26
San Diego State	Mountain West	2014	11
St. John's	Big East	2011	28
Texas	Big 12	2014	32
UCLA	Pac-12	2014	45
Utah	Pac-12	2009	28
Virginia	ACC	2014	19
Xavier	Big East	2014	25

Listed by region and seeding

East Region – Syracuse Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Villanova Big East 32–2 Automatic 2 2 Virginia ACC 29–3 At-large 5 3 Oklahoma Big 12 22–10 At-large 11 4 Louisville ACC 24–8 At-large 15 5 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 30–3 Automatic 20 6 Providence Big East 22–11 At-large 22 7 Michigan State Big 10 23–11 At-large 25 8 NC State ACC 20–13 At-large 31 9 LSU SEC 22–10 At-large 35 10 Georgia SEC 21–11 At-large 40 11* Boise State Mountain West 25–8 At-large 45 Dayton Atlantic 10 25–8 At-large 46 12 Wyoming Mountain West 25–9 Automatic 47 13 UC Irvine Big West 21–12 Automatic 54 14 Albany American East 24–8 Automatic 58 15 Belmont Ohio Valley 22–10 Automatic 60 16 Lafayette Patriot 20–12 Automatic 63

Midwest Region – Cleveland Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Kentucky SEC 34–0 Automatic 1 2 Kansas Big 12 26–8 At-large 8 3 Notre Dame ACC 29–5 Automatic 12 4 Maryland Big 10 27–6 At-large 14 5 West Virginia Big 12 23–9 At-large 19 6 Butler Big East 22–10 At-large 23 7 Wichita State Missouri Valley 28–4 At-large 26 8 Cincinnati American 22–10 At-large 29 9 Purdue Big 10 21–12 At-large 36 10 Indiana Big 10 20–13 At-large 37 11 Texas Big 12 20–13 At-large 41 12 Buffalo Mid American 23–9 Automatic 48 13 Valparaiso Horizon 28–5 Automatic 51 14 Northeastern Colonial 23–11 Automatic 56 15 New Mexico State WAC 23–10 Automatic 59 16* Manhattan MAAC 19–13 Automatic 67 Hampton MEAC 16–17 Automatic 68

South Region – Houston Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Duke ACC 29–4 At-large 3 2 Gonzaga West Coast 32–2 Automatic 7 3 Iowa State Big 12 25–8 Automatic 9 4 Georgetown Big East 21–10 At-large 16 5 Utah Pac-12 24–8 At-large 17 6 SMU American 27–6 Automatic 21 7 Iowa Big 10 21–11 At-large 27 8 San Diego State Mountain West 26–8 At-large 32 9 St. John's Big East 21–11 At-large 33 10 Davidson Atlantic 10 24–7 At-large 38 11 UCLA Pac-12 20–13 At-large 42 12 Stephen F. Austin Southland 29–4 Automatic 50 13 Eastern Washington Big Sky 26–8 Automatic 53 14 UAB C-USA 19–15 Automatic 57 15 North Dakota State Summit 23–9 Automatic 62 16* North Florida Atlantic Sun 23–11 Automatic 65 Robert Morris NEC 19–14 Automatic 66

West Region – Los Angeles Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Wisconsin Big 10 31–3 Automatic 4 2 Arizona Pac-12 31–3 Automatic 6 3 Baylor Big 12 24–9 At-large 10 4 North Carolina ACC 24–11 At-large 13 5 Arkansas SEC 26–8 At-large 18 6 Xavier Big East 21–13 At-large 24 7 VCU Atlantic 10 26–9 Automatic 28 8 Oregon Pac-12 25–9 At-large 30 9 Oklahoma State Big 12 18–13 At-large 34 10 Ohio State Big 10 23–10 At-large 39 11* Ole Miss SEC 20–12 At-large 43 BYU West Coast 25–9 At-large 44 12 Wofford Southern 28–6 Automatic 49 13 Harvard Ivy League 22–7 Automatic 52 14 Georgia State Sun Belt 24–9 Automatic 55 15 Texas Southern SWAC 22–12 Automatic 61 16 Coastal Carolina Big South 24–9 Automatic 64

*See First Four

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
7	Big 12	Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, West Virginia
7	Big Ten	Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue
6	ACC	Notre Dame, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia
6	Big East	Villanova, Butler, Georgetown, Providence, St. John's, Xavier
5	SEC	Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss
4	Pac-12	Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, Utah
3	Atlantic 10	VCU, Davidson, Dayton
3	Mountain West	Wyoming, Boise State, San Diego State
2	American	SMU, Cincinnati
2	Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa, Wichita State
2	WCC	Gonzaga, BYU

Automatic conference bids in bold

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
1	Alabama	UAB
1	Arkansas	Arkansas
1	Arizona	Arizona
3	California	San Diego State, UCLA, UC Irvine
1	Florida	North Florida
2	Georgia	Georgia, Georgia State
1	Idaho	Boise State
5	Indiana	Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue, Valparaiso
3	Iowa	Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa
2	Kansas	Kansas, Wichita State
2	Kentucky	Kentucky, Louisville
1	Louisiana	LSU
2	Massachusetts	Harvard, Northeastern
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Michigan	Michigan State
1	Mississippi	Ole Miss
1	New Mexico	New Mexico State
4	New York	Albany, Buffalo, Manhattan, St. John's
4	North Carolina	Davidson, Duke, North Carolina, NC State
1	North Dakota	North Dakota State
4	Ohio	Cincinnati, Dayton, Ohio State, Xavier
2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
1	Oregon	Oregon
3	Pennsylvania	Lafayette, Robert Morris, Villanova
1	Rhode Island	Providence
2	South Carolina	Coastal Carolina, Wofford
1	Tennessee	Belmont
5	Texas	Baylor, Southern Methodist, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas Southern
2	Utah	BYU, Utah
3	Virginia	Hampton, VCU, Virginia
2	Washington	Eastern Washington, Gonzaga
1	Washington, D.C.	Georgetown
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
1	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1	Wyoming	Wyoming

References

General

• Johnson, Raphielle (March 15, 2015). "NCAA tournament selection committee releases official seed list". NBCSports.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015.

Specific

1. "How the 68 teams are selected for the Division I men's basketball tournament". NCAA. February 12, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
2. "2015 Division I Men's Basketball Conference Championships". NCAA. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.