2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Qualifying Teams
This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. 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.
Qualifying teams
Team names are those used on ESPN.com scoreboards and team pages.
Automatic bids
All automatic bids 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.
Automatic bids |
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School |
Cornell |
School |
Winthrop |
Austin Peay |
Belmont |
Drake |
Davidson |
Siena |
George Mason |
San Diego |
Oral Roberts |
Western Kentucky |
Butler |
Mount St. Mary's |
Portland State |
American |
Memphis |
UMBC |
Temple |
UCLA |
Kent State |
UNLV |
Mississippi Valley State |
Coppin State |
Pittsburgh |
Boise State |
Cal State Fullerton |
North Carolina |
Georgia |
Texas-Arlington |
Kansas |
Wisconsin |
At-large bids
Seeds listed with scores are seeds within the conference tournaments.
At-large Bids |
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School |
Tennessee |
Texas |
Georgetown |
Duke |
Louisville |
Stanford |
Xavier |
Washington State |
Vanderbilt |
Connecticut |
Notre Dame |
Michigan State |
Clemson |
Oklahoma |
Marquette |
USC |
Purdue |
Miami (FL) |
Gonzaga |
West Virginia |
Indiana |
Mississippi State |
Brigham Young |
Arkansas |
Oregon |
Texas A&M |
South Alabama |
Saint Mary's |
Arizona |
Saint Joseph's |
Kentucky |
Kansas State |
Baylor |
Villanova |
Listed by grouping and seeding
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Bids by conference
Bids |
Conference(s) |
Schools |
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8 |
Big East |
#2 Georgetown, #3 Louisville, #4 Connecticut, #4 Pittsburgh, #5 Notre Dame #6 Marquette, #7 West Virginia, #12 Villanova |
6 |
Big 12 |
#1 Kansas, #2 Texas, #6 Oklahoma, #9 Texas A&M, #11 Baylor, #11 Kansas State |
Pac-10 |
#1 UCLA, #3 Stanford, #4 Washington State, #6 USC, #9 Oregon, #10 Arizona |
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SEC |
#2 Tennessee, #4 Vanderbilt, #8 Mississippi State, #9 Arkansas, #11 Kentucky, #14 Georgia |
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4 |
ACC |
#1 North Carolina, #2 Duke, #5 Clemson, #7 Miami (FL) |
Big Ten |
#3 Wisconsin, #5 Michigan State, #6 Purdue, #8 Indiana |
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3 |
Atlantic 10 |
#3 Xavier, #11 Saint Joseph's, #12 Temple |
WCC |
#7 Gonzaga, #10 Saint Mary's, #13 San Diego |
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2 |
Mountain West |
#8 Brigham Young, #8 UNLV |
Sun Belt |
#10 South Alabama, #12 Western Kentucky |
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1 |
21 other conferences |
See Automatic Bids |
Bids by state
Bids |
State(s) |
Schools |
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6 |
California |
Cal State Fullerton, Saint Mary's, San Diego, Stanford, UCLA, USC |
5 |
Tennessee |
Austin Peay, Belmont, Memphis, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
4 |
Indiana |
Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue |
Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's, Temple, Villanova |
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Texas |
Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas-Arlington |
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3 |
Kentucky |
Kentucky, Louisville, Western Kentucky |
Maryland |
Coppin State, Mount St. Mary's, UMBC |
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North Carolina |
Davidson, Duke, North Carolina |
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2 |
Kansas |
Kansas, Kansas State |
Mississippi |
Mississippi State, Mississippi Valley State |
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New York |
Cornell, Siena |
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Ohio |
Kent State, Xavier |
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Oklahoma |
Oklahoma, Oral Roberts |
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Oregon |
Oregon, Portland State |
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South Carolina |
Clemson, Winthrop |
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Washington |
Gonzaga, Washington State |
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Washington, D.C. |
American, Georgetown |
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Wisconsin |
Marquette, Wisconsin |
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1 |
Alabama |
South Alabama |
Arizona |
Arizona |
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Arkansas |
Arkansas |
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Connecticut |
Connecticut |
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Florida |
Miami (FL) |
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Georgia |
Georgia |
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Idaho |
Boise State |
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Iowa |
Drake |
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Michigan |
Michigan State |
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Nevada |
UNLV |
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Utah |
Brigham Young |
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Virginia |
George Mason |
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West Virginia |
West Virginia |
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Other teams considered (bubble teams)
- Arizona State, 19-12, NIT SEED: 1
- Illinois State, 24-9, NIT SEED: 2
- Massachusetts, 21-10, NIT SEED: 2
- Ohio State, 19-13, NIT SEED: 1
- Virginia Tech, 19-13, NIT SEED: 1
- Florida, 21-11, NIT SEED: 2