2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams
This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams participated the tournament. Thirty-two of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. 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.
Qualifying teams
Automatic bids
Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Conference championship runners-up in bold were given at-large berths.
Automatic bids |
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Qualifying school |
Murray State |
Radford |
Loyola–Chicago |
Lipscomb |
Michigan |
Iona |
UNC Greensboro |
LIU Brooklyn |
Charleston |
Gonzaga |
Bucknell |
Wright State |
South Dakota State |
UMBC |
North Carolina Central |
Texas Southern |
Kansas |
San Diego State |
Villanova |
Buffalo |
Montana |
Virginia |
Marshall |
Stephen F. Austin |
Arizona |
New Mexico State |
Cal State Fullerton |
Penn |
Davidson |
Kentucky |
Georgia State |
Cincinnati |
At-large bids
Team |
Conference |
Last appearance |
# of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|
Alabama |
SEC |
2012 |
20 |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
2014 |
14 |
Arkansas |
SEC |
2017 |
32 |
Auburn |
SEC |
2003 |
9 |
Butler |
Big East |
2017 |
16 |
Clemson |
ACC |
2011 |
11 |
Creighton |
Big East |
2017 |
21 |
Duke |
ACC |
2017 |
42 |
Florida |
SEC |
2017 |
19 |
Florida State |
ACC |
2017 |
16 |
Houston |
American |
2010 |
20 |
Kansas State |
Big 12 |
2017 |
30 |
Miami |
ACC |
2017 |
10 |
Michigan State |
Big Ten |
2017 |
32 |
Missouri |
SEC |
2013 |
26 |
Nevada |
Mountain West |
2017 |
8 |
NC State |
ACC |
2015 |
27 |
North Carolina |
ACC |
2017 |
49 |
Ohio State |
Big Ten |
2017 |
28 |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
2016 |
31 |
Providence |
Big East |
2017 |
20 |
Purdue |
Big Ten |
2017 |
29 |
Rhode Island |
A–10 |
2017 |
10 |
Seton Hall |
Big East |
2017 |
12 |
St. Bonaventure |
A–10 |
2012 |
7 |
Syracuse |
ACC |
2016 |
39 |
Tennessee |
SEC |
2014 |
21 |
Texas |
Big 12 |
2016 |
34 |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
2016 |
14 |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
2016 |
16 |
TCU |
Big 12 |
1998 |
8 |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
2017 |
48 |
Virginia Tech |
ACC |
2017 |
10 |
West Virginia |
Big 12 |
2017 |
29 |
Wichita State |
American |
2017 |
15 |
Xavier |
Big East |
2017 |
28 |
Listed by region and seeding
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Conferences with multiple bids
Bids |
Conference |
Schools |
|---|---|---|
9 |
ACC |
Virginia, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech |
8 |
SEC |
Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M |
7 |
Big 12 |
Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia |
6 |
Big East |
Villanova, Butler, Creighton, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier |
4 |
Big Ten |
Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State |
3 |
American |
Cincinnati, Houston, Wichita State |
3 |
Atlantic 10 |
Davidson, Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure |
3 |
Pac-12 |
Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA |
2 |
Mountain West |
San Diego State, Nevada |
Automatic conference bids in bold
Bids by state
Bids |
State |
School(s) |
|---|---|---|
2 |
Alabama |
Alabama, Auburn |
2 |
Arizona |
Arizona, Arizona State |
1 |
Arkansas |
Arkansas |
3 |
California |
Cal State Fullerton, San Diego State, UCLA |
3 |
Florida |
Florida, Florida State, Miami |
1 |
Georgia |
Georgia State |
1 |
Illinois |
Loyola-Chicago |
2 |
Indiana |
Butler, Purdue |
3 |
Kansas |
Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State |
2 |
Kentucky |
Kentucky, Murray State |
1 |
Maryland |
UMBC |
2 |
Michigan |
Michigan, Michigan State |
1 |
Missouri |
Missouri |
1 |
Montana |
Montana |
1 |
Nebraska |
Creighton |
1 |
Nevada |
Nevada |
1 |
New Jersey |
Seton Hall |
1 |
New Mexico |
New Mexico State |
5 |
New York |
Buffalo, Iona, LIU Brooklyn, St. Bonaventure, Syracuse |
6 |
North Carolina |
Davidson, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, NC State, UNC Greensboro |
4 |
Ohio |
Cincinnati, Ohio State, Wright State, Xavier |
1 |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
3 |
Pennsylvania |
Bucknell, Penn, Villanova |
2 |
Rhode Island |
Providence, Rhode Island |
2 |
South Carolina |
Clemson, College of Charleston |
1 |
South Dakota |
South Dakota State |
2 |
Tennessee |
Lipscomb, Tennessee |
7 |
Texas |
Houston, Stephen F. Austin, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Texas Tech |
3 |
Virginia |
Radford, Virginia, Virginia Tech |
1 |
Washington |
Gonzaga |
2 |
West Virginia |
Marshall, West Virginia |