2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2012 qualifying teams
2012 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	37
Top seed	Kentucky
Champion	Kentucky
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2011 2013»

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2012 NCAA Division I men's 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 did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 37 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. For the first time ever, the Selection Committee disclosed each team's seed within the entire field following the announcement of the entire bracket.^[1]

Automatic bids edit

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

At-large bids edit

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Alabama	SEC	2006	20
Baylor	Big 12	2011	7
BYU	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
NC State	ACC	2006	21
North Carolina	ACC	2011	43
Notre Dame	Big East	2011	32
Ohio State	Big Ten	2011	24
Purdue	Big Ten	2011	25
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
Texas	Big 12	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

Tournament seeds (list by region) edit

East Regional – Boston, Massachusetts
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	Automatic	11
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24–9	At-large	14
5	Vanderbilt	SEC	24–10	Automatic	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 Miss	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	Automatic	46
13	Montana	Big Sky	25–6	Automatic	55
14	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	20–11	Automatic	58
15	Loyola	MAAC	24–8	Automatic	59
16	UNC Asheville	Big South	24–9	Automatic	64

Midwest Regional – St. Louis, Missouri
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 10	24–7	At-large	17
6	San Diego State	Mountain West	26–7	At-large	24
7	Saint Mary's	West Coast	27–5	Automatic	26
8	Creighton	Missouri Valley	28–5	Automatic	29
9	Alabama	SEC	21–11	At-large	33
10	Purdue	Big Ten	21–12	At-large	37
11	NC 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	Automatic	52
14	Belmont	Atlantic Sun	27–7	Automatic	57
15	Detroit Mercy	Horizon	22–13	Automatic	61
16*	Lamar	Southland	23–11	Automatic	65
16*	Vermont	America East	23–11	Automatic	66

South Regional – Atlanta, Georgia
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	Automatic	44
12	VCU	Colonial	28–6	Automatic	49
13	New Mexico State	WAC	26–9	Automatic	54
14	South Dakota State	Summit	27–7	Automatic	56
15	Lehigh	Patriot	26–7	Automatic	60
16*	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	21–12	Automatic	67
16*	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	15–18	Automatic	68

West Regional – Phoenix, Arizona
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Michigan State	Big Ten	27–7	Automatic	4
2	Missouri	Big 12	30–4	Automatic	8
3	Marquette	Big East	25–7	At-large	10
4	Louisville	Big East	26–9	Automatic	16
5	New Mexico	Mountain West	27–6	Automatic	20
6	Murray State	Ohio Valley	30–1	Automatic	23
7	Florida	SEC	23–10	At-large	28
8	Memphis	C-USA	26–8	Automatic	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	Automatic	51
13	Davidson	Southern	25–7	Automatic	53
14*	BYU	West Coast	25–8	At-large	48
14*	Iona	MAAC	25–7	At-large	50
15	Norfolk State	MEAC	25–9	Automatic	62
16	LIU-Brooklyn	Northeast	25–8	Automatic	63

*See First Four.

Conferences with multiple bids edit

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	Saint 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 edit

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 were Oral Roberts, Miami (Florida), Nevada, and Drexel. Oral Roberts, Nevada, and Drexel were automatically 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 edit

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

References edit

^ "'Hardcore' breakdown of bracket | NCAA.com". Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
^ "NCAA Tournament 2012: Drexel, Nevada, Miami and Oral Roberts Were Last Four Teams Ousted from Bracket". March 11, 2012.

[1] "'Hardcore' breakdown of bracket | NCAA.com". Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

[2] "NCAA Tournament 2012: Drexel, Nevada, Miami and Oral Roberts Were Last Four Teams Ousted from Bracket". March 11, 2012.

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