2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I 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 does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 36 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.^[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.)	Last app.	Conference tournament	Seed	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Belmont	22–10 (11–5)	2013	Ohio Valley	3	Murray State	27–5 (16–0)	1
Coastal Carolina	24–9 (12–6)	2014	Big South	3	Winthrop	19–13 (12–6)	5
Northern Iowa	30–3 (16–2)	2010	Missouri Valley	2	Illinois State	21–12 (11–7)	4
North Florida	23–11 (12–2)	Never	Atlantic Sun	1	USC Upstate	23–11 (8–6)	3
Northeastern	23–11 (12–6)	1991	CAA	3	William & Mary	20–12 (12–6)	1
Wofford	28–6 (16–2)	2014	Southern	1	Furman	11–22 (5–13)	10
Manhattan	19–13 (13–7)	2014	MAAC	3	Iona	26–8 (17–3)	1
Valparaiso	28–5 (13–3)	2013	Horizon	1	Green Bay	24–8 (12–4)	2
Robert Morris	19–14 (12–6)	2010	Northeast	2	St. Francis Brooklyn	24–10 (15–3)	1
North Dakota State	23–9 (12–4)	2014	Summit	2	South Dakota State	23–10 (12–4)	1
Gonzaga	32–2 (17–1)	2014	West Coast	1	BYU	25–9 (13–5)	2
Lafayette	20–12 (9–9)	2000	Patriot	4	American	17–16 (8–10)	6
Albany	24–8 (15–1)	2014	America East	1	Stony Brook	23–11 (12–4)	3
Hampton	16–17 (8–8)	2011	MEAC	6	Delaware State	18–17 (9–7)	5
UAB	19–15 (12–6)	2011	C-USA	4	Middle Tennessee	19–16 (9–9)	6
Iowa State	25–8 (12–6)	2014	Big 12	2	Kansas	26–8 (13–5)	1
Wyoming	25–9 (11–7)	2002	Mountain West	4	San Diego State	26–8 (14–4)	2
Texas Southern	22–12 (16–2)	2014	SWAC	1	Southern*	18–17 (13–5)	3
Buffalo	23–9 (12–6)	Never	MAC	2	Central Michigan	23–8 (12–6)	1
Villanova	32–2 (16–2)	2014	Big East	1	Xavier	21–13 (9–9)	6
Notre Dame	29–5 (14–4)	2013	ACC	3	North Carolina	24–11 (11–7)	5
Eastern Washington	26–8 (14-4)	2004	Big Sky	2	Montana	20-12 (14–4)	1
Stephen F. Austin	28–4 (17–1)	2014	Southland	1	Sam Houston State	25–7 (15–3)	2
Arizona	30–3 (16–2)	2014	Pac-12	1	Oregon	25–8 (13–5)	2
New Mexico State	23–10 (13–1)	2014	WAC	1	Seattle	16–15 (7–7)	3
UC Irvine	21–12 (11–5)	Never	Big West	3	Hawaii	22–13 (8–8)	5
Virginia Commonwealth	26–9 (12–6)	2014	Atlantic 10	5	Dayton	23–8 (13–5)	2
Kentucky	34–0 (18–0)	2014	SEC	1	Arkansas	26–8 (13–5)	2
Georgia State	23–9 (15–5)	2001	Sun Belt	1	Georgia Southern	22–8 (14–6)	2
Southern Methodist	26–6 (15–3)	1993	American	1	Connecticut	20–13 (10–8)	6
Wisconsin	31–3 (16–2)	2014	Big Ten	1	Michigan State	23–11 (12–6)	3

* ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA violations

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

Tournament seeds

Midwest Region – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Seed	School	Conference	W-L	Berth type	Seed List
1	Kentucky	SEC	34-0	Auto	1
2	Kansas	Big 12	26-8	At-Large	8
3	Notre Dame	ACC	29-5	Auto	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	Auto	48
13	Valparaiso	Horizon	28-5	Auto	51
14	Northeastern	Colonial	23-11	Auto	56
15	New Mexico State	WAC	23-10	Auto	59
16*	Manhattan	MAAC	19-13	Auto	67
16*	Hampton	MEAC	16-17	Auto	68

East Region – Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
Seed	School	Conference	W-L	Berth type	Seed List
1	Villanova	Big East	32-2	Auto	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	Auto	20
6	Providence	Big East	22-11	At-Large	22
7	Michigan State	Big 10	23-11	At-Large	25
8	North Carolina State	ACC	20-13	At-Large	31
9	Louisiana State	SEC	22-10	At-Large	35
10	Georgia	SEC	21-11	At-Large	40
11*	Boise State	Mountain West	25-8	At-Large	45
11*	Dayton	Atlantic 10	25-8	At-large	46
12	Wyoming	Mountain West	25-9	Auto	47
13	UC Irvine	Big West	21-12	Auto	54
14	Albany	American East	24-8	Auto	58
15	Belmont	Ohio Valley	22-10	Auto	60
16	Lafayette	Patriot	20-12	Auto	63

South Region - NRG Stadium, Houston, TX
Seed	School	Conference	W-L	Berth type	Seed List
1	Duke	ACC	29–4	At-Large	3
2	Gonzaga	West Coast	32–2	Auto	7
3	Iowa State	Big 12	25–8	Auto	9
4	Georgetown	Big East	21–10	At-Large	16
5	Utah	Pac 12	24–8	At-Large	17
6	Southern Methodist	American	27–6	Auto	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	Auto	50
13	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	26–8	Auto	53
14	UAB	C-USA	19–15	Auto	57
15	North Dakota State	Summit	23–9	Auto	62
16*	North Florida	Atlantic Sun	23-11	Auto	65
16*	Robert Morris	NEC	19-14	Auto	66

West Region – Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Seed	School	Conference	W-L	Berth type	Seed List
1	Wisconsin	Big 10	31-3	Auto	4
2	Arizona	Pac 12	31-3	Auto	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	Virginia Commonwealth	Atlantic 10	26-9	Auto	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
11*	BYU	West Coast	25-9	At-large	44
12	Wofford	Southern	28-6	Auto	49
13	Harvard	Ivy	22-7	Auto	52
14	Georgia State	Sun Belt	24-9	Auto	55
15	Texas Southern	SWAC	22-12	Auto	61
16	Coastal Carolina	Big South	24-9	Auto	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

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

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