2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2022 qualifying teams
2022 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Gonzaga
Champion	Kansas
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2021 2023»

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams are entered into the tournament. Thirty-two of the teams qualified via automatic bids, usually earned by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 36 teams were selected via "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Teams are seeded from 1 to 16 within each of the four regionals, while the Selection Committee also seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.

Automatic bids[edit]

A total of 32 automatic bids to the tournament are granted to the below listed conferences, normally to the team that wins the conference's championship tournament.^[a] Seeds listed reflect seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Tournament	Runner-up	Record (Conf.)	Seed
Murray State	30–2 (18–0)	1	2019	Ohio Valley	Morehead State	23–11 (13–5)	3
Longwood	26–6 (15–1)	1	Never	Big South	Winthrop	23–9 (14–2)	2
Loyola Chicago	25–7 (13–5)	4	2021	Missouri Valley	Drake	24–10 (13–5)	3
Georgia State	18–10 (9–5)	3	2019	Sun Belt	Louisiana	16–15 (8–9)	8
Chattanooga	27–7 (14–4)	1	2016	Southern	Furman	22–12 (11–6)	2
Jacksonville State^[a]	21–10 (13–3)	1	2017	ASUN	Bellarmine^[a]	20–13 (11–5)	2
Wright State	21–13 (15–7)	4	2018	Horizon	Northern Kentucky	20–12 (14–6)	3
Delaware	22–12 (10–8)	5	2014	CAA	UNC Wilmington	23–9 (15–3)	2
Bryant	22–9 (16–2)	1	Never	NEC	Wagner	21–6 (15–3)	2
South Dakota State	30–4 (18–0)	1	2018	Summit	North Dakota State	23–10 (13–5)	2
Gonzaga	26–3 (13–1)	1	2021	WCC	Saint Mary's	25–7 (12–3)	2
Colgate	23–11 (16–2)	1	2021	Patriot	Navy	21–11 (12–6)	2
Vermont	28–5 (17–1)	1	2019	America East	UMBC	18–14 (11–7)	2
Norfolk State	22–6 (12–2)	1	2021	MEAC	Coppin State	9–23 (6–8)	7
Saint Peter's	19–11 (14–6)	2	2011	MAAC	Monmouth	21–13 (11–9)	4
Texas Southern	18–12 (13–5)	2	2021	SWAC	Alcorn State	17–16 (14–4)	1
Boise State	27–7 (15–3)	1	2015	Mountain West	San Diego State	23–8 (13–4)	3
Kansas	28–6 (14–4)	1	2021	Big 12	Texas Tech	25–9 (12–6)	3
Villanova	26–7 (16–4)	2	2021	Big East	Creighton	22–11 (12–7)	4
Akron	24–9 (14–6)	4	2013	MAC	Kent State	23–10 (16–4)	2
Montana State	27–7 (16–4)	1	1996	Big Sky	Northern Colorado	20–15 (13–7)	3
Virginia Tech	23–12 (11–9)	7	2021	ACC	Duke	28–6 (16–4)	1
UAB	27–7 (14–4)	2	2015	C-USA	Louisiana Tech	24–10 (12–6)	3
Arizona	31–3 (18–2)	1	2018	Pac-12	UCLA	25–7 (15–5)	2
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	23–11 (7–7)	4	2007	Southland	Southeastern Louisiana	19–14 (10–4)	2
New Mexico State	26–6 (14–4)	1	2019	WAC	Abilene Christian	23–10 (11–7)	6
Cal State Fullerton	21–10 (11–4)	2	2018	Big West	Long Beach State	20–12 (12–3)	1
Yale	19–11 (11–3)	2	2019	Ivy League	Princeton	23–6 (12–2)	1
Richmond	23–12 (10–8)	6	2011	Atlantic 10	Davidson	27–6 (15–3)	1
Tennessee	26–7 (14–4)	2	2021	SEC	Texas A&M	23–12 (9–9)	8
Houston	29–5 (15–3)	1	2021	American	Memphis	21–10 (13–5)	3
Iowa	26–9 (12–8)	5	2021	Big Ten	Purdue	27–7 (15–5)	3

At-large bids[edit]

36 at-large teams were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process.

At-large bids
Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Memphis	American	2014	27th
Davidson	Atlantic 10	2018	15th
Duke	ACC	2019	44th
Miami (FL)		2018	11th
North Carolina		2021	52nd
Notre Dame		2017	37th
Baylor	Big 12	2021	14th
Iowa State		2019	21st
TCU		2018	9th
Texas		2021	33rd
Texas Tech		2021	20th
Creighton	Big East	2021	23rd
Marquette		2019	34th
Providence		2018	21st
Seton Hall		2019	14th
UConn		2021	35th
Illinois	Big Ten	2021	32nd
Indiana		2016	40th
Michigan		2021	31st
Michigan State		2021	35th
Ohio State		2021	35th
Purdue		2021	33rd
Rutgers		2021	8th
Wisconsin		2021	26nd
Colorado State	Mountain West	2013	11th
San Diego State		2021	14th
Wyoming		2015	16th
UCLA	Pac-12	2021	51st
USC	Pac-12	2021	19th
Alabama	SEC	2021	23rd
Arkansas		2021	34th
Auburn		2019	11th
Kentucky		2019	58th
LSU		2021	24th
Saint Mary's	West Coast	2019	11th
San Francisco	West Coast	1998	17th

Listed by region and seeding[edit]

West Regional – Chase Center, San Francisco, California
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type
1	Gonzaga	West Coast	26–3	1	Automatic
2	Duke	ACC	28–6	8	At-Large
3	Texas Tech	Big 12	25–9	12	At-Large
4	Arkansas	SEC	25–8	15	At-Large
5	UConn	Big East	23–9	17	At-Large
6	Alabama	SEC	19–13	21	At-Large
7	Michigan State	Big Ten	22–12	27	At-Large
8	Boise State	Mountain West	27–7	29	Automatic
9	Memphis	American	21–10	36	At-Large
10	Davidson	Atlantic 10	27–6	40	At-Large
11*	Rutgers	Big Ten	18–13	44	At-Large
11*	Notre Dame	ACC	22–10	47	At-Large
12	New Mexico State	WAC	26–6	50	Automatic
13	Vermont	America East	28–5	53	Automatic
14	Montana State	Big Sky	27–7	58	Automatic
15	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	21–10	62	Automatic
16	Georgia State	Sun Belt	18–10	63	Automatic

East Regional – Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type
1	Baylor	Big 12	26–6	4	At-Large
2	Kentucky	SEC	26–7	6	At-Large
3	Purdue	Big Ten	27–7	11	At-Large
4	UCLA	Pac–12	25–7	13	At-Large
5	Saint Mary's	West Coast	25–7	19	At-Large
6	Texas	Big 12	21–11	23	At-Large
7	Murray State	Ohio Valley	30–2	26	Automatic
8	North Carolina	ACC	24–9	30	At-Large
9	Marquette	Big East	19–12	35	At-Large
10	San Francisco	West Coast	24–9	37	At-Large
11	Virginia Tech	ACC	23–12	46	Automatic
12*	Wyoming	Mountain West	25–8	43	At-Large
12*	Indiana	Big Ten	20–13	45	At-Large
13	Akron	MAC	24–9	54	Automatic
14	Yale	Ivy	19–11	56	Automatic
15	Saint Peter's	MAAC	19–11	60	Automatic
16	Norfolk State	MEAC	24–6	64	Automatic

South Regional – AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type
1	Arizona	Pac–12	31–3	2	Automatic
2	Villanova	Big East	26–7	7	Automatic
3	Tennessee	SEC	26–7	10	Automatic
4	Illinois	Big Ten	22–10	14	At-Large
5	Houston	American	29–5	18	Automatic
6	Colorado State	Mountain West	25–5	24	At-Large
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	19–11	28	At-Large
8	Seton Hall	Big East	21–10	32	At-Large
9	TCU	Big 12	20–12	34	At-Large
10	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley	25–7	39	Automatic
11	Michigan	Big Ten	17–14	42	At-Large
12	UAB	C-USA	27–7	48	Automatic
13	Chattanooga	Southern	27–7	51	Automatic
14	Longwood	Big South	26–6	55	Automatic
15	Delaware	Colonial	22–12	59	Automatic
16*	Wright State	Horizon	21–13	65	Automatic
16*	Bryant	Northeast	22–9	66	Automatic

Midwest Regional – United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type
1	Kansas	Big 12	28–6	3	Automatic
2	Auburn	SEC	27–5	5	At-Large
3	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24–7	9	At-Large
4	Providence	Big East	25–5	16	At-Large
5	Iowa	Big Ten	26–9	20	Automatic
6	LSU	SEC	22–11	22	At-Large
7	USC	Pac–12	26–7	25	At-Large
8	San Diego State	Mountain West	23–8	31	At-Large
9	Creighton	Big East	22–11	33	At-Large
10	Miami (FL)	ACC	23–10	38	At-Large
11	Iowa State	Big 12	20–12	41	At-Large
12	Richmond	Atlantic 10	23–12	49	Automatic
13	South Dakota State	Summit	30–4	52	Automatic
14	Colgate	Patriot	23–1	57	Automatic
15	Jacksonville State	ASUN	21–10	61	Automatic
16*	Texas Southern	SWAC	18–12	67	Automatic
16*	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	23–11	68	Automatic

*See First Four

Conferences with multiple bids[edit]

Bids	Conference	Schools
9	Big Ten	Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin
6	Big 12	Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
6	SEC	Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee
6	Big East	Creighton, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, UConn, Villanova
5	ACC	Duke, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
4	Mountain West	Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State, Wyoming
3	West Coast	Gonzaga, Saint Mary's, San Francisco
3	Pac-12	Arizona, UCLA, USC
2	American	Houston, Memphis
2	Atlantic 10	Davidson, Richmond

Bids by state[edit]

Bids	State	Schools
4	Alabama	Alabama, Auburn, Jacksonville State, UAB
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Arkansas	Arkansas
6	California	Cal State Fullerton, Saint Mary's, San Diego State, San Francisco, UCLA, USC
1	Colorado	Colorado State
2	Connecticut	UConn, Yale
1	Delaware	Delaware
1	Florida	Miami
1	Georgia	Georgia State
1	Idaho	Boise State
2	Illinois	Illinois, Loyola Chicago
3	Indiana	Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue
2	Iowa	Iowa, Iowa State
1	Kansas	Kansas
2	Kentucky	Kentucky, Murray State
1	Louisiana	LSU
2	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
1	Montana	Montana State
1	Nebraska	Creighton
3	New Jersey	Rutgers, Saint Peter's, Seton Hall
1	New Mexico	New Mexico State
1	New York	Colgate
3	North Carolina	Davidson, Duke, North Carolina
3	Ohio	Akron, Ohio State, Wright State
1	Pennsylvania	Villanova
2	Rhode Island	Bryant, Providence
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
3	Tennessee	Chattanooga, Memphis, Tennessee
7	Texas	Baylor, Houston, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Texas Southern, Texas Tech
1	Vermont	Vermont
4	Virginia	Longwood, Norfolk State, Richmond, Virginia Tech
1	Washington	Gonzaga
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Wyoming	Wyoming

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Jacksonville State, the ASUN regular season champion, was awarded the ASUN's NCAA tournament bid because Bellarmine, which won the conference tournament, was ineligible due to a transition from Division II.^[1]

References[edit]

^ "Division I newcomer Bellarmine wins Atlantic Sun championship but ineligible for NCAA tournament". ESPN. March 8, 2022. Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville 77-72 in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final on Tuesday, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State.

[JSU-2] Jacksonville State, the ASUN regular season champion, was awarded the ASUN's NCAA tournament bid because Bellarmine, which won the conference tournament, was ineligible due to a transition from Division II.^[1]

[1] "Division I newcomer Bellarmine wins Atlantic Sun championship but ineligible for NCAA tournament". ESPN. March 8, 2022. Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville 77-72 in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final on Tuesday, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State.

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