2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2002 qualifying teams
2002 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Cincinnati, Duke, Kansas, Maryland
Champion	Maryland
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2001 2003»

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2002 NCAA Division I men's 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 did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded within their assigned region from 1 to 16, which was disclosed, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65, which was not disclosed.

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	Tiebreaker losers	Second place record (Conf.)
Penn	25–6 (11–3)		2000	Ivy League	Yale Princeton	20–10 (11–3) 16–11 (11–3)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	29–3 (13–3)	2	2001	ACC^[1]	NC State	22–10 (9–7)	4
Boston University	22–9 (13–3)	2	1997	America East	Maine	12–18 (7–9)	5
Xavier	25–5 (14–2)	W1	2001	Atlantic 10	Richmond	19–13 (11–5)	W2
Florida Atlantic	19–11 (13–7)	3	Never	Atlantic Sun	Georgia State	20–10 (14–6)	1
Oklahoma	27–4 (13–3)	2	2001	Big 12	Kansas	29–3 (16–0)	1
Connecticut	24–6 (13–3)	E1	2000	Big East	Pittsburgh	27–5 (13–3)	W1
Montana	16–14 (7–7)	4	1997	Big Sky	Eastern Washington	17–13 (11–3)	2
Winthrop	19–11 (10–4)	1	2001	Big South^[2]	High Point	11–19 (5–9)	7
Ohio State	23–7 (11–5)	2	2001	Big Ten	Iowa	19–16 (5–11)	9
UC Santa Barbara	20–10 (11–7)	3	1990	Big West	Utah State	23–7 (13–5)	1
UNC Wilmington	22–9 (14–4)	1	2000	CAA	VCU	21–11 (11–7)	3
Cincinnati	30–3 (14–2)	1	2001	C-USA	Marquette	26–6 (13–3)	2
Illinois–Chicago	20–13 (8–8)	6	1998	Horizon	Loyola Chicago	17–13 (9–7)	5
Siena	16–18 (9–9)	7	1999	MAAC^[3]	Niagara	18–14 (10–6)	4
Kent State	27–5 (17–1)	1	2001	MAC	Bowling Green	24–8 (12–6)	3
Hampton	26–6 (17–1)	1	2001	MEAC^[4]	Howard	18–13 (11–7)	3
Valparaiso	25–7 (12–2)	1	2000	Mid-Con	IUPUI	15–15 (6–8)	6
Creighton	22–8 (14–4)	2	2001	Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois	26–7 (14–4)	1
San Diego State	21–11 (7–7)	5	1985	Mountain West	UNLV	20–10 (9–5)	3
Central Connecticut State	27–4 (19–1)	1	2000	Northeast	Quinnipiac	14–16 (10–10)	7
Murray State	19–12 (10–6)	3	1999	Ohio Valley^[5]	Tennessee Tech	24–6 (15–1)	1
Arizona	22–9 (12–6)	2	2001	Pac-10	USC	22–9 (12–6)	4
Holy Cross	18–14 (9–5)	2	2001	Patriot	American	18–11 (10–4)	1
Mississippi State	26–7 (10–6)	W2	1996	SEC	Alabama	26–7 (12–4)	W1
Davidson	21–9 (11–5)	1N	1998	Southern	Furman	17–14 (7–9)	5S
McNeese State	21–8 (17–3)	1	1989	Southland	Louisiana–Monroe	20–12 (15–5)	2
Western Kentucky	28–3 (13–1)	1E	2001	Sun Belt	Louisiana–Lafayette	20–10 (11–4)	1W
Alcorn State	21–9 (16–2)	1	1999	SWAC	Alabama State	19–13 (12–6)	2
Hawaii	27–5 (15–3)	1	2001	WAC	Tulsa	26–6 (15–3)	2
Gonzaga	29–3 (13–1)	2	2001	West Coast	Pepperdine	22–8 (13–1)	1

At-large bids

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Alabama	SEC	15th	1995
Boston College	Big East	13th	2001
California	Pac-10	12th	2001
Charlotte	C-USA	9th	2001
Florida	SEC	9th	2001
Georgia	SEC	9th	2001
Illinois	Big Ten	22nd	2001
Indiana	Big Ten	31st	2001
Kansas	Big 12	31st	2001
Kentucky	SEC	44th	2001
Marquette	C-USA	22nd	1997
Maryland	ACC	19th	2001
Miami (FL)	Big East	5th	2000
Michigan State	Big Ten	16th	2001
Missouri	Big 12	20th	2001
NC State	ACC	18th	1991
Notre Dame	Big East	26th	2001
Oklahoma State	Big 12	19th	2001
Ole Miss	SEC	6th	2001
Oregon	Pac-10	7th	2000
Pepperdine	WCC	13th	2000
Pittsburgh	Big East	14th	1993
St. John's	Big East	27th	2000
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	5th	1995
Stanford	Pac-10	11th	2001
Texas	Big 12	20th	2001
Texas Tech	Big 12	11th	1996
Tulsa	WAC	13th	2000
UCLA	Pac-10	38th	2001
USC	Pac-10	12th	2001
Utah	Mountain West	23rd	2000
Wake Forest	ACC	17th	2001
Wisconsin	Big Ten	8th	2001
Wyoming	Mountain West	14th	1988

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Syracuse
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Maryland	ACC	26–4	At-large
#2	Connecticut	Big East	24–6	Automatic
#3	Georgia	SEC	21–9	At-large
#4	Kentucky	SEC	20–9	At-large
#5	Marquette	C-USA	26–6	At-large
#6	Texas Tech	Big 12	23–8	At-large
#7	NC State	ACC	22–10	At-large
#8	Wisconsin	Big Ten	18–12	At-large
#9	St. John's	Big East	20–11	At-large
#10	Michigan State	Big Ten	19–11	At-large
#11	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	26–7	At-large
#12	Tulsa	WAC	26–6	At-large
#13	Valparaiso	Mid-Continent	25–7	Automatic
#14	Murray State	OVC	19–12	Automatic
#15	Hampton	MEAC	26–6	Automatic
#16	Siena	MAAC	16–18	Automatic
#16	Alcorn State	SWAC	21–9	Automatic

Midwest Regional – Madison
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Kansas	Big 12	29–3	At-large
#2	Oregon	Pac-10	23–8	At-large
#3	Mississippi State	SEC	26–7	Automatic
#4	Illinois	Big Ten	24–8	At-large
#5	Florida	SEC	22–8	At-large
#6	Texas	Big 12	20–11	At-large
#7	Wake Forest	ACC	20–12	At-large
#8	Stanford	Pac-10	19–9	At-large
#9	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	28–3	Automatic
#10	Pepperdine	WCC	22–8	At-large
#11	Boston College	Big East	20–11	At-large
#12	Creighton	Missouri Valley	22–8	Automatic
#13	San Diego State	Mountain West	21–11	Automatic
#14	McNeese State	Southland	21–8	Automatic
#15	Montana	Big Sky	16–14	Automatic
#16	Holy Cross	Patriot	18–14	Automatic

South Regional – Lexington
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Duke	ACC	29–3	Automatic
#2	Alabama	SEC	26–7	At-large
#3	Pittsburgh	Big East	27–5	At-large
#4	USC	Pac-10	22–9	At-large
#5	Indiana	Big Ten	20–11	At-large
#6	California	Pac-10	21–8	At-large
#7	Oklahoma State	Big 12	23–8	At-large
#8	Notre Dame	Big East	21–10	At-large
#9	Charlotte	C-USA	18–11	At-large
#10	Kent State	MAC	27–5	Automatic
#11	Penn	Ivy League	25–6	Automatic
#12	Utah	Mountain West	21–8	At-large
#13	UNC Wilmington	CAA	22–9	Automatic
#14	Central Connecticut State	NEC	27–4	Automatic
#15	Florida Atlantic	Atlantic Sun	19–11	Automatic
#16	Winthrop	Big South	19–11	Automatic

West Regional – San Jose
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Cincinnati	C-USA	30–3	Automatic
#2	Oklahoma	Big 12	27–4	Automatic
#3	Arizona	Pac-10	22–9	Automatic
#4	Ohio State	Big Ten	23–7	Automatic
#5	Miami (FL)	Big East	24–7	At-large
#6	Gonzaga	WCC	29–3	Automatic
#7	Xavier	Atlantic 10	25–5	Automatic
#8	UCLA	Pac-10	19–11	At-Large
#9	Ole Miss	SEC	20–10	At-large
#10	Hawaii	WAC	27–5	Automatic
#11	Wyoming	Mountain West	21–8	At-large
#12	Missouri	Big 12	21–11	At-large
#13	Davidson	Southern	21–9	Automatic
#14	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	20–10	Automatic
#15	Illinois–Chicago	Horizon	20–13	Automatic
#16	Boston University	America East	22–9	Automatic

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference	Schools
6	Big 12	Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
	Big East	Boston College, Connecticut, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John's
	Pac-10	Arizona, California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC
	SEC	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
5	Big Ten	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin
4	ACC	Duke, Maryland, NC State, Wake Forest
3	C-USA	Charlotte, Cincinnati, Marquette
3	Mountain West	San Diego State, Utah, Wyoming
2	Missouri Valley	Creighton, Southern Illinois
	WAC	Hawaii, Tulsa
	West Coast	Gonzaga, Pepperdine
1	20 other conferences

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
1	Alabama	Alabama
1	Arizona	Arizona
7	California	California, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, USC
2	Connecticut	Central Connecticut State, Connecticut
3	Florida	Florida, Florida Atlantic, Miami (FL)
1	Georgia	Georgia
1	Hawaii	Hawaii
3	Illinois	Illinois, Illinois–Chicago, Southern Illinois
3	Indiana	Indiana, Notre Dame, Valparaiso
1	Kansas	Kansas
3	Kentucky	Kentucky, Murray State, Western Kentucky
1	Louisiana	McNeese State
1	Maryland	Maryland
3	Massachusetts	Boston College, Boston University, Holy Cross
1	Michigan	Michigan State
3	Mississippi	Alcorn State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
1	Missouri	Missouri
1	Montana	Montana
1	Nebraska	Creighton
2	New York	St. John's, Siena
6	North Carolina	Charlotte, Davidson, Duke, NC State, UNC Wilmington, Wake Forest
4	Ohio	Cincinnati, Kent State, Ohio State, Xavier
3	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa
1	Oregon	Oregon
2	Pennsylvania	Penn, Pittsburgh
1	South Carolina	Winthrop
2	Texas	Texas, Texas Tech
1	Utah	Utah
1	Virginia	Hampton
1	Washington	Gonzaga
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Wyoming	Wyoming

References

^ "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 109. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Big South Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "Men's Basketball Championship History". MAACSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[1] "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 109. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[2] "2021-22 Big South Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[MAAC-3] "Men's Basketball Championship History". MAACSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[4] "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[5] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

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