2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2024 qualifying teams
2024 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	UConn
Champion	UConn
	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
	«2023 2025»

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams were 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 were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Teams were 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

A total of 32 automatic bids to the tournament were granted to the below listed conferences, to the team that won the conference's championship tournament.^[1]^[2] Seeds listed reflected seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	# of app.	Tournament	Runner-up	Record (Conf.)	Seed
Morehead State	26–8 (14–4)	3	2021	9th	Ohio Valley	Little Rock	21–12 (14–4)	1
Longwood	21–13 (6–10)	5	2022	2nd	Big South	UNC Asheville	22–12 (12–4)	2
Stetson	22–12 (11–5)	2	Never	1st	ASUN	Austin Peay	19–15 (10–6)	4
Drake	28–6 (16–4)	2	2023	7th	Missouri Valley	Indiana State	28–6 (17–3)	1
James Madison	31–3 (15–3)	2	2013	6th	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	18–16 (11–7)	4
Samford	29–5 (15–3)	1	2000	3rd	Southern	East Tennessee State	19–16 (8–10)	7
Wagner	16–15 (7–9)	6	2003	2nd	Northeast	Merrimack	21–12 (13–3)	2
Oakland	23–11 (15–5)	1	2011	4th	Horizon	Milwaukee	20–15 (12–8)	6
Charleston	27–7 (15–3)	1	2023	7th	CAA	Stony Brook	20–15 (10–8)	7
Saint Mary's	26–7 (15–1)	1	2023	13th	WCC	Gonzaga	25–7 (14–2)	2
South Dakota State	22–12 (12–4)	1	2022	7th	Summit	Denver	17–17 (6–10)	7
McNeese	30–3 (17–1)	1	2002	3rd	Southland	Nicholls	20–14 (13–5)	3
Colgate	25–9 (16–2)	1	2023	7th	Patriot	Lehigh	14–18 (9–9)	6
Montana State	17–17 (9–9)	5	2023	6th	Big Sky	Montana	23–11 (12–6)	3
Vermont	28–6 (15–1)	1	2023	10th	America East	UMass Lowell	22–10 (11–5)	2
Howard	18–16 (9–5)	4	2023	4th	MEAC	Delaware State	15–18 (6–8)	6
Iowa State	27–7 (13–5)	2	2023	23rd	Big 12	Houston	30–4 (15–3)	1
New Mexico	26–9 (10–8)	6	2014	16th	Mountain West	San Diego State	24–10 (11–7)	5
UConn	31–3 (18–2)	1	2023	37th	Big East	Marquette	25–9 (14–6)	3
Akron	24–10 (13–5)	2	2022	6th	MAC	Kent State	17–17 (8–10)	8
Saint Peter's	19–13 (12–8)	5	2022	5th	MAAC	Fairfield	22–12 (14–6)	2
NC State	22–14 (9–11)	10	2023	29th	ACC	North Carolina	27–7 (17–3)	1
Western Kentucky	22–11 (8–8)	3	2013	24th	CUSA	UTEP	18–16 (7–9)	5
Oregon	23–11 (12–8)	4	2021	18th	Pac-12	Colorado	24–10 (13–7)	3
Long Beach State	21–14 (10–10)	4	2012	10th	Big West	UC Davis	20–13 (14–6)	2
Grambling State	20–14 (14–4)	1	Never	1st	SWAC	Texas Southern	16–16 (12–6)	3
Grand Canyon	29–4 (17–3)	1	2023	3rd	WAC	UT Arlington	20–14 (13–7)	3
Yale	22–9 (11–3)	2	2022	7th	Ivy League	Brown	13–18 (8–6)	4
Duquesne	24–11 (10–8)	6	1977	6th	Atlantic 10	VCU	22–13 (11–7)	5
Auburn	27–7 (13–5)	4	2023	13th	SEC	Florida	24–11 (11–7)	6
UAB	23–11 (12–6)	4	2022	17th	American	Temple	16–20 (5–13)	11
Illinois	26–8 (14–6)	2	2023	34th	Big Ten	Wisconsin	22–13 (11–9)	5

At-large bids

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

At-large bids
Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Florida Atlantic	American	2023	3rd
Clemson	ACC	2021	14th
Duke		2023	46th
North Carolina		2022	53rd
Virginia		2023	26th
Dayton	A-10	2017	19th
Creighton	Big East	2023	25th
Marquette	Big East	2023	36th
Baylor	Big 12	2023	16th
BYU		2021	31st
Houston		2023	25th
Kansas		2023	52nd
TCU		2023	11th
Texas		2023	38th
Texas Tech		2022	20th
Michigan State	Big Ten	2023	37th
Nebraska		2014	8th
Northwestern		2023	3rd
Purdue		2023	35th
Wisconsin		2022	27th
Boise State	Mountain West	2023	10th
Colorado State		2022	12th
Nevada		2023	11th
San Diego State		2023	16th
Utah State		2023	24th
Arizona	Pac–12	2023	38th
Colorado		2021	16th
Washington State		2008	7th
Alabama	SEC	2023	25th
Florida		2021	24th
Kentucky		2023	62nd
Mississippi State		2023	13th
South Carolina		2017	10th
Tennessee		2023	26th
Texas A&M		2023	16th
Gonzaga	WCC	2023	26th

Listed by region and seeding

The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process and were published by the selection committee after the brackets were released on March 17.

East Regional – TD Garden, Boston, MA
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type	Last bid
1	UConn	Big East	31–3	1	Automatic	2023
2	Iowa State	Big 12	27–7	8	Automatic	2023
3	Illinois	Big Ten	26–8	12	Automatic	2023
4	Auburn	SEC	27–7	15	Automatic	2023
5	San Diego State	Mountain West	24–10	18	At Large	2023
6	BYU	Big 12	23–10	21	At Large	2021
7	Washington State	Pac-12	24–9	26	At Large	2008
8	Florida Atlantic	American	25–8	31	At Large	2023
9	Northwestern	Big Ten	21–11	36	At Large	2023
10	Drake	Missouri Valley	28–6	40	Automatic	2023
11	Duquesne	Atlantic 10	24–11	46	Automatic	1977
12	UAB	American	23–11	50	Automatic	2022
13	Yale	Ivy	22–9	52	Automatic	2022
14	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	26–8	57	Automatic	2021
15	South Dakota State	Summit	22–12	61	Automatic	2022
16	Stetson	ASUN	22–12	64	Automatic	Never

West Regional – Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type	Last bid
1	North Carolina	ACC	27–7	4	At Large	2022
2	Arizona	Pac-12	25–8	6	At Large	2023
3	Baylor	Big 12	23–10	9	At Large	2023
4	Alabama	SEC	21–11	16	At Large	2023
5	Saint Mary's	WCC	26–7	20	Automatic	2023
6	Clemson	ACC	21–11	22	At Large	2021
7	Dayton	Atlantic 10	26–7	28	At Large	2017
8	Mississippi State	SEC	21–13	32	At Large	2023
9	Michigan State	Big Ten	19–14	33	At Large	2023
10	Nevada	Mountain West	26–7	37	At Large	2023
11	New Mexico	Mountain West	26–9	44	Automatic	2014
12	Grand Canyon	WAC	29–4	47	Automatic	2023
13	Charleston	CAA	27–7	54	Automatic	2023
14	Colgate	Patriot	25–9	58	Automatic	2023
15	Long Beach State	Big West	21–14	59	Automatic	2012
16*	Howard	MEAC	18–16	67	Automatic	2023
16*	Wagner	NEC	16–15	68	Automatic	2003

South Regional – American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type	Last bid
1	Houston	Big 12	30–4	2	At Large	2023
2	Marquette	Big East	25–9	7	At Large	2023
3	Kentucky	SEC	23–9	11	At Large	2023
4	Duke	ACC	24–8	13	At Large	2023
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22–13	19	At Large	2022
6	Texas Tech	Big 12	23–10	23	At Large	2022
7	Florida	SEC	24–11	25	At Large	2021
8	Nebraska	Big Ten	23–10	29	At Large	2014
9	Texas A&M	SEC	20–14	34	At Large	2023
10*	Boise State	Mountain West	22–10	38	At Large	2023
10*	Colorado	Pac-12	24–10	39	At Large	2021
11	NC State	ACC	22–14	45	Automatic	2023
12	James Madison	Sun Belt	31–3	48	Automatic	2013
13	Vermont	America East	28–6	51	Automatic	2023
14	Oakland	Horizon	23–11	55	Automatic	2011
15	Western Kentucky	C-USA	22–11	60	Automatic	2013
16	Longwood	Big South	21–13	63	Automatic	2022

Midwest Regional – Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type	Last bid
1	Purdue	Big Ten	29–4	3	At Large	2023
2	Tennessee	SEC	24–8	5	At Large	2023
3	Creighton	Big East	23–9	10	At Large	2023
4	Kansas	Big 12	22–10	14	At Large	2023
5	Gonzaga	West Coast	25–7	17	At Large	2023
6	South Carolina	SEC	26–7	24	At Large	2017
7	Texas	Big 12	20–12	27	At Large	2023
8	Utah State	Mountain West	27–6	30	At Large	2023
9	TCU	Big 12	21–12	35	At Large	2023
10*	Virginia	ACC	23–10	41	At Large	2023
10*	Colorado State	Mountain West	24–10	42	At Large	2022
11	Oregon	Pac-12	23–11	43	Automatic	2021
12	McNeese	Southland	30–3	49	Automatic	2002
13	Samford	Southern	29–5	53	Automatic	2000
14	Akron	MAC	24–10	56	Automatic	2022
15	Saint Peter's	MAAC	19–13	62	Automatic	2022
16*	Montana State	Big Sky	17–17	65	Automatic	2023
16*	Grambling State	SWAC	20–14	66	Automatic	Never

*See First Four
Source:^[3]

Conferences with multiple bids

Teams in boldface won their conference tournament and received the conference's automatic bid.

Bids	Conference	Schools
8	Big 12	Baylor, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
8	SEC	Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
6	Big Ten	Illinois, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
6	Mountain West	Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State
5	ACC	Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia
4	Pac-12	Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Washington State
3	Big East	Creighton, Marquette, UConn
2	American	Florida Atlantic, UAB
	Atlantic 10	Dayton, Duquesne
	West Coast	Gonzaga, Saint Mary's

Bids by state

Bids	State	Schools
4	Alabama	Alabama, Auburn, Samford, UAB
2	Arizona	Arizona, Grand Canyon
3	California	Long Beach State, Saint Mary's, San Diego State
2	Colorado	Colorado, Colorado State
2	Connecticut	UConn, Yale
3	Florida	FAU, Florida, Stetson
1	Idaho	Boise State
2	Illinois	Illinois, Northwestern
1	Indiana	Purdue
2	Iowa	Drake, Iowa State
1	Kansas	Kansas
3	Kentucky	Kentucky, Morehead State, Western Kentucky
2	Louisiana	Grambling State, McNeese
2	Michigan	Michigan State, Oakland
1	Mississippi	Mississippi State
1	Montana	Montana State
2	Nebraska	Creighton, Nebraska
1	Nevada	Nevada
1	New Jersey	Saint Peter's
1	New Mexico	New Mexico
2	New York	Colgate, Wagner
3	North Carolina	Duke, NC State, North Carolina
2	Ohio	Akron, Dayton
1	Oregon	Oregon
1	Pennsylvania	Duquesne
3	South Carolina	Charleston, Clemson, South Carolina
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
6	Texas	Baylor, Houston, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
1	Tennessee	Tennessee
2	Utah	BYU, Utah State
1	Vermont	Vermont
3	Virginia	James Madison, Longwood, Virginia
1	Washington, D.C.	Howard
2	Washington (State)	Gonzaga, Washington State
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin

References

^ "Tracking all 32 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2024 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
^ "Men's Champ Week: Conference tournament schedules, sites, auto bids". ESPN.com. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
^ Salerno, Cameron (March 17, 2024). "March Madness 2024: Committee reveals official NCAA Tournament bracket seed list from 1-68". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 17, 2024.

[1] "Tracking all 32 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2024 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.

[2] "Men's Champ Week: Conference tournament schedules, sites, auto bids". ESPN.com. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-03-04.

[3] Salerno, Cameron (March 17, 2024). "March Madness 2024: Committee reveals official NCAA Tournament bracket seed list from 1-68". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 17, 2024.

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