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Qualification and selection

For this 96 team, expanded tournament, both conference regular season and tournament winners received automatic berths. In situations where a team won both, an additional at-large berth spot opened, and that conference earned one auto berth.

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	Tournament Winner	Record	Appearance	Last bid	Regular Season Winner	Record	Appearance	Last bid
America East	UMBC	24–10	2nd	2008	Vermont	27–8	7th	2017
American	Cincinnati	30–4	32nd	2017	Same as tournament winner
Atlantic 10	Davidson	21–11	14th	2015	Rhode Island	25–7	10th	2017
ACC	Virginia	31–2	22nd	2017	Same as tournament winner
Atlantic Sun	Lipscomb	23–9	1st	Never	Florida Gulf Coast	23–11	4th	2017
Big 12	Kansas	27–7	47th	2017	Same as tournament winner
Big East	Villanova	30–4	38th	2017	Xavier	28–5	28th	2017
Big Sky	Montana	26–7	11th	2013	Same as tournament winner
Big South	Radford	22–12	3rd	2009	UNC Asheville	21–12	5th	2016
Big Ten	Michigan	28–7	28th	2017	Michigan State	29–4
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	20–11	3rd	2008	UC Davis	22–10
CAA	College of Charleston	26–7	5th	1999	Same as tournament winner
Conference USA	Marshall	24–10	6th	1987	Middle Tennessee	25–7
Horizon League	Wright State	25–9	3rd	2007	Northern Kentucky	22–10
Ivy League	Penn	24–8	24th	2007	Same as tournament winner
MAAC	Iona	20–13	13th	2017	Rider	22–10
MAC	Buffalo	25–8	3rd	2016	Same as tournament winner
MEAC	North Carolina Central	19–15	3rd	2017	Hampton	19–16
Missouri Valley	Loyola–Chicago	28–5	6th	1985	Same as tournament winner
Mountain West	San Diego State	22–10	12th	2015	Nevada	27–7
Northeast	LIU Brooklyn	18–16	7th	2013	Wagner	23–10
Ohio Valley	Murray State	26–5	16th	2012	Same as tournament winner
Pac-12	Arizona	27–7	35th	2017	Same as tournament winner
Patriot League	Bucknell	25–9	8th	2017	Same as tournament winner
SEC	Kentucky	24–10	58th	2017	Auburn	25–7
Southern	UNC Greensboro	27–7	3rd	2001	Same as tournament winner
Southland	Stephen F. Austin	28–6	5th	2016	Southeastern Louisiana	22–12
SWAC	Texas Southern	15–19	8th	2017	Ineligible
Summit League	South Dakota State	28–6	5th	2017	Same as tournament winner
Sun Belt	Georgia State	24–10	4th	2015	Louisiana	27–6
West Coast	Gonzaga	30–4	21st	2017	Same as tournament winner
WAC	New Mexico State	28–5	24th	2017	Same as tournament winner

Tournament seeds

South Regional, Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Virginia	ACC	31–2	Automatic	1
2	Cincinnati	American	30–4	Automatic	8
3	Tennessee	SEC	25–8	At large	10
4	Arizona	Pac-12	27–7	Automatic	16
5	Kentucky	SEC	24–10	Automatic	17
6	Miami (FL)	ACC	22–9	At large	22
7	Nevada	Mountain West	27–7	Automatic	27
8	Creighton	Big East	21–11	At large	30
9	Kansas State	Big 12	22–11	At large	34
10	Texas	Big 12	19–14	At large	39
11	Arizona State	Pac-12	20–11	At large	44
12	San Diego State	Mountain West	22–10	Automatic	45
13	Notre Dame	ACC	20–14	At large	52
14	Oklahoma State	Big 12	19–14	At large	53
15	LSU	SEC	17–14	At large	57
16	Mississippi State	SEC	22–11	At large	64
17	Marshall	C-USA	24–10	Automatic	65
18	Vermont	America East	27–8	Automatic	71
19	UNC Greensboro	Southern	27–7	Automatic	73
20	Montana	Big Sky	26–7	Automatic	76
21	Lipscomb	A-Sun	23–9	Automatic	81
22	Penn	Ivy	24–8	Automatic	88
23	Wagner	NEC	23–9	Automatic	89
24	Texas Southern	SWAC	15–19	Automatic	96

West Regional, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Xavier	Big East	28–5	Automatic	4
2	North Carolina	ACC	25–10	At large	5
3	Michigan	Big Ten	28–7	Automatic	11
4	Gonzaga	WCC	30–4	Automatic	15
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	24–8	At large	20
6	Houston	American	26–7	At large	23
7	Texas A&M	SEC	20–12	At large	25
8	Missouri	SEC	20–12	At large	32
9	Florida State	ACC	20–11	At large	35
10	Providence	Big East	21–13	At large	38
11	Syracuse	ACC	20–13	At large	43
12	Loyola–Chicago	Missouri Valley	28–5	Automatic	46
13	Baylor	Big 12	18–14	At large	51
14	Marquette	Big East	19–13	At large	54
15	Murray State	Ohio Valley	25–6	Automatic	58
16	Davidson	Atlantic 10	21–11	Automatic	63
17	Western Kentucky	C-USA	24–10	At large	66
18	Penn State	Big Ten	21–13	At large	72
19	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	28–6	Automatic	74
20	Wright State	Horizon	25–9	Automatic	77
21	Northern Kentucky	Horizon	22–9	Automatic	82
22	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	20–11	Automatic	87
23	UMBC	America East	24–10	Automatic	90
24	Hampton	MEAC	29–16	Automatic	93

East Regional, TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Villanova	Big East	30–4	Automatic	2
2	Purdue	Big Ten	28–6	At large	7
3	Texas Tech	Big 12	24–9	At large	12
4	Wichita State	American	25–7	At large	14
5	West Virginia	Big 12	24–10	At large	18
6	Florida	SEC	20–12	At large	21
7	Arkansas	SEC	23–11	At large	26
8	Virginia Tech	ACC	21–11	At large	31
9	Alabama	SEC	19–15	At large	33
10	Butler	Big East	20–13	At large	36
11	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	25–7	At large	42
12	New Mexico State	WAC	28–5	Automatic	47
13	USC	Pac-12	23–11	At large	50
14	Middle Tennessee	C-USA	24–7	Automatic	55
15	Stanford	Pac-12	18–15	At large	59
16	Buffalo	MAC	26–8	Automatic	62
17	South Dakota State	Summit League	28–6	Automatic	67
18	Louisiana	Sun Belt	27–6	Automatic	70
19	Bucknell	Patriot	25–9	Automatic	75
20	Florida Gulf Coast	A-Sun	23–11	Automatic	78
21	Iona	MAAC	20–13	Automatic	83
22	Harvard	Ivy	18–13	Automatic	86
23	Radford	Big South	22–12	Automatic	91
24	LIU Brooklyn	NEC	18–16	Automatic	95

Midwest Regional, CenturyLink Center Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Kansas	Big 12	27–7	Automatic	3
2	Duke	ACC	26–7	At large	6
3	Michigan State	Big Ten	29–4	Automatic	9
4	Auburn	SEC	25–7	Automatic	13
5	Clemson	ACC	23–9	At large	19
6	TCU	Big 12	21–11	At large	24
7	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	25–7	Automatic	28
8	Seton Hall	Big East	21–11	At large	29
9	NC State	ACC	21–11	At large	37
10	Oklahoma	Big 12	18–13	At large	40
11	UCLA	Pac-12	21–11	At large	41
12	Saint Mary's	WCC	28–5	At large	48
13	Louisville	ACC	20–13	At large	49
14	Utah	Pac-12	19–11	At large	56
15	Oregon	Pac-12	22–12	At large	60
16	Boise State	Mountain West	23–8	At large	61
17	Nebraska	Big Ten	22–10	At large	68
18	College of Charleston	CAA	26–7	Automatic	69
19	Georgia State	Sun Belt	24–10	Automatic	79
20	Rider	MAAC	22–10	Automatic	80
21	UC Davis	Big West	22–10	Automatic	84
22	UNC Asheville	Big South	21–12	Automatic	85
23	SE Louisiana	Southland	22–12	Automatic	92
24	North Carolina Central	MEAC	19–15	Automatic	94

Bracket

South Regional – Atlanta, Georgia

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Virginia	89
	16	Mississippi State	64			17	Marshall	81
	17	Marshall	70								1	Virginia
											9	Kansas State
						8	Creighton	62
	9	Kansas State	90			9	Kansas State	65
	24	Texas Southern	57
						4	Arizona	63
	13	Notre Dame	81			13	Notre Dame	70
	20	Montana	68								13	Notre Dame
											12	San Diego State
						5	Kentucky	71
	12	San Diego State	77*			12	San Diego State	72
	21	Lipscomb	75
						3	Tennessee	81
	14	Oklahoma State	74			14	Oklahoma State	78
	19	UNC Greensboro	60								3	Tennessee
											11	Arizona State
						6	Miami (FL)	90
	11	Arizona State	83			11	Arizona State	95**
	22	Penn	54
						2	Cincinnati	78
	15	LSU	68			18	Vermont	53
	18	Vermont	73								2	Cincinnati
											10	Texas
						7	Nevada	71
	10	Texas	79			10	Texas	78
	23	Wagner	54

West Regional

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Xavier	70
	16	Davidson	64			16	Davidson	63
	17	Western Kentucky	57								1	Xavier
											8	Missouri
						8	Missouri	55
	9	Florida State	106			9	Florida State	50
	24	Hampton	63
						4	Gonzaga	97
	13	Baylor	70			13	Baylor	98**
	20	Wright State	60								13	Baylor
											12	Loyola–Chicago
						5	Missouri	63
	12	Loyola–Chicago	59			12	Loyola–Chicago	78
	21	Northern Kentucky	49
						3	Michigan	83
	14	Marquette	71			19	Stephen F. Austin	75
	19	Stephen F. Austin	78								3	Michigan
											6	Houston
						6	Houston	78
	11	Syracuse	90			11	Syracuse	72
	22	Cal State Fullerton	78
						2	North Carolina	64
	15	Murray State	83			18	Penn State	47
	18	Penn State	86**								2	North Carolina
											7	Texas A&M
						7	Texas A&M	80
	10	Providence	80			10	Providence	71
	23	UMBC	73

East Regional

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Villanova	71
	16	Buffalo	72			16	Buffalo	76
	17	South Dakota State	69								16	Buffalo	72
											8	Virginia Tech	75
						8	Virginia Tech	79
	9	Alabama	76			9	Alabama	72
	24	LIU Brooklyn	67													8	Virginia Tech	77
																4	Wichita State	83
						4	Wichita State	83
	13	USC	66			20	Florida Gulf Coast	67
	20	Florida Gulf Coast	68								4	Wichita State	71
											12	New Mexico State	65
						5	West Virginia	59
	12	New Mexico State	58			12	New Mexico State	64*
	21	Iona	51																		4	Wichita State	68
																					2	Purdue	67
						3	Texas Tech	76
	14	Middle Tennessee	80			14	Middle Tennessee	75
	19	Bucknell	65								3	Texas Tech	68
											6	Florida	76
						6	Florida	92
	11	St. Bonaventure	78			11	St. Bonaventure	79
	22	Harvard	70													6	Florida	95
																2	Purdue	100*
						2	Purdue	97
	15	Stanford	49			18	Louisiana	90
	18	Louisiana	66								2	Purdue	73
											10	Butler	70
						7	Arkansas	50
	10	Butler	97			10	Butler	60
	23	Radford	78

Midwest Regional

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Kansas	78
	16	Boise State	63			17	Nebraska	66
	17	Nebraska	64								1	Kansas
											8	Seton Hall
						8	Seton Hall	83
	9	NC State	109			9	NC State	80
	24	NC Central	94
						4	Auburn	77
	13	Louisville	71			13	Louisville	90
	20	Rider	62								13	Louisville
											5	Clemson
						5	Clemson	77
	12	Saint Mary's	78			12	Saint Mary's	52
	21	UC Davis	67
						3	Michigan State	66
	14	Utah	74			19	Georgia State	57
	19	Georgia State	78*								3	Michigan State
											11	UCLA
						6	TCU	68
	11	UCLA	66			11	UCLA	69*
	22	UNC Asheville	53
						2	Duke	79
	15	Oregon	61			18	Charleston	77
	18	Charleston	63								2	Duke
											7	Rhode Island
						7	Rhode Island	91
	10	Oklahoma	80			10	Oklahoma	83
	23	SE Louisiana	59