2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams explained

Above:	2022 qualifying teams
Label1:	Total teams
Data1:	68
Label2:	Automatic bids
Data2:	32
Label3:	At-large bids
Data3:	36
Label4:	Top seed
Data4:	Gonzaga
Label5:	Champion
Data5:	Kansas

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

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. Seeds listed reflect seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.

Record (Conf.)! Seed! Last app.! Tournament! Runner-up! class=unsortable

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
	25–7 (13–5)	4	2021	Missouri Valley	Drake	24–10 (13–5)	3
Georgia State	18–10 (9–5)	3	2019	Sun Belt		16–15 (8–9)	8
Chattanooga	27–7 (14–4)	1	2016	Southern	Furman	22–12 (11–6)	2
Jacksonville State	21–10 (13–3)	1	2017	ASUN	Bellarmine	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
	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

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		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		1998	17th

Listed by region and seeding

valign=top	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 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	valign=top	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 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
valign=top	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 Bryant Northeast 22–9 66 Automatic	valign=top	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 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Southland 23–11 68 Automatic

*See First Four

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	class=unsortable	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

Bids	State	class=unsortable	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

See also

• 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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