2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams
This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams participated in the tournament. Thirty-two of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The remaining 36 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.
Qualifying teams
Automatic bids
Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Conference championship runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.
Automatic bids |
|---|
Qualifying school |
Jacksonville State |
Winthrop |
Wichita State |
Florida Gulf Coast |
UNC Wilmington |
East Tennessee State |
Iona |
Northern Kentucky |
Mount St. Mary's |
South Dakota State |
Gonzaga |
Bucknell |
Vermont |
North Carolina Central |
Villanova |
Iowa State |
Nevada |
Texas Southern |
Kent State |
Middle Tennessee |
North Dakota |
Duke |
New Orleans |
Arizona |
New Mexico State |
UC Davis |
Princeton |
Rhode Island |
Kentucky |
Troy |
Michigan |
SMU |
Conferences with multiple bids
Bids |
Conference |
Schools |
|---|---|---|
9 |
ACC |
Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest |
7 |
Big East |
Villanova, Butler, Creighton, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier |
7 |
Big Ten |
Michigan, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin |
6 |
Big 12 |
Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia |
5 |
SEC |
Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt |
4 |
Pac-12 |
Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, USC |
3 |
Atlantic 10 |
Rhode Island, Dayton, VCU |
2 |
American |
SMU, Cincinnati |
2 |
WCC |
Gonzaga, St. Mary's |
1 |
22 other conferences |
See Automatic Bids |
Bids by state
Bids |
State |
School(s) |
|---|---|---|
2 |
Alabama |
Jacksonville State, Troy |
1 |
Arizona |
Arizona |
1 |
Arkansas |
Arkansas |
4 |
California |
St. Mary's, UC Davis, UCLA, USC |
4 |
Florida |
Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami |
1 |
Illinois |
Northwestern |
3 |
Indiana |
Butler, Notre Dame, Purdue |
1 |
Iowa |
Iowa State |
3 |
Kansas |
Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State |
3 |
Kentucky |
Louisville, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky |
1 |
Louisiana |
New Orleans |
2 |
Maryland |
Maryland, Mount St. Mary's |
2 |
Michigan |
Michigan, Michigan State |
1 |
Minnesota |
Minnesota |
1 |
Nebraska |
Creighton |
1 |
Nevada |
Nevada |
2 |
New Jersey |
Princeton, Seton Hall |
1 |
New Mexico |
New Mexico State |
1 |
New York |
Iona |
5 |
North Carolina |
Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, UNC Wilmington, Wake Forest |
1 |
North Dakota |
North Dakota |
4 |
Ohio |
Cincinnati, Dayton, Kent State, Xavier |
1 |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma State |
1 |
Oregon |
Oregon |
2 |
Pennsylvania |
Bucknell, Villanova |
2 |
Rhode Island |
Providence, Rhode Island |
2 |
South Carolina |
South Carolina, Winthrop |
1 |
South Dakota |
South Dakota State |
3 |
Tennessee |
East Tennessee State, Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
3 |
Texas |
Baylor, SMU, Texas Southern |
1 |
Vermont |
Vermont |
3 |
Virginia |
Virginia, VCU, Virginia Tech |
1 |
Washington |
Gonzaga |
1 |
West Virginia |
West Virginia |
2 |
Wisconsin |
Marquette, Wisconsin |