2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Qualifying Teams

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Information on the qualifying teams in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. For more information on the tournament, see the 2007 Tournament Main Page. 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 does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65.

Only one of the 65 teams, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, was a first-time entrant into the tournament field.

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[edit] Qualifying teams

Team names are those listed on the NCAA's scoreboard for the play-in game and first round matchups. Only UCLA, UNLV, and USC use abbreviations; all other names are unabbreviated except for the common abbreviation "A&M".[1][2][3]

[edit] Listed by grouping and seeding

Midwest Regional - St. Louis
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Florida SEC 29-5 Tournament Champion
#2 Wisconsin Big Ten 29-5 At-Large Bid
#3 Oregon Pac-10 26-7 Tournament Champion
#4 Maryland ACC 24-8 At-Large Bid
#5 Butler Horizon 27-6 At-Large Bid
#6 Notre Dame Big East 24-7 At-Large Bid
#7 UNLV Mountain West 28-6 Tournament Champion
#8 Arizona Pac-10 20-10 At-Large Bid
#9 Purdue Big Ten 21-11 At-Large Bid
#10 Georgia Tech ACC 20-11 At-Large Bid
#11 Winthrop Big South 28-4 Tournament Champion
#12 Old Dominion CAA 24-8 At-Large Bid
#13 Davidson Southern 29-4 Tournament Champion
#14 Miami (Ohio) Mid-American 18-14 Tournament Champion
#15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 26-6 Tournament Champion
#16 Jackson State SWAC 21-13 Tournament Champion
East Regional - East Rutherford
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 North Carolina ACC 28-6 Tournament Champion
#2 Georgetown Big East 26-6 Tournament Champion
#3 Washington State Pac-10 25-7 At-Large Bid
#4 Texas Big 12 24-9 At-Large Bid
#5 USC Pac-10 23-11 At-Large Bid
#6 Vanderbilt SEC 20-11 At-Large Bid
#7 Boston College ACC 20-11 At-Large Bid
#8 Marquette Big East 24-9 At-Large Bid
#9 Michigan State Big Ten 22-11 At-Large Bid
#10 Texas Tech Big 12 21-12 At-Large Bid
#11 George Washington Atlantic 10 23-8 Tournament Champion
#12 Arkansas SEC 21-13 At-Large Bid
#13 New Mexico State WAC 25-8 Tournament Champion
#14 Oral Roberts Mid-Continent 23-10 Tournament Champion
#15 Belmont Atlantic Sun 23-9 Tournament Champion
#16 Eastern Kentucky Ohio Valley 21-11 Tournament Champion
South Regional - San Antonio
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Ohio State Big Ten 30-3 Tournament Champion
#2 Memphis C-USA 30-3 Tournament Champion
#3 Texas A&M Big 12 25-6 At-Large Bid
#4 Virginia ACC 20-10 At-Large Bid
#5 Tennessee SEC 22-10 At-Large Bid
#6 Louisville Big East 23-9 At-Large Bid
#7 Nevada WAC 28-4 At-Large Bid
#8 Brigham Young Mountain West 25-8 At-Large Bid
#9 Xavier Atlantic 10 24-8 At-Large Bid
#10 Creighton Missouri Valley 22-10 Tournament Champion
#11 Stanford Pac-10 18-12 At-Large Bid
#12 Long Beach State Big West 24-7 Tournament Champion
#13 Albany America East 23-9 Tournament Champion
#14 Penn Ivy 22-8 Regular Season Champion
#15 North Texas Sun Belt 23-10 Tournament Champion
#16 Central Connecticut State Northeast 22-11 Tournament Champion
West Regional - San Jose
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Kansas Big 12 31-4 Tournament Champion
#2 UCLA Pac-10 26-5 At-Large Bid
#3 Pittsburgh Big East 27-7 At-Large Bid
#4 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 27-6 At-Large Bid
#5 Virginia Tech ACC 21-11 At-Large Bid
#6 Duke ACC 22-10 At-Large Bid
#7 Indiana Big Ten 20-10 At-Large Bid
#8 Kentucky SEC 21-11 At-Large Bid
#9 Villanova Big East 22-10 At-Large Bid
#10 Gonzaga WCC 23-10 Tournament Champion
#11 Virginia Commonwealth CAA 27-6 Tournament Champion
#12 Illinois Big Ten 23-11 At-Large Bid
#13 Holy Cross Patriot 25-8 Tournament Champion
#14 Wright State Horizon 23-9 Tournament Champion
#15 Weber State Big Sky 20-11 Tournament Champion
#16 Niagara
(Play-in Winner)
MAAC 22-11 Tournament Champion
#16B Florida A&M
(Play-in Loser)
MEAC 21-13 Tournament Champion

[edit] Bids by conference

Bids Conference(s) Schools
7 ACC (1) North Carolina, (4) Maryland, (4) Virginia, (5) Virginia Tech, (6) Duke, (7) Boston College, (10) Georgia Tech
6 Big East (2) Georgetown, (3) Pittsburgh, (6) Louisville, (6) Notre Dame, (8) Marquette, (9) Villanova
Big Ten (1) Ohio State, (2) Wisconsin, (7) Indiana, (9) Purdue, (9) Michigan State, (12) Illinois
Pac-10 (2) UCLA, (3) Oregon, (3) Washington State, (5) Southern California, (8) Arizona, (11) Stanford
5 SEC (1) Florida, (5) Tennessee, (6) Vanderbilt, (8) Kentucky, (12) Arkansas
4 Big 12 (1) Kansas, (3) Texas A&M, (4) Texas, (10) Texas Tech
2 Atlantic 10 (9) Xavier, (11) George Washington
CAA (11) Virginia Commonwealth, (12) Old Dominion
Horizon (5) Butler, (14) Wright State
Missouri Valley (4) Southern Illinois, (10) Creighton
Mountain West (7) UNLV, (8) BYU
WAC (7) Nevada, (13) New Mexico State
1 19 other conferences

[edit] Bids by state

Bids State School/State
5 Texas (3) Texas A&M, (4) Texas, (10) Texas Tech, (15) North Texas, (15) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
4 California (2) UCLA, (5) Southern California, (11) Stanford, (12) Long Beach State
Indiana (5) Butler, (6) Notre Dame, (7) Indiana, (9) Purdue
Ohio (1) Ohio State, (9) Xavier, (14) Miami, (14) Wright State
Tennessee (2) Memphis, (5) Tennessee, (6) Vanderbilt, (15) Belmont
Virginia (4) Virginia, (5) Virginia Tech, (11) Virginia Commonwealth, (12) Old Dominion
3 Kentucky (6) Louisville, (8) Kentucky, (16) Eastern Kentucky
North Carolina (1) North Carolina, (6) Duke, (13) Davidson
Pennsylvania (3) Pittsburgh, (9) Villanova, (14) Penn
2 N/A Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington, Washington D.C.
1 N/A Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina

[edit] Other teams considered (bubble teams)

On March 11, 2007, the NCAA Selection Committee released a list of 31 other schools that were considered for at-large bids but did not make the final field of 65. [4] Many of the teams were selected for the 2007 National Invitation Tournament.

School Record Conference NIT Seed
Air Force 23-8 Mountain West 1
Akron 26-7 Mid-American n/a
Alabama 20-11 SEC 5
Appalachian State 25-7 Southern 5
Austin Peay 21-11 Ohio Valley 8
Bradley 21-12 Missouri Valley 4
Bucknell 22-9 Patriot 4
Clemson 21-10 ACC 1
Delaware State 21-12 MEAC 8
Drexel 23-8 CAA 3
East Tennessee State 24-9 Atlantic Sun 8
Florida State 20-12 ACC 2
Georgia 18-13 SEC 4
Iowa 17-14 Big Ten n/a
Kansas State 22-11 Big 12 2
Louisiana-Monroe 18-14 Sun Belt n/a
Marist 24-8 MAAC 7
Massachusetts 23-8 Atlantic 10 4
Mississippi 20-12 SEC 4
Mississippi State 18-13 SEC 1
Mississippi Valley State 18-15 SWAC 8
Missouri State 22-10 Missouri Valley 3
Northwestern State 17-15 Southland n/a
San Diego State 21-10 Mountain West 6
South Alabama 20-11 Sun Belt 7
Syracuse 22-10 Big East 2
Toledo 19-12 Mid-American 7
Utah State 23-11 WAC 6
Vermont 25-7 America East 7
Washington 19-13 Pac-10 n/a
West Virginia 22-9 Big East 1

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