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2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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| label1 = Total teams

| data1 = 68

| label2 = Automatic bids

| data2 = 31

| label3 = At-large bids

| data3 = 37

| label4 = Top seed

| data4 = Kentucky

| label5 = Champion

| data5 = Kentucky

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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 37 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. For the first time ever, the Selection Committee disclosed each team's seed within the entire field following the announcement of the entire bracket.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2012-03-11/hardcore-breakdown-bracket |title = 'Hardcore' breakdown of bracket {{!}} NCAA.com |access-date=2018-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412105657/http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2012-03-11/hardcore-breakdown-bracket |archive-date=2016-04-12 |url-status=dead }}

Automatic bids

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

class="wikitable"

! colspan="8" style="background:#ffdead;" | Automatic bids

Qualifying school

!colspan="2" |Record (Conf.)

!Last app.

!Conference
regular season

!Regular season
second place

!colspan="2" |Second place
record (Conf.)

Harvard

|colspan="2" align=center|26–4 (12–2)

|align=center|1946

|Ivy League

|Penn

|colspan="2" align=center|19–12 (11–3)

Qualifying school

!Record (Conf.)

!Seed

!Last app.

!Conference
tournament

!Conf. finals
runner-up

!Runner-up
record (Conf.)

!Runner-up
seed

Florida State

|align=center|24–9 (12–4)

|align=center|3

|align=center|2011

|ACC

|North Carolina

|align=center|29–5 (14–2)

|align=center|1

Vermont

|align=center|23–11 (13–3)

|align=center|2

|align=center|2010

|America East

|Stony Brook

|align=center|22–9 (14–2)

|align=center|1

St. Bonaventure

|align=center|20–11 (10-6)

|align=center|4

|align=center|2000

|Atlantic 10

|Xavier

|align=center|21–12 (10–6)

|align=center|3

Belmont

|align=center|26–7 (16–2)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2011

|Atlantic Sun

|Florida Gulf Coast

|align=center|15–17 (18–10)

|align=center|6

Missouri

|align=center|30–4 (14–4)

|align=center|2

|align=center|2011

|Big 12

|Baylor

|align=center|27-7 (12–6)

|align=center|4

Louisville

|align=center|26–9 (10–8)

|align=center|7

|align=center|2011

|Big East

|Cincinnati

|align=center|24–9 (12–6)

|align=center|4

Montana

|align=center|25–6 (15–1)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2010

|Big Sky

|Weber State

|align=center|24–6 (14–2)

|align=center|2

UNC Asheville

|align=center|24–9 (16–2)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2011

|Big South

|VMI

|align=center|17–16 (8–10)

|align=center|7

Michigan State

|align=center|27–7 (13–5)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2011

|Big Ten

|Ohio State

|align=center|27–7 (13–5)

|align=center|3

Long Beach State

|align=center|25–8 (15–1)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2007

|Big West

|UC Santa Barbara

|align=center|20–10 (12–4)

|align=center|3

VCU

|align=center|28–6 (15–3)

|align=center|2

|align=center|2011

|CAA

|Drexel

|align=center|27–6 (16–2)

|align=center|1

Memphis

|align=center|26–8 (13–3)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2011

|C-USA

|Marshall

|align=center|21–13 (9–7)

|align=center|6

Detroit Mercy

|align=center|22–13 (11–7)

|align=center|3

|align=center|1999

|Horizon

|Valparaiso

|align=center|22–11 (14–4)

|align=center|1

Loyola (MD)

|align=center|24–8 (13–5)

|align=center|2

|align=center|1994

|MAAC

|Fairfield

|align=center|19–14 (12–6)

|align=center|4

Ohio

|align=center|27–7 (11–5)

|align=center|3

|align=center|2010

|MAC

|Akron

|align=center|22–11 (13–3)

|align=center|1

Norfolk State

|align=center|25–9 (13–3)

|align=center|2

|align=center|Never

|MEAC

|Bethune-Cookman

|align=center|18–17 (11–5)

|align=center|4

Creighton

|align=center|28–5 (14–4)

|align=center|2

|align=center|2007

|Missouri Valley

|Illinois State

|align=center|20–13 (9–9)

|align=center|4

New Mexico

|align=center|27–6 (10–4)

|align=center|2

|align=center|2010

|Mountain West

|San Diego State

|align=center|26–6 (10–4)

|align=center|1

LIU-Brooklyn

|align=center|25–8 (16–2)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2011

|Northeast

|Robert Morris

|align=center|24–9 (13–5)

|align=center|3

Murray State

|align=center|30–1 (15–1)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2010

|Ohio Valley

|Tennessee State

|align=center|20–12 (11–5)

|align=center|2

Colorado

|align=center|22–11 (11–7)

|align=center|6

|align=center|2003

|Pac-12

|Arizona

|align=center|23-10 (12–6)

|align=center|4

Lehigh

|align=center|26–7 (11–3)

|align=center|2

|align=center|2010

|Patriot

|Bucknell

|align=center|24–8 (12–2)

|align=center|1

Vanderbilt

|align=center|24–10 (11–6)

|align=center|3

|align=center|2011

|SEC

|Kentucky

|align=center|32–2 (16–1)

|align=center|1

Davidson

|align=center|25–7 (16–2)

|align=center|South 1

|align=center|2008

|Southern

|Western Carolina

|align=center|17–17 (8–10)

|align=center|North 4

Lamar

|align=center|23–11 (11–5)

|align=center|3

|align=center|2000

|Southland

|McNeese State

|align=center|17–15 (10–6)

|align=center|4

South Dakota State

|align=center|27–7 (15–3)

|align=center|2

|align=center|Never

|Summit

|Western Illinois

|align=center|18–14 (9–9)

|align=center|4

Western Kentucky

|align=center|15–18 (7–9)

|align=center|East 4

|align=center|2009

|Sun Belt

|North Texas

|align=center|18–14 (9–7)

|align=center|West 4

Mississippi Valley State

|align=center|21–12 (17–1)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2008

|SWAC

|Texas Southern

|align=center|15–18 (15–6)

|align=center|2

New Mexico State

|align=center|26–9 (10–4)

|align=center|2

|align=center|2010

|WAC

|Louisiana Tech

|align=center|18–16 (6–8)

|align=center|5

Saint Mary's

|align=center|27–5 (14–2)

|align=center|1

|align=center|2010

|West Coast

|Gonzaga

|align=center|25–6 (13–3)

|align=center|2

At-large bids

class="wikitable sortable"

! Team

! Conference

! Last appearance

! # of appearances

Alabama

|align="left"|SEC

| 2006

| 20

Baylor

|align="left"|Big 12

| 2011

| 7

BYU

| West Coast

| 2011

| 27

California

| Pac 12

| 2010

| 16

Cincinnati

| Big East

| 2011

| 26

Colorado State

|align="left"| Mountain West

| 2003

| 9

Connecticut

| Big East

| 2011

| 30

Duke

|align="left"|ACC

| 2011

| 36

Florida

|align="left"|SEC

| 2011

| 15

Georgetown

| Big East

| 2011

| 28

Gonzaga

| West Coast

| 2011

| 15

Indiana

|align="left"|Big Ten

| 2008

| 36

Iona

| MAAC

| 2006

| 8

Iowa State

|align="left"|Big 12

| 2005

| 14

Kansas

|align="left"|Big 12

| 2011

| 41

Kansas State

|align="left"|Big 12

| 2011

| 26

Kentucky

|align="left"|SEC

| 2011

| 52

Marquette

| Big East

| 2011

| 30

Michigan

|align="left"|Big Ten

| 2011

| 19

NC State

|align="left"|ACC

| 2006

| 21

North Carolina

|align="left"|ACC

| 2011

| 43

Notre Dame

| Big East

| 2011

| 32

Ohio State

|align="left"|Big Ten

| 2011

| 24

Purdue

|align="left"|Big Ten

| 2011

| 25

Saint Louis

|align="left"|Atlantic 10

| 2000

| 7

San Diego State

|align="left"| Mountain West

| 2011

| 8

South Florida

| Big East

| 1992

| 3

Southern Miss

| Conference USA

| 1991

| 3

Syracuse

| Big East

| 2011

| 35

Temple

|align="left"|Atlantic 10

| 2011

| 30

Texas

|align="left"|Big 12

| 2011

| 30

UNLV

|align="left"| Mountain West

| 2011

| 19

Virginia

|align="left"|ACC

| 2007

| 17

West Virginia

| Big East

| 2011

| 25

Wichita State

| Missouri Valley

| 2006

| 9

Wisconsin

|align="left"|Big Ten

| 2011

| 18

Xavier

|align="left"|Atlantic 10

| 2011

| 23

Tournament seeds (list by region)

{{Anchor|Tournament seeds}}

valign=top |

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan="6" style="background:#ffdead;" | East Regional – Boston, Massachusetts

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Record

!Berth type

!Overall rank

align=center|1

|Syracuse

|Big East

|align=center|31–2

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|2

align=center|2

|Ohio State

|Big Ten

|align=center|27–7

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|7

align=center|3

|Florida State

|ACC

|align=center|24–9

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|11

align=center|4

|Wisconsin

|Big Ten

|align=center|24–9

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|14

align=center|5

|Vanderbilt

|SEC

|align=center|24–10

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|18

align=center|6

|Cincinnati

|Big East

|align=center|24–10

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|22

align=center|7

|Gonzaga

|West Coast

|align=center|25–6

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|27

align=center|8

|Kansas State

|Big 12

|align=center|21–10

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|32

align=center|9

|Southern Miss

|C-USA

|align=center|25–8

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|35

align=center|10

|West Virginia

|Big East

|align=center|19–13

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|38

align=center|11

|Texas

|Big 12

|align=center|20–13

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|43

align=center|12

|Harvard

|Ivy League

|align=center|26–4

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|46

align=center|13

|Montana

|Big Sky

|align=center|25–6

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|55

align=center|14

|St. Bonaventure

|Atlantic 10

|align=center|20–11

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|58

align=center|15

|Loyola

|MAAC

|align=center|24–8

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|59

align=center|16

|UNC Asheville

|Big South

|align=center|24–9

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|64

| valign=top |

class="wikitable"

! colspan="6" style="background:#ffdead;" | Midwest Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Record

!Berth type

!Overall rank

align=center|1

|North Carolina

|ACC

|align=center|29–5

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|3

align=center|2

|Kansas

|Big 12

|align=center|27–6

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|5

align=center|3

|Georgetown

|Big East

|align=center|23–8

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|12

align=center|4

|Michigan

|Big Ten

|align=center|24–9

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|13

align=center|5

|Temple

|Atlantic 10

|align=center|24–7

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|17

align=center|6

|San Diego State

|Mountain West

|align=center|26–7

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|24

align=center|7

|Saint Mary's

|West Coast

|align=center|27–5

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|26

align=center|8

|Creighton

|Missouri Valley

|align=center|28–5

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|29

align=center|9

|Alabama

|SEC

|align=center|21–11

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|33

align=center|10

|Purdue

|Big Ten

|align=center|21–12

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|37

align=center|11

|NC State

|ACC

|align=center|22–12

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|42

rowspan=2 align=center|12*

|California

|Pac-12

|align=center|24–9

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|45

South Florida

|Big East

|align=center|20–13

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|47

align=center|13

|Ohio

|MAC

|align=center|27–7

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|52

align=center|14

|Belmont

|Atlantic Sun

|align=center|27–7

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|57

align=center|15

|Detroit Mercy

|Horizon

|align=center|22–13

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|61

rowspan=2 align=center|16*

|Lamar

|Southland

|align=center|23–11

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|65

Vermont

|America East

|align=center|23–11

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|66

|-

| valign=top |

class="wikitable"

! colspan="6" style="background:#ffdead;" | South Regional – Atlanta, Georgia

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Record

!Berth type

!Overall rank

align=center|1

|Kentucky

|SEC

|align=center|32–2

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|1

align=center|2

|Duke

|ACC

|align=center|27–6

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|6

align=center|3

|Baylor

|Big 12

|align=center|27–7

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|9

align=center|4

|Indiana

|Big Ten

|align=center|25–8

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|15

align=center|5

|Wichita State

|Missouri Valley

|align=center|27–5

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|19

align=center|6

|UNLV

|Mountain West

|align=center|26–8

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|21

align=center|7

|Notre Dame

|Big East

|align=center|22–11

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|25

align=center|8

|Iowa State

|Big 12

|align=center|22–10

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|30

align=center|9

|Connecticut

|Big East

|align=center|20–13

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|34

align=center|10

|Xavier

|Atlantic 10

|align=center|21–12

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|40

align=center|11

|Colorado

|Pac-12

|align=center|23–11

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|44

align=center|12

|VCU

|Colonial

|align=center|28–6

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|49

align=center|13

|New Mexico State

|WAC

|align=center|26–9

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|54

align=center|14

|South Dakota State

|Summit

|align=center|27–7

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|56

align=center|15

|Lehigh

|Patriot

|align=center|26–7

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|60

rowspan=2 align=center|16*

|Mississippi Valley State

|SWAC

|align=center|21–12

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|67

Western Kentucky

|Sun Belt

|align=center|15–18

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|68

| valign=top |

class="wikitable"

! colspan="6" style="background:#ffdead;" | West Regional – Phoenix, Arizona

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Record

!Berth type

!Overall rank

align=center|1

|Michigan State

|Big Ten

|align=center|27–7

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|4

align=center|2

|Missouri

|Big 12

|align=center|30–4

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|8

align=center|3

|Marquette

|Big East

|align=center|25–7

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|10

align=center|4

|Louisville

|Big East

|align=center|26–9

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|16

align=center|5

|New Mexico

|Mountain West

|align=center|27–6

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|20

align=center|6

|Murray State

|Ohio Valley

|align=center|30–1

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|23

align=center|7

|Florida

|SEC

|align=center|23–10

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|28

align=center|8

|Memphis

|C-USA

|align=center|26–8

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|31

align=center|9

|Saint Louis

|Atlantic 10

|align=center|25–7

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|36

align=center|10

|Virginia

|ACC

|align=center|22–9

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|39

align=center|11

|Colorado State

|Mountain West

|align=center|20–11

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|41

align=center|12

|Long Beach State

|Big West

|align=center|25–8

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|51

align=center|13

|Davidson

|Southern

|align=center|25–7

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|53

rowspan=2 align=center|14*

|BYU

|West Coast

|align=center|25–8

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|48

Iona

|MAAC

|align=center|25–7

|align=center|At-large

|align=center|50

align=center|15

|Norfolk State

|MEAC

|align=center|25–9

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|62

align=center|16

|LIU-Brooklyn

|Northeast

|align=center|25–8

|align=center|Automatic

|align=center|63

|-

|}

*See First Four.

Conferences with multiple bids

class="wikitable"

!Bids

!Conference

!Schools

align="center"|9

|Big East

|Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, South Florida, Syracuse, West Virginia

align="center"|6

|Big Ten

|Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin

align="center"|6

|Big 12

|Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Texas

align="center"|5

|ACC

|Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia

align="center"|4

|SEC

|Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Vanderbilt

align="center"|4

|Mountain West

|Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV

align="center"|4

|Atlantic 10

|St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, Temple, Xavier

align="center"|3

|West Coast

|Saint Mary's, Gonzaga, BYU

align="center"|2

|Pac-12

|California, Colorado

align="center"|2

|Conference USA

|Memphis, Southern Miss

align="center"|2

|MAAC

|Iona, Loyola (MD)

align="center"|2

|Missouri Valley

|Creighton, Wichita State

All other conferences have only one bid (see Automatic Bids)

NOTE: Teams in bold represent the conference's automatic bid.

Last four teams out

The Selection Committee also announced the last four teams out of the tournament as part of the Hardcore Brackets special following announcement of the teams. In order, they were Oral Roberts, Miami (Florida), Nevada, and Drexel. Oral Roberts, Nevada, and Drexel were automatically selected, as regular-season champions, for berths in the National Invitation Tournament, while Miami was also selected for a berth by the NIT Selection Committee.{{Cite web|url=http://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-jayhawks/2012/3/11/2863087/ncaa-tournament-2012-drexel-nevada-miami-oral-roberts-bracket|title=NCAA Tournament 2012: Drexel, Nevada, Miami and Oral Roberts Were Last Four Teams Ousted from Bracket|date=11 March 2012}}

== Bids by state ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Bids

!State(s)

!Schools

align="center" | 5

| North Carolina

| Davidson, Duke, North Carolina, NC State, UNC Asheville

align="center" | 4

| California

| California, Long Beach State, Saint Mary's, San Diego State

align="center" | 4

| Kentucky

| Kentucky, Louisville, Murray State, Western Kentucky

align="center" | 4

| New York

| Iona, Long Island, St. Bonaventure, Syracuse

align="center" | 4

| Ohio

| Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State, Xavier

align="center" | 3

| Florida

| Florida, Florida State, South Florida

align="center" | 3

| Indiana

| Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue

align="center" | 3

| Kansas

| Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State

align="center" | 3

| Michigan

| Detroit, Michigan, Michigan State

align="center" | 3

| Tennessee

| Belmont, Memphis, Vanderbilt

align="center" | 3

| Texas

| Baylor, Lamar, Texas

align="center" | 3

| Virginia

| Norfolk State, Virginia, VCU

align="center" | 2

| Colorado

| Colorado, Colorado State

align="center" | 2

| Mississippi

| Mississippi Valley State, Southern Miss

align="center" | 2

| Missouri

| Missouri, Saint Louis

align="center" | 2

| New Mexico

| New Mexico, New Mexico State

align="center" | 2

| Pennsylvania

| Lehigh, Temple

align="center" | 2

| Wisconsin

| Marquette, Wisconsin

align="center" | 1

| Alabama

| Alabama

align="center" | 1

| Connecticut

| Connecticut

align="center" | 1

| Iowa

| Iowa State

align="center" | 1

| Maryland

| Loyola (MD)

align="center" | 1

| Massachusetts

| Harvard

align="center" | 1

| Montana

| Montana

align="center" | 1

| Nebraska

| Creighton

align="center" | 1

| Nevada

| UNLV

align="center" | 1

| South Dakota

| South Dakota State

align="center" | 1

| Utah

| BYU

align="center" | 1

| Vermont

| Vermont

align="center" | 1

| Washington

| Gonzaga

align="center" | 1

| Washington, D.C.

| Georgetown

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| West Virginia

| West Virginia

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