2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2007 qualifying teams
2007 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Florida, North Carolina, Ohio State, Kansas
Champion	Florida
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This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. 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 did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded within their assigned region from 1 to 16, which was disclosed, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65, which was not disclosed.

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

Qualifying teams

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.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)		Last app.	Conference regular season	Regular season second place	Second place record (Conf.)
Penn	22–8 (13–1)		2006	Ivy League	Yale	14–13 (10–4)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
North Carolina	28–6 (11–5)	1	2006	ACC	NC State	18–15 (5–11)	10
Albany	23–9 (13–3)	2	2006	America East	Vermont	25–7 (15–1)	1
George Washington	23–8 (11–5)	3	2006	Atlantic 10	Rhode Island	19–14 (10–6)	4
Belmont	23–9 (14–4)	2	2006	Atlantic Sun	East Tennessee State	24–9 (16–2)	1
Kansas	30–4 (14–2)	1	2006	Big 12	Texas	24–9 (12–4)	3
Georgetown	26–6 (13–3)	1	2006	Big East	Pittsburgh	27–7 (12–4)	3
Weber State	20–11 (11–5)	1	2003	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	18–12 (11–5)	2
Winthrop	28–4 (14–0)	1	2006	Big South	VMI	14–19 (5–9)	6
Ohio State	30–3 (15–1)	1	2006	Big Ten	Wisconsin	29–5 (13–3)	2
Long Beach State	24–7 (12–2)	1	1995	Big West	Cal Poly	19–11 (9–5)	5
VCU	27–6 (16–2)	1	2004	CAA	George Mason	18–15 (9–9)	6
Memphis	30–3 (16–0)	1	2006	C-USA	Houston	18–15 (10–6)	3
Wright State	23–9 (13–3)	1	1993	Horizon	Butler	27–6 (13–3)	2
Niagara	22–11 (13–5)	2	2005	MAAC	Siena	20–12 (12–6)	4
Miami (OH)	18–14 (10–6)	4	1999	MAC	Akron	26–7 (13–3)	2
Florida A&M	21–13 (12–6)	2	2004	MEAC	Delaware State	21–12 (16–2)	1
Oral Roberts	23–10 (12–2)	1	2006	Mid-Con	Oakland	19–14 (10–4)	2
Creighton	22–10 (13–5)	2	2005	Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois	27–6 (15–3)	1
UNLV	28–6 (12–4)	2	2000	Mountain West	BYU	25–8 (13–3)	1
Central Connecticut	22–11 (16–2)	1	2002	Northeast	Sacred Heart	18–14 (12–6)	2
Eastern Kentucky	21–11 (13–7)	2	2005	Ohio Valley	Austin Peay	21–11 (16–4)	1
Oregon	26–7 (11–7)	4	2003	Pac 10	USC	23–11 (11–7)	3
Holy Cross	25–8 (13–1)	1	2003	Patriot	Bucknell	22–9 (13–1)	2
Florida	29–5 (13–3)	East 1	2006	SEC	Arkansas	21–13 (7–9)	West 3
Davidson	29–4 (17–1)	1	2006	Southern	College of Charleston	22–11 (13–5)	3
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	26–6 (14–2)	1	Never	Southland	Northwestern State	17–15 (10–6)	3
North Texas	23–10 (10–8)	5	2003	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	18–15 (11–7)	2
Jackson State	21–13 (12–6)	2	2000	SWAC	Mississippi Valley State	18–16 (13–5)	1
New Mexico State	25–8 (11–5)	2	1999	WAC	Utah State	23–11 (9–7)	4
Gonzaga	23–10 (11–3)	1	2006	West Coast	Santa Clara	21–10 (10–4)	2

At-large bids

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Arizona	Pac-10	26th	2006
Arkansas	SEC	28th	2006
Boston College	ACC	17th	2006
Butler	Horizon	7th	2003
Brigham Young	Mountain West	22nd	2004
Duke	ACC	31st	2006
Georgia Tech	ACC	15th	2005
Illinois	Big Ten	27th	2006
Indiana	Big Ten	34th	2006
Kentucky	SEC	49th	2006
Louisville	Big East	33rd	2005
Marquette	Big East	25th	2006
Maryland	ACC	22nd	2004
Michigan State	Big Ten	21st	2006
Nevada	WAC	6th	2006
Notre Dame	Big East	28th	2003
Old Dominion	CAA	9th	2005
Pittsburgh	Big East	19th	2006
Purdue	Big Ten	21st	2003
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	10th	2006
Stanford	Pac-10	15th	2005
Tennessee	SEC	15th	2006
Texas	Big 12	25th	2006
Texas A&M	Big 12	8th	2006
Texas Tech	Big 12	14th	2005
UCLA	Pac-10	41st	2006
USC	Pac-10	13th	2002
Vanderbilt	SEC	9th	2004
Villanova	Big East	28th	2006
Virginia	ACC	16th	2001
Virginia Tech	ACC	8th	1996
Washington State	Pac-10	5th	1994
Wisconsin	Big Ten	13th	2006
Xavier	Atlantic 10	18th	2006

Listed by region and seeding

Midwest Regional - St. Louis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Florida	SEC	29–5	Automatic
#2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	29-5	At-large
#3	Oregon	Pac-10	26–7	Automatic
#4	Maryland	ACC	24–8	At-large
#5	Butler	Horizon	27–6	At-large
#6	Notre Dame	Big East	24–7	At-large
#7	UNLV	Mountain West	28–6	Automatic
#8	Arizona	Pac-10	20–10	At-large
#9	Purdue	Big Ten	21–11	At-large
#10	Georgia Tech	ACC	20–11	At-large
#11	Winthrop	Big South	28–4	Automatic
#12	Old Dominion	CAA	24–8	At-large
#13	Davidson	Southern	29–4	Automatic
#14	Miami (Ohio)	MAC	18–14	Automatic
#15	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	26–6	Automatic
#16	Jackson State	SWAC	21–13	Automatic

East Regional - East Rutherford
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	North Carolina	ACC	28–6	Automatic
#2	Georgetown	Big East	26–6	Automatic
#3	Washington State	Pac-10	25–7	At-large
#4	Texas	Big 12	24–9	At-large
#5	USC	Pac-10	23–11	At-large
#6	Vanderbilt	SEC	20–11	At-large
#7	Boston College	ACC	20–11	At-large
#8	Marquette	Big East	24–9	At-large
#9	Michigan State	Big Ten	22–11	At-large
#10	Texas Tech	Big 12	21–12	At-large
#11	George Washington	Atlantic 10	23–8	Automatic
#12	Arkansas	SEC	21–13	At-large
#13	New Mexico State	WAC	25–8	Automatic
#14	Oral Roberts	Mid-Continent	23–10	Automatic
#15	Belmont	Atlantic Sun	23–9	Automatic
#16	Eastern Kentucky	Ohio Valley	21–11	Automatic

South Regional - San Antonio
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Ohio State	Big Ten	30–3	Automatic
#2	Memphis	C-USA	30–3	Automatic
#3	Texas A&M	Big 12	25–6	At-large
#4	Virginia	ACC	20–10	At-large
#5	Tennessee	SEC	22–10	At-large
#6	Louisville	Big East	23–9	At-large
#7	Nevada	WAC	28–4	At-large
#8	Brigham Young	Mountain West	25–8	At-large
#9	Xavier	Atlantic 10	24–8	At-large
#10	Creighton	Missouri Valley	22–10	Automatic
#11	Stanford	Pac-10	18–12	At-large
#12	Long Beach State	Big West	24–7	Automatic
#13	Albany	America East	23–9	Automatic
#14	Penn	Ivy	22–8	Automatic
#15	North Texas	Sun Belt	23–10	Automatic
#16	Central Connecticut	Northeast	22-11	Automatic

West Regional - San Jose
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Kansas	Big 12	31–4	Automatic
#2	UCLA	Pac-10	26–5	At-large
#3	Pittsburgh	Big East	27–7	At-large
#4	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	27–6	At-large
#5	Virginia Tech	ACC	21–11	At-large
#6	Duke	ACC	22–10	At-large
#7	Indiana	Big Ten	20–10	At-large
#8	Kentucky	SEC	21–11	At-large
#9	Villanova	Big East	22–10	At-large
#10	Gonzaga	West Coast	23–10	Automatic
#11	VCU	CAA	27–6	Automatic
#12	Illinois	Big Ten	23–11	At-large
#13	Holy Cross	Patriot	25–8	Automatic
#14	Wright State	Horizon	23–9	Automatic
#15	Weber State	Big Sky	20–11	Automatic
#16	Niagara	MAAC	22–11	Automatic
#16	Florida A&M	MEAC	21–13	Automatic

Bids by conference

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

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
5	Texas	North Texas, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Texas Tech
4	California	Long Beach State, Stanford, UCLA, USC
	Indiana	Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue
	Ohio	Miami (OH), Ohio State, Wright State, Xavier
	Tennessee	Belmont, Memphis, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
	Virginia	Old Dominion, VCU, Virginia, Virginia Tech
3	Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Louisville
	North Carolina	Davidson, Duke, North Carolina
	Pennsylvania	Penn, Pittsburgh, Villanova
2	Florida	Florida, Florida A&M
	Illinois	Illinois, Southern Illinois
	Massachusetts	Boston College, Holy Cross
	Nevada	Nevada, UNLV
	New York	Albany, Niagara
	Utah	Brigham Young, Weber State
	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington State
	Washington D.C.	George Washington, Georgetown
1	Arizona	Arizona
	Arkansas	Arkansas
	Connecticut	Central Connecticut
	Georgia	Georgia Tech
	Kansas	Kansas
	Maryland	Maryland
	Michigan	Michigan State
	Mississippi	Jackson State
	Nebraska	Creighton
	New Mexico	New Mexico State
	Oklahoma	Oral Roberts
	Oregon	Oregon
	South Carolina	Winthrop

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