2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I 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 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.

Qualifying teams

Team names are those used on ESPN.com scoreboards and team pages.

Automatic bids

All automatic bids 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.

Automatic bids
Qualifying School	Record (Conf.)	Last app.	Conference	Finish	Regular Season Second Place	Second Place Record (Conf.)	Finish
Cornell	21–9 (11–3)	2008	Ivy League	1st	Princeton Yale	13–14 (8–6) 13–15 (8–6)	2nd
Qualifying School	Record (Conf.)	Last app.	Conference tournament	Seed	Conf. Finals Runner-Up	Runner-Up Record (Conf.)	Runner-Up Seed
Radford	21–11 (15–3)	1998	Big South	1	VMI	24–8 (13–5)	2
East Tennessee State	23–10 (14–6)	2004	Atlantic Sun	2	Jacksonville	18–13 (15–5)	1
Morehead State	19–15 (13–6)	1984	Ohio Valley	4	Austin Peay	19–13 (13–6)	2
Northern Iowa	23–10 (14–4)	2006	Missouri Valley	1	Illinois State	24–9 (11–7)	3
Chattanooga	18–16 (11–9)	2005	Southern	North 1	Charleston	26–8 (15–5)	South 3
VCU	24–9 (14–4)	2007	CAA	1	George Mason	22–10 (13–5)	2
Gonzaga	26–5 (14–0)	2008	West Coast	1	Saint Mary's	26–6 (10–4)	2
Siena	26–7 (16–2)	2008	MAAC	1	Niagara	26–8 (14–4)	2
North Dakota State	26–6 (16–2)	---	Summit	1	Oakland	22–12 (13–5)	3
Cleveland State	24–10 (12–6)	1986	Horizon	3	Butler	26–5 (15–3)	1
Western Kentucky	24–8 (15–3)	2008	Sun Belt	1	South Alabama	20–13 (10–8)	6
Robert Morris	24–10 (15–3)	1992	Northeast	1	Mount St. Mary's	19–13 (12–6)	2
Portland State	23–9 (11–5)	2008	Big Sky	2	Montana State	15–17 (6–10)	6
American	24–7 (13–1)	2008	Patriot	1	Holy Cross	18–14 (11–3)	2
Binghamton	23–8 (13–3)	---	America East	1	UMBC	15–17 (7–9)	6
Memphis	31–3 (16–0)	2008	C-USA	1	Tulsa	24–10 (12–4)	2
Temple	22–11 (11–5)	2008	Atlantic 10	4	Duquesne	21–12 (9–7)	7
USC	21–12 (11–9)	2008	Pac 10	6	Arizona State	24–9 (13–7)	4
Missouri	28–6 (12–4)	2003	Big 12	3	Baylor	20–14 (5–11)	9
Utah	24–9 (14–4)	2005	Mountain West	2	San Diego State	23–9 (13–5)	4
Morgan State	23–11 (13–3)	---	MEAC	1	Norfolk State	14–18 (9–7)	3
Akron	23–12 (10–6)	1986	Mid-American	5	Buffalo	21–11 (11–5)	3
Louisville	28–5 (16–2)	2008	Big East	1	Syracuse	26–9 (11–7)	6
Alabama State	22–9 (16–2)	2004	SWAC	1	Jackson State	18–15 (15–3)	2
Utah State	30–4 (14–2)	2006	WAC	1	Nevada	21–12 (11–5)	2
Cal State Northridge	17–13 (11–5)	2001	Big West	1	Pacific	19–12 (10–6)	3
Stephen F. Austin	24–7 (13–3)	---	Southland	1	Texas-San Antonio	19–13 (8–8)	6
Duke	28–6 (11–5)	2008	ACC	3	Florida State	25–9 (10–6)	4
Mississippi State	23–12 (9–7)	2008	SEC	West 3	Tennessee	21–12 (10–6)	East 1
Purdue	25–9 (11–7)	2008	Big Ten	3	Ohio State	22–10 (10–8)	5

Historic notes:

North Dakota State is the first men's team in Division I or its predecessors to reach the NCAA Tournament in its first year of postseason eligibility since Southwestern Louisiana, now Louisiana-Lafayette, accomplished the feat in 1972.^[1]

At-large bids

Seeds listed with scores are seeds within the conference tournaments.

At-large Bids
School	Record	Conference	Conf. record	Last app.	Conf. tournament result
School	Record	Conference	Conf. record	Last app.	Seed	Round eliminated	Lost to (Seed)
Arizona	19–13	Pac-10	9–9	2008	6	Quarterfinals	Arizona State (3)
Arizona State	24–9	Pac-10	11–7	2003	3	Championship	USC (5)
Boston College	22–11	ACC	9–7	2007	6	Quarterfinals	Duke (3)
Butler	26–5	Horizon	15–3	2008	1	Championship	Cleveland State (3)
BYU	25–7	Mountain West	12–4	2008	1	Semifinals	San Diego State (4)
California	22–10	Pac-10	11–8	2006	4	Quarterfinals	USC (5)
Clemson	23–8	ACC	9–7	2008	5	First round	Georgia Tech (12)
Connecticut	27–4	Big East	15–3	2008	3	Quarterfinals	Syracuse (6)
Dayton	26–7	Atlantic 10	11–5	2004	3	Semifinals	Duquesne (7)
Florida State	25–9	ACC	10–6	1998	4	Championship	Duke (2)
Illinois	24–9	Big Ten	11–7	2007	3	Semifinals	Purdue (2)
Kansas	25–7	Big 12	14–2	2008	1	Quarterfinals	Baylor (9)
LSU	26–7	SEC	13–3	2006	West 1	Semifinals	Mississippi State (West 3)
Marquette	24–9	Big East	12–6	2008	5	Quarterfinals	Villanova (4)
Maryland	20–13	ACC	7–9	2007	7	Semifinals	Duke (3)
Michigan	20–13	Big Ten	9–9	1998	7	Quarterfinals	Illinois (2)
Michigan State	26–6	Big Ten	15–3	2008	1	Semifinals	Ohio State (5)
Minnesota	22–10	Big Ten	9–9	1990^[2]	8	Quarterfinals	Michigan St. (1)
North Carolina	28–4	ACC	13–3	2008	1	Semifinals	Florida State (4)
Ohio State	22–10	Big Ten	10–8	2007	5	Championship	Purdue (3)
Oklahoma	27–5	Big 12	13–3	2008	2	Quarterfinals	Oklahoma St. (7)
Oklahoma State	22–11	Big 12	9–7	2005	7	Semifinals	Missouri (3)
Pittsburgh	28–4	Big East	15–3	2008	2	Quarterfinals	West Virginia (7)
Syracuse	26–9	Big East	11–7	2006	6	Championship	Louisville (1)
Tennessee	21–12	SEC	10–6	2008	East 1	Championship	Mississippi State (West 3)
Texas	22–11	Big 12	9–7	2008	5	Semifinals	Baylor (9)
Texas A&M	23–9	Big 12	9–7	2008	6	First round	Texas Tech (11)
UCLA	25–8	Pac-10	14–6	2008	2	Semifinals	USC (6)
Villanova	26–7	Big East	13–5	2008	4	Semifinals	Louisville (1)
Wake Forest	24–6	ACC	11–5	2005	2	Quarterfinals	Maryland (7)
Washington	25–8	Pac-10	15–5	2006	1	Semifinals	Arizona St. (4)
West Virginia	23–11	Big East	10–8	2008	7	Semifinals	Syracuse (6)
Wisconsin	19–12	Big Ten	10–8	2008	4	Quarterfinals	Ohio St. (5)
Xavier	25–7	Atlantic 10	12–4	2008	1	Semifinals	Temple (4)

Listed by grouping and seeding

East Regional – Boston
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
#1	Pittsburgh	Big East	28–4	At-large
#2	Duke	ACC	28–6	Tournament Winner
#3	Villanova	Big East	26–7	At-large
#4	Xavier	Atlantic 10	25–7	At-large
#5	Florida State	ACC	25–9	At-large
#6	UCLA	Pac-10	25–8	At-large
#7	Texas	Big 12	22–11	At-large
#8	Oklahoma State	Big 12	22–11	At-large
#9	Tennessee	SEC	21–12	At-large
#10	Minnesota	Big Ten	22–10	At-large
#11	VCU	Colonial	24–9	Tournament Winner
#12	Wisconsin	Big Ten	19–12	At-large
#13	Portland State	Big Sky	23–9	Tournament Winner
#14	American	Patriot	24–7	Tournament Winner
#15	Binghamton	America East	23–8	Tournament Winner
#16	East Tennessee State	Atlantic Sun	23–10	Tournament Winner

West Regional – Glendale
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
#1	Connecticut	Big East	27–4	At-large
#2	Memphis	C-USA	31–3	Tournament Winner
#3	Missouri	Big 12	28–6	Tournament Winner
#4	Washington	Pac-10	25–8	At-large
#5	Purdue	Big Ten	25–9	Tournament Winner
#6	Marquette	Big East	24–9	At-large
#7	California	Pac-10	22–10	At-large
#8	BYU	Mountain West	25–7	At-large
#9	Texas A&M	Big 12	23–9	At-large
#10	Maryland	ACC	20–13	At-large
#11	Utah State	WAC	30–4	Tournament Winner
#12	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	23–10	Tournament Winner
#13	Mississippi State	SEC	23–12	Tournament Winner
#14	Cornell	Ivy League	21–9	Regular season Champion
#15	Cal State-Northridge	Big West	17–13	Tournament Winner
#16	Chattanooga	Southern	18–16	Tournament Winner

Midwest Regional – Indianapolis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
#1	Louisville	Big East	28–5	Tournament Winner
#2	Michigan State	Big Ten	26–6	At-large
#3	Kansas	Big 12	25–7	At-large
#4	Wake Forest	ACC	24–6	At-large
#5	Utah	Mountain West	24–9	Tournament Winner
#6	West Virginia	Big East	23–11	At-large
#7	Boston College	ACC	22–11	At-large
#8	Ohio State	Big Ten	22–10	At-large
#9	Siena	MAAC	26–7	Tournament Winner
#10	USC	Pac-10	21–12	Tournament Winner
#11	Dayton	Atlantic 10	26–7	At-large
#12	Arizona	Pac-10	19–13	At-large
#13	Cleveland State	Horizon	25–10	Tournament Winner
#14	North Dakota State	Summit	26–6	Tournament Winner
#15	Robert Morris	Northeast	24–10	Tournament Winner
#16	Alabama State	SWAC	22–9	Tournament Winner
#16	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	19–15	Tournament Winner

South Regional – Memphis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
#1	North Carolina	ACC	28–4	At-large
#2	Oklahoma	Big 12	27–5	At-large
#3	Syracuse	Big East	26–9	At-large
#4	Gonzaga	West Coast	26–5	Tournament Winner
#5	Illinois	Big Ten	24–9	At-large
#6	Arizona State	Pac-10	24–9	At-large
#7	Clemson	ACC	23–8	At-large
#8	LSU	SEC	26–7	At-large
#9	Butler	Horizon	26–5	At-large
#10	Michigan	Big Ten	20–13	At-large
#11	Temple	Atlantic 10	22–11	Tournament Winner
#12	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	24–8	Tournament Winner
#13	Akron	Mid-American	23–12	Tournament Winner
#14	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	24–7	Tournament Winner
#15	Morgan State	MEAC	23–11	Tournament Winner
#16	Radford	Big South	21–11	Tournament Winner

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference(s)	Schools
7	Big East	Pittsburgh, Villanova, Connecticut, Marquette, Louisville, West Virginia, Syracuse
	ACC	Clemson, North Carolina, Boston College, Wake Forest, Maryland, Florida State, Duke
	Big Ten	Minnesota, Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan State, Ohio State, Illinois, Michigan
6	Big 12	Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas A&M, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas
6	Pac-10	Arizona State, Arizona, USC, UCLA, California, Washington
3	SEC	Tennessee, Mississippi State, LSU
3	Atlantic 10	Xavier, Dayton, Temple
2	Mountain West	BYU, Utah
2	Horizon	Butler, Cleveland State
1	22 other conferences	See Automatic Bids

Bids by state

Bids	State(s)	Schools
5	Ohio	Akron, Cleveland State, Dayton, Ohio State, Xavier
4	California	Cal State Northridge, California, UCLA, USC
	New York	Binghamton, Cornell, Siena, Syracuse
	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, Robert Morris, Temple, Villanova
	Tennessee	Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Memphis, Tennessee
3	Kentucky	Louisville, Morehead State, Western Kentucky
	North Carolina	Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest
	Texas	Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas A&M
	Utah	BYU, Utah, Utah State
2	Arizona	Arizona, Arizona State
	Indiana	Butler, Purdue
	Maryland	Maryland, Morgan State
	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
	Virginia	Radford, VCU
	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington
	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Alabama	Alabama State
	Connecticut	Connecticut
	Florida	Florida State
	Illinois	Illinois
	Iowa	Northern Iowa
	Kansas	Kansas
	Louisiana	LSU
	Massachusetts	Boston College
	Minnesota	Minnesota
	Missouri	Missouri
	Mississippi	Mississippi State
	North Dakota	North Dakota State
	Oregon	Portland State
	South Carolina	Clemson
	Washington, D.C.	American
	West Virginia	West Virginia

Notes and references

↑ Associated Press (2009-03-10). "Woodside hits jumper with 3 seconds left to push N. Dakota St. to Summit title". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
↑ The Gophers' appearances in the 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1999 tournaments were vacated by the NCAA as a result of extensive academic fraud within the basketball program.

2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments

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National	NCAA NIT CBI CIT

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