2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2009 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Pittsburgh, Louisville, North Carolina, Connecticut
Champion	North Carolina
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2009 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.

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.)
Cornell	21–9 (11–3)		2008	Ivy League	Princeton Yale	13–14 (8–6) 13–15 (8–6)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	28–6 (11–5)	3	2008	ACC	Florida State	25–9 (10–6)	4
Binghamton	23–8 (13–3)	1	Never	America East	UMBC	15–17 (7–9)	6
Temple	22–11 (11–5)	4	2008	Atlantic 10	Duquesne	21–12 (9–7)	7
East Tennessee State	23–10 (14–6)	2	2004	Atlantic Sun	Jacksonville	18–13 (15–5)	1
Missouri	28–6 (12–4)	3	2003	Big 12	Baylor	20–14 (5–11)	9
Louisville	28–5 (16–2)	1	2008	Big East	Syracuse	26–9 (11–7)	6
Portland State	23–9 (11–5)	2	2008	Big Sky	Montana State	15–17 (6–10)	6
Radford	21–11 (15–3)	1	1998	Big South	VMI	24–8 (13–5)	2
Purdue	25–9 (11–7)	3	2008	Big Ten	Ohio State	22–10 (10–8)	5
Cal State Northridge	17–13 (11–5)	1	2001	Big West	Pacific	19–12 (10–6)	3
VCU	24–9 (14–4)	1	2007	CAA	George Mason	22–10 (13–5)	2
Memphis	31–3 (16–0)	1	2008	C-USA	Tulsa	24–10 (12–4)	2
Cleveland State	24–10 (12–6)	3	1986	Horizon	Butler	26–5 (15–3)	1
Siena	26–7 (16–2)	1	2008	MAAC	Niagara	26–8 (14–4)	2
Morgan State	23–11 (13–3)	1	Never	MEAC	Norfolk State	14–18 (9–7)	3
Akron	23–12 (10–6)	5	1986	Mid-American	Buffalo	21–11 (11–5)	3
Northern Iowa	23–10 (14–4)	1	2006	Missouri Valley	Illinois State	24–9 (11–7)	3
Utah	24–9 (14–4)	2	2005	Mountain West	San Diego State	23–9 (13–5)	4
Robert Morris	24–10 (15–3)	1	1992	Northeast	Mount St. Mary's	19–13 (12–6)	2
Morehead State	19–15 (13–6)	4	1984	Ohio Valley	Austin Peay	19–13 (13–6)	2
USC	21–12 (11–9)	6	2008	Pac 10	Arizona State	24–9 (13–7)	4
American	24–7 (13–1)	1	2008	Patriot	Holy Cross	18–14 (11–3)	2
Mississippi State	23–12 (9–7)	West 3	2008	SEC	Tennessee	21–12 (10–6)	East 1
Chattanooga	18–16 (11–9)	North 1	2005	Southern	Charleston	26–8 (15–5)	South 3
Stephen F. Austin	24–7 (13–3)	1	Never	Southland	UTSA	19–13 (8–8)	6
North Dakota State	26–6 (16–2)	1	Never	Summit	Oakland	22–12 (13–5)	3
Western Kentucky	24–8 (15–3)	1	2008	Sun Belt	South Alabama	20–13 (10–8)	6
Alabama State	22–9 (16–2)	1	2004	SWAC	Jackson State	18–15 (15–3)	2
Utah State	30–4 (14–2)	1	2006	WAC	Nevada	21–12 (11–5)	2
Gonzaga	26–5 (14–0)	1	2008	West Coast	Saint Mary's	26–6 (10–4)	2

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.

At-large bids

Conference	School	Appearance	Last bid
Arizona	Pac-10	28th	2008
Arizona State	Pac-10	13th	2003
Boston College	ACC	18th	2007
Butler	Horizon	9th	2008
BYU	Mountain West	25th	2008
California	Pac-10	14th	2006
Clemson	ACC	9th	2008
Connecticut	Big East	29th	2008
Dayton	Atlantic 10	14th	2004
Florida State	ACC	11th	1998
Illinois	Big Ten	28th	2007
Kansas	Big 12	38th	2008
LSU	SEC	20th	2006
Marquette	Big East	27th	2008
Maryland	ACC	23rd	2007
Michigan	Big Ten	21st	1998
Michigan State	Big Ten	23rd	2008
Minnesota	Big Ten	10th	2005
North Carolina	ACC	41st	2008
Ohio State	Big Ten	25th	2007
Oklahoma	Big 12	27th	2008
Oklahoma State	Big 12	23rd	2005
Pittsburgh	Big East	21st	2008
Syracuse	Big East	32nd	2006
Tennessee	SEC	17th	2008
Texas	Big 12	27th	2008
Texas A&M	Big 12	10th	2008
UCLA	Pac-10	43rd	2008
Villanova	Big East	30th	2008
Wake Forest	ACC	21st	2005
Washington	Pac-10	14th	2006
West Virginia	Big East	22nd	2008
Wisconsin	Big Ten	15th	2008
Xavier	Atlantic 10	20th	2008

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Boston
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Pittsburgh	Big East	28–4	At-large
2	Duke	ACC	28–6	Automatic
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	Automatic
12	Wisconsin	Big Ten	19–12	At-large
13	Portland State	Big Sky	23–9	Automatic
14	American	Patriot	24–7	Automatic
15	Binghamton	America East	23–8	Automatic
16	East Tennessee State	Atlantic Sun	23–10	Automatic

Midwest Regional – Indianapolis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Louisville	Big East	28–5	Automatic
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	Automatic
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	Automatic
10	USC	Pac-10	21–12	Automatic
11	Dayton	Atlantic 10	26–7	At-large
12	Arizona	Pac-10	19–13	At-large
13	Cleveland State	Horizon	25–10	Automatic
14	North Dakota State	Summit	26–6	Automatic
15	Robert Morris	Northeast	24–10	Automatic
16	Alabama State	SWAC	22–9	Automatic
16	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	19–15	Automatic

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	Automatic
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	Automatic
12	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	24–8	Automatic
13	Akron	Mid-American	23–12	Automatic
14	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	24–7	Automatic
15	Morgan State	MEAC	23–11	Automatic
16	Radford	Big South	21–11	Automatic

West Regional – Glendale
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Connecticut	Big East	27–4	At-large
2	Memphis	C-USA	31–3	Automatic
3	Missouri	Big 12	28–6	Automatic
4	Washington	Pac-10	25–8	At-large
5	Purdue	Big Ten	25–9	Automatic
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	Automatic
12	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	23–10	Automatic
13	Mississippi State	SEC	23–12	Automatic
14	Cornell	Ivy League	21–9	Automatic
15	Cal State Northridge	Big West	17–13	Automatic
16	Chattanooga	Southern	18–16	Automatic

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	School(s)
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

References

"Woodside hits jumper with 3 seconds left to push N. Dakota St. to Summit title". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 10, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.

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