2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.^[1] 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.

2006 qualifying teams
Total teams	65
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Duke, Connecticut, Villanova, Memphis
Champion	Florida
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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	20–8 (12–2)		2005	Ivy League	Princeton	12–15 (10–4)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	30–3 (14–2)	1	2005	ACC[2]	Boston College	27–6 (11–5)	3
Albany	21–10 (13–3)	1	Never	America East	Vermont	13–17 (7–9)	6
Xavier	21–10 (8–8)	10	2004	Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's	18–13 (9–7)	5
Belmont	20–10 (15–5)	2	Never	Atlantic Sun	Lipscomb	21–10 (15–5)	1
Kansas	25–7 (13–3)	2	2005	Big 12	Texas	27–6 (13–3)	1
Syracuse	23–11 (7–9)	9	2005	Big East	Pittsburgh	24–7 (10–6)	6
Montana	23–6 (10–4)	2	2005	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	21–10 (12–2)	1
Winthrop	23–7 (13–3)	1	2005	Big South[3]	Coastal Carolina	20–10 (12–4)	2
Iowa	25–8 (11–5)	2	2005	Big Ten	Ohio State	25–5 (12–4)	1
Pacific	24–7 (12–2)	1	2005	Big West	Long Beach State	18–12 (9–5)	3
UNC Wilmington	25–7 (15–3)	1	2003	CAA	Hofstra	24–6 (14–4)	3
Memphis	30–3 (13–1)	1	2004	C-USA	UAB	24–6 (12–2)	2
UW-Milwaukee	21–8 (12–4)	1	2005	Horizon	Butler	19–12 (11–5)	2
Iona	23–7 (13–5)	2	2001	MAAC[4]	Saint Peter's	17–15 (9–9)	5
Kent State	24–7 (15–3)	1	2002	MAC	Toledo	20–10 (10–8)	7
Hampton	16–15 (10–8)	6	2002	MEAC[5]	Delaware State	20–13 (16–2)	1
Oral Roberts	21–11 (13–3)	1	1984	Mid-Con	Chicago State	11–19 (8–8)	6
Southern Illinois	22–10 (12–6)	2	2005	Missouri Valley	Bradley	20–10 (11–7)	5
San Diego State	24–8 (13–3)	1	2002	Mountain West	Wyoming	14–18 (5–11)	7
Monmouth	18–14 (12–6)	3	2004	Northeast	Fairleigh Dickinson	20–11 (14–4)	1
Murray State	24–6 (17–3)	1	2004	Ohio Valley[6]	Samford	20–11 (14–6)	2
UCLA	27–6 (14–4)	1	2005	Pac-10	California	20–10 (12–6)	3
Bucknell	26–4 (14–0)	1	2005	Patriot	Holy Cross	20–12 (11–3)	2
Florida	29–5 (13–3)	E2	2005	SEC	South Carolina	18–15 (6–10)	E5
Davidson	20–10 (10–5)	3	2002	Southern	Chattanooga	19–13 (8–6)	5
Northwestern State	25–7 (15–1)	1	2001	Southland	Sam Houston State	22–9 (11–5)	2
South Alabama	24–6 (12–3)	1W	1998	Sun Belt	Western Kentucky	23–7 (12–2)	1E
Southern	20–12 (15–3)	1	1993	SWAC	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	13–16 (8–10)	7
Nevada	27–5 (13–3)	1	2005	WAC	Utah State	23–8 (11–5)	2
Gonzaga	27–3 (14–0)	1	2005	West Coast	Loyola Marymount	12–18 (8–6)	2

At-large bids

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Air Force	Mountain West	4th	2004
Alabama	SEC	19th	2005
Arizona	Pac-10	25th	2005
Arkansas	SEC	27th	2001
Boston College	ACC	16th	2005
Bradley	Missouri Valley	8th	1996
California	Pac-10	14th	2003
Connecticut	Big East	27th	2005
George Mason	CAA	4th	2001
George Washington	Atlantic 10	9th	2005
Georgetown	Big East	23rd	2001
Illinois	Big Ten	26th	2005
Indiana	Big Ten	33rd	2003
Kentucky	SEC	48th	2005
LSU	SEC	19th	2005
Marquette	Big East	24th	2003
Michigan State	Big Ten	20th	2005
NC State	ACC	22nd	2005
North Carolina	ACC	38th	2005
Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	4th	2005
Oklahoma	Big 12	24th	2005
Ohio State	Big Ten	23rd	2002
Pittsburgh	Big East	18th	2005
Seton Hall	Big East	9th	2004
Tennessee	SEC	14th	2001
Texas	Big 12	24th	2005
Texas A&M	Big 12	7th	1987
UAB	C-USA	13th	2005
Utah State	WAC	17th	2005
Villanova	Big East	28th	2005
Washington	Pac-10	13th	2005
West Virginia	Big East	20th	2005
Wichita State	Missouri Valley	8th	1988
Wisconsin	Big Ten	11th	2005

Listed by region and seeding

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Atlanta Regional Seed School Conference Record Berth Type #1 Duke ACC 30–3 Automatic #2 Texas Big 12 27–6 At-large #3 Iowa Big Ten 25–8 Automatic #4 LSU SEC 23–8 At-large #5 Syracuse Big East 23–11 Automatic #6 West Virginia Big East 20–10 At-large #7 California Pac-10 20–10 At-large #8 George Washington Atlantic 10 26–2 At-large #9 UNC Wilmington CAA 25–7 Automatic #10 NC State ACC 21–9 At-large #11 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 22–10 Automatic #12 Texas A&M Big 12 21–8 At-large #13 Iona MAAC 23–7 Automatic #14 Northwestern State Southland 25–7 Automatic #15 Pennsylvania Ivy 20–8 Automatic #16 Southern SWAC 19–12 Automatic

Oakland Regional Seed School Conference Record Berth Type #1 Memphis C-USA 30–3 Automatic #2 UCLA Pac-10 27–6 Automatic #3 Gonzaga WCC 27–3 Automatic #4 Kansas Big 12 25–7 Automatic #5 Pittsburgh Big East 24–7 At-large #6 Indiana Big Ten 18–11 At-large #7 Marquette Big East 20–10 At-large #8 Arkansas SEC 22–9 At-large #9 Bucknell Patriot 26–4 Automatic #10 Alabama SEC 17–12 At-large #11 San Diego State Mountain West 24–8 Automatic #12 Kent State MAC 25–8 Automatic #13 Bradley Missouri Valley 20–10 At-large #14 Xavier Atlantic 10 21–10 Automatic #15 Belmont Atlantic Sun 20–10 Automatic #16 Oral Roberts Mid-Continent 21–11 Automatic

Washington, D.C. Regional Seed School Conference Record Berth Type #1 Connecticut Big East 27–3 At-large #2 Tennessee SEC 21–7 At-large #3 North Carolina ACC 22–7 At-large #4 Illinois Big Ten 25–6 At-large #5 Washington Pac-10 24–6 At-large #6 Michigan State Big Ten 22–11 At-large #7 Wichita State Missouri Valley 24–8 At-large #8 Kentucky SEC 21–12 At-large #9 UAB C-USA 24–6 At-large #10 Seton Hall Big East 18–11 At-large #11 George Mason CAA 25–7 At-large #12 Utah State WAC 23–8 At-large #13 Air Force Mountain West 24–6 At-large #14 Murray State Ohio Valley 24–6 Automatic #15 Winthrop Big South 23–7 Automatic #16 Albany America East 21–10 Automatic

Minneapolis Regional Seed School Conference Record Berth Type #1 Villanova Big East 25–4 At-large #2 Ohio State Big Ten 25–5 At-large #3 Florida SEC 27–6 Automatic #4 Boston College ACC 26–7 At-large #5 Nevada WAC 27–5 Automatic #6 Oklahoma Big 12 20–8 At-large #7 Georgetown Big East 21–9 At-large #8 Arizona Pac-10 19–12 At-large #9 Wisconsin Big Ten 19–11 At-large #10 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 23–9 At-large #11 UW-Milwaukee Horizon 21–8 Automatic #12 Montana Big Sky 23–6 Automatic #13 Pacific Big West 24–7 Automatic #14 South Alabama Sun Belt 24–6 Automatic #15 Davidson Southern 18–10 Automatic #16 Monmouth Northeast 18–14 Automatic Hampton MEAC 16–15 Automatic

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference(s)	Schools
8	Big East	Connecticut, Georgetown, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia
6	Big Ten	Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin
	SEC	Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee
4	ACC	Boston College, Duke, NC State, North Carolina
	Big 12	Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M
	Missouri Valley	Bradley, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Wichita State
	Pac-10	Arizona, California, UCLA, Washington
2	Atlantic 10	George Washington, Xavier
	CAA	George Mason, UNC Wilmington
	C-USA	Memphis, UAB
	Mountain West	Air Force, San Diego State
	WAC	Nevada, Utah State
1	19 other conferences

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
3	Alabama	Alabama, South Alabama, UAB
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Arkansas	Arkansas
4	California	California, Pacific, San Diego State, UCLA
1	Colorado	Air Force
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
1	Florida	Florida
3	Illinois	Bradley, Illinois, Southern Illinois
1	Indiana	Indiana
2	Iowa	Iowa, Northern Iowa
2	Kansas	Kansas, Wichita State
2	Kentucky	Kentucky, Murray State
3	Louisiana	LSU, Northwestern State, Southern
1	Massachusetts	Boston College
1	Michigan	Michigan State
1	Montana	Montana
1	Nevada	Nevada
2	New Jersey	Monmouth, Seton Hall
3	New York	Albany, Iona, Syracuse
5	North Carolina	Davidson, Duke, NC State, North Carolina, UNC Wilmington
3	Ohio	Kent State, Ohio State, Xavier
2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oral Roberts
4	Pennsylvania	Bucknell, Penn, Pittsburgh, Villanova
1	South Carolina	Winthrop
3	Tennessee	Belmont, Memphis, Tennessee
2	Texas	Texas, Texas A&M
1	Utah	Utah State
2	Virginia	George Mason, Hampton
2	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington
2	Washington, D.C.	George Washington, Georgetown
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
3	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin, UW-Milwaukee