2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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.

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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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.^[1]

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	24th	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 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
	Pac-10	Arizona State, Arizona, USC, UCLA, California, Washington
3	SEC	Tennessee, Mississippi State, LSU
	Atlantic 10	Xavier, Dayton, Temple
2	Mountain West	BYU, Utah
	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