2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 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 37 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.

2013 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	37
Top seed	Louisville
Champion	Louisville (later vacated)
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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.)
Harvard	19–9 (11–3)		2012	Ivy League	Princeton	17–11 (10–4)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Miami	27–6 (15–3)	1	2008	ACC	North Carolina	24–10 (12–6)	3
Albany	24–10 (9–7)	5	2007	America East	Vermont	21–11 (11–5)	2
Saint Louis	27–6 (13–3)	1	2012	Atlantic 10	VCU	26–8 (12–4)	2
Florida Gulf Coast	24–10 (13–5)	2	Never	Atlantic Sun	Mercer	23–11 (14–4)	1
Kansas	29–5 (14–4)	1	2012	Big 12	Kansas State	27–7 (14–4)	2
Louisville	29–5 (14–4)	2	2012	Big East	Syracuse	26–9 (11–7)	5
Montana	25–6 (19–1)	1	2012	Big Sky	Weber State	26–6 (18–2)	2
Liberty	15–20 (6–10)	North 5	2004	Big South	Charleston Southern	19–12 (12–4)	South 1
Ohio State	26–7 (13–5)	2	2012	Big Ten	Wisconsin	23–11 (12–6)	4
Pacific	21–12 (13–5)	2	2006	Big West	UC Irvine	20–14 (11–7)	4
James Madison	20–14 (11–7)	3	1994	CAA	Northeastern	20–12 (14–4)	1
Memphis	30–4 (16–0)	1	2012	C-USA	Southern Miss	25–9 (12–4)	2
Valparaiso	26–7 (13–3)	1	2004	Horizon	Wright State	21–12 (10–6)	3
Iona	20–13 (11–7)	4	2012	MAAC	Manhattan	14–18 (9–9)	6
Akron	26–6 (14–2)	1	2011	MAC	Ohio	24–9 (14–2)	2
North Carolina A&T	19–16 (8–8)	7	1995	MEAC	Morgan State	17–15 (10–6)	5
Creighton	27–7 (13–5)	1	2012	Missouri Valley	Wichita State	26–8 (12–6)	2
New Mexico	29–5 (13–3)	1	2012	Mountain West	UNLV	25–9 (10–6)	3
Long Island	20–13 (12–6)	3	2012	Northeast	Mount St. Mary's	18–14 (11–7)	5
Belmont	26–6 (14–2)	1	2012	Ohio Valley	Murray State	21–10 (10–6)	2
Oregon	26–8 (12–6)	3	2008	Pac-12	UCLA	25–9 (13–5)	1
Bucknell	28–5 (12–2)	1	2011	Patriot	Lafayette	19–15 (10–4)	2
Mississippi	26–8 (12–6)	3	2002	SEC	Florida	26–7 (14–4)	1
Davidson	26–7 (17–1)	1	2012	Southern	College of Charleston	24–10 (14–4)	3
Northwestern State	23–8 (15–3)	2	2006	Southland	Stephen F. Austin	27–4 (16–2)	1
South Dakota State	25–9 (13–3)	1	2012	Summit	North Dakota State	24–9 (12–4)	3
WKU	20–15 (10–10)	6	2012	Sun Belt	Florida International	18–14 (11–9)	4
Southern	23–9 (15–3)	1	2006	SWAC	Prairie View A&M	15–19 (8–10)	4
New Mexico State	24–10 (14–4)	3	2012	WAC	Texas–Arlington	19–13 (11–7)	4
Gonzaga	31–2 (16–0)	1	2012	West Coast	Saint Mary's	27–6 (14–2)	2

At-large bids

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Arizona	Pac-12	2011	29
Boise State	Mountain West	2008	6
Butler	Atlantic 10	2011	12
California	Pac-12	2012	17
Cincinnati	Big East	2012	27
Colorado	Pac-12	2012	12
Colorado State	Mountain West	2012	10
Duke	ACC	2012	37
Florida	SEC	2012	16
Georgetown	Big East	2012	29
Illinois	Big Ten	2011	30
Indiana	Big Ten	2012	37
Iowa State	Big 12	2012	15
Kansas State	Big 12	2012	27
La Salle	Atlantic 10	1992	12
Marquette	Big East	2012	31
Michigan	Big Ten	2012	20
Michigan State	Big Ten	2012	27
Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1989	7
Minnesota	Big Ten	2010	7
Missouri	SEC	2012	25
NC State	ACC	2012	22
North Carolina	ACC	2012	44
Notre Dame	Big East	2012	33
Oklahoma	Big 12	2009	28
Oklahoma State	Big 12	2010	25
Pittsburgh	Big East	2011	24
Saint Mary's	West Coast	2012	8
San Diego State	Mountain West	2012	9
Syracuse	Big East	2012	36
Temple	Atlantic 10	2012	31
UCLA	Pac-12	2011	43
UNLV	Mountain West	2012	20
Villanova	Big East	2011	12
VCU	Atlantic 10	2012	12
Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2012	10
Wisconsin	Big Ten	2012	19

Note: The eventual champions Louisville also qualified for what was at the time their 39th tournament appearance, however due to the declaration of no 2013 national champion following a ruling in 2018, they are not listed.

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Washington, D.C. Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Indiana Big Ten 27–6 At-large 3 2 Miami ACC 27–6 Automatic 5 3 Marquette Big East 23–8 At-large 12 4 Syracuse Big East 26–9 At-large 16 5 UNLV Mountain West 25–9 At-large 18 6 Butler Atlantic 10 26–8 At-large 22 7 Illinois Big Ten 22–12 At-large 28 8 NC State ACC 24–10 At-large 32 9 Temple Atlantic 10 23–9 At-large 34 10 Colorado Pac-12 21–11 At-large 36 11 Bucknell Patriot 28–5 Automatic 48 12 California Pac-12 20–11 At-large 42 13 Montana Big Sky 25–9 Automatic 54 14 Davidson Southern 26–7 Automatic 55 15 Pacific Big West 22–12 Automatic 60 16* James Madison CAA 20–14 Automatic 66 Long Island Northeast 20–13 Automatic 65

Midwest Regional – Indianapolis Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Louisville Big East 29–5 Automatic 1 2 Duke ACC 27–5 At-large 6 3 Michigan State Big Ten 25–8 At-large 11 4 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 27–6 Automatic 15 5 Oklahoma State Big 12 24–8 At-large 17 6 Memphis C-USA 30–4 Automatic 23 7 Creighton Missouri Valley 27–7 Automatic 25 8 Colorado State Mountain West 25–8 At-large 30 9 Missouri SEC 23–10 At-large 33 10 Cincinnati Big East 22–11 At-large 37 11* Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 28–5 At-large 50 Saint Mary's West Coast 27–6 At-large 46 12 Oregon Pac-12 26–8 Automatic 43 13 New Mexico State WAC 24–10 Automatic 52 14 Valparaiso Horizon 26–7 Automatic 56 15 Albany America East 24–10 Automatic 62 16* Liberty Big South 15–20 Automatic 68 North Carolina A&T MEAC 19–16 Automatic 67

South Regional – Arlington Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Kansas Big 12 29–5 Automatic 2 2 Georgetown Big East 25–6 At-large 7 3 Florida SEC 26–7 At-large 10 4 Michigan Big Ten 26–7 At-large 13 5 VCU Atlantic 10 26–8 At-large 20 6 UCLA Pac-12 25–9 At-large 24 7 San Diego State Mountain West 22–10 At-large 26 8 North Carolina ACC 24–10 At-large 29 9 Villanova Big East 20–13 At-large 38 10 Oklahoma Big 12 20–11 At-large 40 11 Minnesota Big Ten 20–12 At-large 41 12 Akron MAC 26–6 Automatic 51 13 South Dakota State Summit 25–9 Automatic 53 14 Northwestern State Southland 23–8 Automatic 57 15 Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun 24–10 Automatic 59 16 WKU Sun Belt 20–15 Automatic 63

West Regional – Los Angeles Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Gonzaga West Coast 31–2 Automatic 4 2 Ohio State Big Ten 26–7 Automatic 8 3 New Mexico Mountain West 29–5 Automatic 9 4 Kansas State Big 12 27–7 At-large 14 5 Wisconsin Big Ten 23–11 At-large 19 6 Arizona Pac-12 25–7 At-large 21 7 Notre Dame Big East 25–9 At-large 27 8 Pittsburgh Big East 24–8 At-large 31 9 Wichita State Missouri Valley 26–8 At-large 35 10 Iowa State Big 12 22–11 At-large 39 11 Belmont Ohio Valley 26–6 Automatic 44 12 Mississippi SEC 26–8 Automatic 47 13* Boise State Mountain West 21–10 At-large 45 La Salle Atlantic 10 21–9 At-large 49 14 Harvard Ivy 19–9 Automatic 58 15 Iona MAAC 20–13 Automatic 61 16 Southern SWAC 23–9 Automatic 64

*See First Four.

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
8	Big East	Louisville, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova
7	Big Ten	Ohio State, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Wisconsin
5	Atlantic 10	Saint Louis, Butler, La Salle, Temple, VCU
5	Big 12	Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
5	Mountain West	New Mexico, Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State, UNLV
5	Pac-12	Oregon, Arizona, California, Colorado, UCLA
4	ACC	Miami, Duke, NC State, North Carolina
3	SEC	Mississippi, Florida, Missouri
2	Missouri Valley	Creighton, Wichita State
2	Sun Belt	WKU, Middle Tennessee
2	West Coast	Gonzaga, Saint Mary's

All other conferences have only one bid (see Automatic Bids)
NOTE: Teams in bold represent the conference's automatic bid.

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
5	California	California, Pacific, San Diego State, Saint Mary's, UCLA
5	North Carolina	Davidson, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina State
5	Pennsylvania	Bucknell, La Salle, Pittsburgh, Temple, Villanova
4	Indiana	Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Valparaiso
4	New York	Albany, Iona, Long Island, Syracuse
3	Florida	Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Miami
3	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State
3	Ohio	Akron, Cincinnati, Ohio State
3	Tennessee	Belmont, Memphis, Middle Tennessee State
3	Virginia	James Madison, Liberty, Virginia Commonwealth
2	Colorado	Colorado, Colorado State
2	Kentucky	Louisville, Western Kentucky
2	Louisiana	Northwestern State, Southern
2	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
2	Missouri	Missouri, Saint Louis
2	New Mexico	New Mexico, New Mexico State
2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Idaho	Boise State
1	Illinois	Illinois
1	Iowa	Iowa State
1	Massachusetts	Harvard
1	Minnesota	Minnesota
1	Mississippi	Ole Miss
1	Montana	Montana
1	Nebraska	Creighton
1	Nevada	UNLV
1	Oregon	Oregon
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
1	Washington	Gonzaga
1	Washington, D.C.	Georgetown