NCAA Men's Division I Tournament bids by school and conference

This is a list of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament bids by school (divided by their current conference affiliation). Schools whose names are listed in the last table are no longer in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball, and can no longer be included in the tournament.

The years listed are the last tournament year a school has reached a certain round of the NCAA Tournament. Because earlier tournaments took place with fewer teams, the years listed are only those in which the school advanced (or received a bye) from an earlier round. For instance, no team is judged to have reached the Elite 8 until the 1951 Tournament because the NCAA tournament started with 8 teams from 1939-50. Similarly, no team is judged to have reached the Sweet 16 until the 1953 Tournament because the tournament started with 16 or fewer teams before 1953.

Note also that some schools have NCAA tournament appearances under previous names. For example, UTEP was known as Texas Western when it won its NCAA title in 1966.

Additional notes:

Opening round wins count as a win in the NCAA tournament.
Appearances by a school that has forfeited its appearances after the fact are still shown here.
Teams listed in competing in the 2015 Tournament have received an automatic or at-large bid.
The tournament bids by conference total is based on the number of tournament appearances by current members of the conference; not on the actual number of appearances by a conference irrespective of changes in membership. While the bids by conference depicted amount is a good reflection on historic performance by the current membership, the amount does not accurately depict a conference's historical performance in the tournament.

The lists are updated through the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They also reflect changes for the current 2015–16 season (one school moved to a new conference, a second joined a conference after having been an independent, and a third Division I school took on a new identity).

Bids by conference

Note that these figures represent the total of bids received by each current member of the conference, and does not necessarily reflect the number of years that a conference was represented in the tournament.

Rank	Conference	All-time bids
1	ACC	365
2	Big Ten	284
3	SEC	261
4	Pac-12	237
5	Big 12	233
6	Big East	225
7	The American	175
8	Atlantic 10	142
9	Mountain West	116
9	West Coast	115
11	Conference USA	110
12	Ivy	72
13	Mid-American	70
14	Missouri Valley	67
15	Patriot	52
16	Big Sky	51
17	Ohio Valley	50
18	MAAC	46
19	Sun Belt	42
20	Southern	40
21	Colonial	36
22	SWAC	35
23	MEAC	34
24	Horizon	33
24	WAC	33
26	Northeast	27
27	Southland	25
28	Big West	24
29	Big South	23
30	America East	12
31	Summit	10
32	Atlantic Sun	7

American Athletic Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
32	Connecticut	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
31	Temple	2013	2013	2001	2001	1958
29	Cincinnati	2015	2015	2012	1996	1992	1963	1962
26	Memphis	2014	2014	2009	2008	2008	2008
19	Houston	2010	1984	1984	1984	1984	1984
15	Tulsa	2014	2003	2000	2000
11	SMU	2015	1988	1967	1967	1956
4	UCF	2005
3	South Florida	2012	2012
3	Tulane	1995	1995
2	East Carolina	1993
Total: 175

America East Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win
5	Albany	2015	2014
5	Vermont	2012	2012
1	Binghamton	2009
1	UMBC	2008
Total: 12

Atlantic 10 Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
20	Saint Joseph's	2014	2004	2004	2004	1961
16	Dayton	2015	2015	2014	2014	1967	1967
14	VCU	2015	2013	2011	2011	2011
12	La Salle	2013	2013	2013	1955	1955	1955	1954
13	Davidson	2015	2008	2008	2008
11	George Washington	2014	2006	1993
9	Massachusetts	2014	1996	1996	1996	1996
9	Saint Louis	2014	2014	1957	1952
9	Richmond	2011	2011	2011
8	Rhode Island	1999	1998	1998	1998
6	St. Bonaventure	2012	1970	1970	1970	1970
6	George Mason	2011	2011	2006	2006	2006
5	Duquesne	1977	1969	1969	1952	1940
4	Fordham	1992	1971	1971
Total: 142

Atlantic Coast Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
46	North Carolina	2015	2015	2015	2012	2009	2009	2009
41	Louisville	2015	2015	2015	2015	2013	2013	2013
39	Duke	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
37	Syracuse	2014	2014	2013	2013	2013	2003	2003
34	Notre Dame	2015	2015	2015	2015	1978
26	North Carolina State	2015	2015	2015	1986	1983	1983	1983
25	Pittsburgh	2014	2014	2009	2009	1941
22	Wake Forest	2010	2010	2004	1996	1962
19	Virginia	2015	2015	2014	1995	1984
18	Boston College	2009	2007	2006	1994
16	Florida State	2012	2012	2011	1993	1972	1972
16	Georgia Tech	2010	2010	2004	2004	2004	2004
11	Clemson	2011	2011	1997	1980
8	Virginia Tech	2007	2007	1967	1967
7	Miami (FL)	2013	2013	2013
Total: 365

Atlantic Sun Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final
5	Jacksonville	1986	1970	1970	1970	1970	1970
1	Florida Gulf Coast	2013	2013	2013
1	North Florida	2015
Total: 7

Big 12 Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
44	Kansas	2015	2015	2013	2012	2012	2012	2008
32	Texas	2015	2014	2008	2008	2003
29	Oklahoma	2015	2015	2015	2009	2002	1988
28	Kansas State	2014	2012	2010	2010	1964	1951
27	Oklahoma State	2015	2009	2005	2004	2004	1949	1946
26	West Virginia	2015	2015	2015	2010	2010	1959
17	Iowa State	2015	2014	2014	2000	1944
14	Texas Tech	2007	2005	2005
9	Baylor	2015	2014	2014	2012	1950	1948
7	TCU	1998	1987	1968	1968
Total: 233

Big East Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
35	Villanova	2015	2015	2009	2009	2009	1985	1985
31	Marquette	2013	2013	2013	2013	2003	1977	1977
30	Georgetown	2015	2015	2007	2007	2007	1985	1984
29	St. John's	2015	2000	1999	1999	1985	1952
25	Xavier	2015	2015	2015	2008
22	DePaul	2004	2004	1987	1979	1979
19	Creighton	2014	2014	1974
17	Providence	2015	1997	1997	1997	1987
13	Butler	2015	2015	2011	2011	2011	2011
9	Seton Hall	2006	2004	2000	1991	1989	1989
Total: 225

Big Sky Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8
15	Weber State	2014	1999	1972
11	Idaho State	1987	1977	1977	1977
10	Montana	2013	2006	1975
4	Idaho	1990	1982	1982
3	Montana State	1996
2	Eastern Washington	2015
2	Portland State	2009
2	Northern Arizona	2000
1	Northern Colorado	2011
1	Southern Utah	2001
Total: 51

Big South Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win
9	Winthrop	2010	2007
4	Coastal Carolina	2015
3	UNC Asheville	2012	2011
3	Liberty	2013
2	Radford	2009
1	Charleston Southern	1997
1	Campbell	1992
Total: 23

Big Ten Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
38	Indiana	2015	2013	2013	2002	2002	2002	1987
31	Ohio State	2015	2015	2013	2013	2012	2007	1960
30	Illinois	2013	2013	2005	2005	2005	2005
29	Michigan State	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2009	2000
27	Purdue	2015	2012	2010	2000	1980	1969
25	Michigan	2014	2014	2014	2014	2013	2013	1989
25	Maryland	2015	2015	2003	2002	2002	2002	2002
24	Iowa	2015	2015	1999	1987	1980	1956
21	Wisconsin	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	1941
12	Minnesota	2013	2013	1997	1997	1997
9	Penn State	2011	2001	2001	1954	1954
7	Nebraska	2014
6	Rutgers	1991	1983	1979	1976	1976
Total: 284

Big West Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8
9	Long Beach State	2012	1973	1973	1972
5	UC Santa Barbara	2011	1990
4	Hawaiʻi	2002
2	Cal State Fullerton	2008	1978	1978	1978
2	Cal State Northridge	2009
1	Cal Poly	2014	2014
1	UC Irvine	2015
Total: 24

Colonial Athletic Association

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win
8	Northeastern	2015	1984
5	James Madison	2013	2013
5	Delaware	2014
4	UNC Wilmington	2006	2002
4	Charleston	1999	1997
4	Drexel	1996	1996
4	Hofstra	2001
2	Towson	1991
Total: 36

Conference USA

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
23	Western Kentucky	2013	2012	2008	1971	1971
17	UTEP	2010	1992	1992	1966	1966	1966	1966
15	UAB	2015	2015	2004	1982
11	Charlotte	2005	2001	1977	1977	1977
11	Old Dominion	2011	2010
7	Middle Tennessee	2013	1989
5	Louisiana Tech	1991	1989	1985
5	Marshall	1987
4	Rice	1970	1954	1954
4	UTSA	2011	2011
3	Southern Miss	2012
3	North Texas	2010
1	Florida Atlantic	2002
1	Florida International	1995
Total: 110

Horizon League

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16
9	Valparaiso	2015	1998	1998
6	Detroit	2012	1999	1977
4	Milwaukee	2014	2006	2005
4	Green Bay	1996	1994
3	Oakland	2011	2005
3	UIC	2004
2	Cleveland State	2009	2009	1986
2	Wright State	2007
Total: 33

Ivy League

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final
24	Princeton	2011	1998	1967	1965	1965
23	Pennsylvania	2007	1994	1979	1979	1979
7	Dartmouth	1959	1958	1958	1958	1944	1944
5	Cornell	2010	2010	2010
5	Harvard	2015	2014
3	Columbia	1968	1968	1968
3	Yale	1962
2	Brown	1986
Total: 72

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8
10	Iona	2013	1980
8	Manhattan	2015	2004	1958
6	Siena	2010	2009
4	Canisius	1996	1957	1957	1956
4	Monmouth	2006	2006
3	Niagara	2007	2007	1970
3	Saint Peter's	2011
3	Fairfield	1997
3	Rider	1994
2	Marist	1987
Total: 46

Mid-American Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8
17	Miami (OH)	2007	1999	1999
13	Ohio	2012	2012	2012	1964
7	Ball State	2000	1990	1990
5	Kent State	2008	2002	2002	2002
4	Western Michigan	2014	1998	1976
4	Central Michigan	2003	2003	1975
4	Eastern Michigan	1998	1996	1991
4	Toledo	1980	1979	1979
4	Bowling Green	1968	1963	1963
4	Akron	2013
3	Northern Illinois	1996
1	Buffalo	2015
Total: 70

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win
10	North Carolina A&T	2013	2013
5	Hampton	2015	2015
5	South Carolina State	2003
4	Coppin State	2008	1997
3	Florida A&M	2007	2004
2	Morgan State	2010
2	Howard	1992
1	North Carolina Central	2014
1	Norfolk State	2012	2012
1	Delaware State	2005
Total: 34

Missouri Valley Conference

Bids	School	bids	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
12	Wichita State	2015	2015	2015	2013	2013
10	Southern Illinois	2007	2007	2007
8	Bradley	2006	2006	2006	1955	1954	1954
7	Northern Iowa	2015	2015	2010
6	Missouri State	1999	1999	1999
6	Illinois State	1998	1998
5	Loyola-Chicago	1985	1985	1985	1963	1963	1963	1963
5	Evansville	1999	1989
4	Indiana State	2011	2001	1979	1979	1979	1979
4	Drake	2008	1971	1971	1971	1969
Total: 67

Mountain West Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
20	UNLV	2013	2008	2007	1991	1991	1990	1990
20	Utah State	2011	2001	1970	1970
15	Wyoming	2015	2002	1987	1952	1943	1943	1943
15	New Mexico	2014	2012	1974
11	San Diego State	2015	2015	2014
10	Colorado State	2013	2013	1969	1969
7	Boise State	2015
6	Nevada	2007	2007	2004
5	Fresno State	2001	2001	1982
4	Air Force	2006
3	San Jose State	1996
Total: 116

Northeast Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win
8	Robert Morris	2015	2015
6	Long Island	2013
4	Mount Saint Mary's	2014	2008
4	Fairleigh Dickinson	2005
3	Central Connecticut State	2007
1	Wagner	2003
1	Saint Francis (PA)	1991
Total: 27

Ohio Valley Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16
15	Murray State	2012	2012
8	Eastern Kentucky	2014
7	Morehead State	2011	2011	1961
7	Belmont	2015
6	Austin Peay	2008	1987	1973
2	Eastern Illinois	2001
2	Tennessee State	1994
2	Tennessee Tech	1963
1	Southeast Missouri State	2000
Total: 50

Pac-12 Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
48	UCLA	2015	2015	2015	2008	2008	2006	1995
32	Arizona	2015	2015	2015	2015	2001	2001	1997
28	Utah	2015	2015	2015	1998	1998	1998	1944
18	California	2013	2013	1997	1960	1960	1960	1959
17	Stanford	2014	2014	2014	2001	1998	1942	1942
16	Southern California	2011	2009	2007	2001	1954
16	Washington	2011	2011	2010	1953	1953
16	Oregon State	1990	1982	1982	1982	1963
14	Arizona State	2014	2009	1995	1975
13	Oregon	2015	2015	2013	2007	1939	1939	1939
13	Colorado	2014	2012	1969	1963	1955
6	Washington State	2008	2008	2008	1941	1941	1941
Total: 237

Patriot League

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
12	Holy Cross	2007	1953	1953	1953	1948	1947	1947
11	Navy	1998	1986	1986	1986
7	Boston University	2011	1959	1959	1959
6	Bucknell	2013	2006
5	Lehigh	2012	2012
4	Lafayette	2015		1957
3	American	2014
2	Loyola (MD)	2012
2	Colgate	1996
Total: 52

Southeastern Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
54	Kentucky	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2014	2012
30	Arkansas	2015	2015	1996	1995	1995	1995	1994
26	Missouri	2013	2010	2009	2009
21	LSU	2015	2009	2006	2006	2006
20	Tennessee	2014	2014	2014	2010
20	Alabama	2012	2006	2004	2004
19	Florida	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014	2007	2007
13	Vanderbilt	2012	2012	2007	1965
12	Georgia	2015	2002	1996	1983	1983
12	Texas A&M	2011	2010	2007
10	Mississippi State	2009	2008	1996	1996	1996
8	Auburn	2003	2003	2003	1986
8	Mississippi	2015	2015	2001
8	South Carolina	2004	1973	1973
Total: 261

Southern Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8
10	Chattanooga	2009	1997	1997
9	East Tennessee State	2010	1992	1968
6	Furman	1980	1974	1974
4	Wofford	2015
3	VMI	1977	1977	1977	1976
3	Mercer	2014	2014
2	UNC Greensboro	2001
2	Samford	2000
1	Western Carolina	1996
Total: 40

Southland Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16
6	Lamar	2012	1983	1980
4	New Orleans	1996	1987
3	Stephen F. Austin	2015	2014
3	Northwestern State	2013	2006
2	Sam Houston State	2010
2	McNeese State	2002
2	Nicholls State	1998
1	Texas A&M-CC	2007
1	Southeastern Louisiana	2005
1	Houston Baptist	1984
Total: 25

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win
8	Southern	2013	1993
6	Alcorn State	2002	1984
6	Texas Southern	2015
5	Mississippi Valley State	2012
4	Alabama State	2011
3	Jackson State	2007
1	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2010	2010
1	Alabama A&M	2005
1	Prairie View A&M	1998
Total: 35

Sun Belt Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16 1984
10	Louisiana-Lafayette	2014	1992	1973
8	South Alabama	2008	1989
7	Louisiana-Monroe	1996
4	Arkansas-Little Rock	2011	1986
3	Georgia State	2015	2015
3	Georgia Southern	1992
2	Appalachian State	2000
2	Texas State	1997
1	Texas–Arlington	2008
1	Troy	2003
1	Arkansas State	1999
Total: 42

The Summit League

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8
5	Oral Roberts	2008	1974	1974	1974
3	North Dakota State	2015	2014
2	South Dakota State	2013
1	IUPUI	2003
Total: 11

West Coast Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship
29	BYU	2015	2012	2011	1981
18	Gonzaga	2015	2015	2015	2015
16	San Francisco	1998	1979	1979	1974	1957	1956	1956
13	Pepperdine	2002	2000	1976
11	Santa Clara	1996	1996	1970	1969	1952
9	Pacific	2013	2005	1971	1967
8	Saint Mary's (CA)	2013	2013	2010	1959
5	Loyola Marymount	1990	1990	1990	1990
4	San Diego	2008	2008
2	Portland	1996
Total: 115

Western Athletic Conference

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final
22	New Mexico State	2015	1993	1992	1970	1970
11	Seattle	1969	1964	1964	1958	1958	1958
Total: 33

Non Division I teams

These are schools which were once Division I programs but which have since either discontinued sponsorship of basketball or they have dropped down to a lower level of competition.

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last Championship	Current status
11	Oklahoma City	1973	1973	1965	1957				NAIA Division 1
6	NYU	1963	1963	1963	1960	1960	1945		NCAA Division III
3	Loyola (LA)	1958							NAIA Division 1
2	CCNY	1950	1950		1950	1950	1950	1950	NCAA Division III
2	Hardin-Simmons	1957							NCAA Division III
1	Wayne State (MI)	1956	1956	1956					NCAA Division II
1	Lebanon Valley	1953	1953	1953					NCAA Division III
1	Cal State LA	1974							NCAA Division II
1	Trinity (CT)	1969							NCAA Division III
1	West Texas A&M	1955							NCAA Division II
1	Williams	1955							NCAA Division III
1	Tufts	1945							NCAA Division III
1	Catholic	1944							NCAA Division III
1	Springfield	1940							NCAA Division III

Schools yet to receive bids

America East Conference - Hartford, Maine, New Hampshire, Stony Brook
- UMass Lowell moved from Division II in 2013 and is not eligible for an NCAA tournament bid until 2018.
Atlantic Sun Conference - Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, NJIT, South Carolina Upstate, Stetson
Big Sky Conference - North Dakota, Sacramento State
Big South Conference - Gardner-Webb, High Point, Longwood, Presbyterian
Big Ten Conference - Northwestern
Big West Conference - UC Davis, UC Riverside
Colonial Athletic Association - Elon, William & Mary
Horizon League - Youngstown State
- Northern Kentucky, which moved from Division II to the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2012 and joined the Horizon League in 2015, is not eligible for an NCAA tournament bid until 2017.
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference - Quinnipiac
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - Bethune-Cookman, Savannah State, UMES
Northeast Conference - Bryant, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn
Ohio Valley Conference - Jacksonville State, SIU Edwardsville, Tennessee-Martin
Patriot League - Army
Southern Conference - The Citadel
Southland Conference - Central Arkansas
- Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word moved from Division II in 2013 and are not eligible for NCAA tournament bids until 2018.
Southwestern Athletic Conference - Grambling
Summit League – Denver, IPFW, South Dakota, Western Illinois
- The 2015–16 season is the first in which Omaha is eligible for the NCAA tournament, following its transition from Division II.
Western Athletic Conference - Cal State Bakersfield, Chicago State, UMKC, Utah Valley, UTRGV
- UTRGV, formed by the July 2015 merger of NCAA Division I Texas-Pan American and NAIA member Texas–Brownsville, inherited the athletic program and basketball records of Texas–Pan American, which never made the NCAA tournament.
- Grand Canyon moved from Division II in 2013 and is not eligible for an NCAA tournament bid until 2018.

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