2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams
| 2025 qualifying teams | |
|---|---|
| Total teams | 68 |
| Automatic bids | 31 |
| At-large bids | 37 |
| Top seed | TBD |
| Champion | TBD |
«2024 2026» | |
This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams will be entered into the tournament. Thirty-one of the teams will qualify via automatic bids, usually earned by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 37 teams are going to be selected via "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Teams will be seeded from 1 to 16 within each of the four regionals, while the Selection Committee will also seed the entire field from 1 to 68.
Automatic bids
[edit]A total of 31 automatic bids to the tournament are granted to the below listed conferences, normally to the team that wins the conference's championship tournament.[1][2] Seeds listed reflect seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.
| Qualifying school | Record (Conf.) | Seed | Last app. | # of app. | Tournament | Runner-up | Record (Conf.) | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU Edwardsville | 22–11 (13–7) | 2 | Never | 1st | Ohio Valley | Southeast Missouri State | 21–12 (15–5) | 1 |
| High Point | 29–5 (15–2) | 1 | Never | 1st | Big South | Winthrop | 23–11 (11–5) | 3 |
| Lipscomb | 25–9 (14–4) | 1 | 2018 | 2nd | ASUN | North Alabama | 24–10 (14–4) | 2 |
| Drake | 30–3 (17–3) | 1 | 2024 | 8th | Missouri Valley | Bradley | 26–8 (15–5) | 2 |
| Omaha[a] | 22–12 (13–3) | 1 | Never | 1st | Summit League | St. Thomas[a] | 24–10 (12–4) | 2 |
| Wofford | 19–15 (10–8) | 6 | 2019 | 6th | SoCon | Furman | 25–9 (11–7) | 5 |
| Troy | 23–10 (13–5) | 3 | 2017 | 3rd | Sun Belt | Arkansas State | 24–10 (13–5) | 4 |
| Saint Francis | 16–17 (8–8) | 3 | 1991 | 2nd | Northeast | Central Connecticut | 25–7 (14–2) | 1 |
| Robert Morris | 26–8 (15–5) | 1 | 2015 | 9th | Horizon | Youngstown State | 21–13 (13–7) | 4 |
| UNC Wilmington | 27–7 (14–4) | 2 | 2017 | 7th | CAA | Delaware | 16–20 (5–13) | 12 |
| Gonzaga | 25–8 (14–4) | 2 | 2024 | 27th | WCC | Saint Mary's | 28–5 (17–1) | 1 |
At-large bids
[edit]37 at-large teams will be determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process.
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Bids by state
[edit]| Bids | State | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | Troy |
| 1 | Illinois | SIU Edwardsville |
| 1 | Iowa | Drake |
| 1 | Nebraska | Omaha |
| 2 | North Carolina | High Point, UNC Wilmington |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | Robert Morris, Saint Francis |
| 1 | Tennessee | Lipscomb |
| 1 | South Carolina | Wofford |
| 1 | Washington | Gonzaga |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tracking all 31 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2025 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
- ^ "Men's Champ Week: Conference tournament schedules, brackets, auto-bids". ESPN.com. March 6, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2025.