2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2000 qualifying teams
2000 qualifying teams
Total teams	64
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	33
Regional top seeds	Arizona (W), Duke (E), Michigan State (MW), Stanford (S)
Champion	Michigan State
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This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.^[1] A total of 64 teams entered the tournament. Twenty-nine of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bids of the Ivy League and Pacific-10, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to their regular season champion. The remaining 33 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 64, which was not disclosed.

Qualifying teams[edit]

Automatic bids[edit]

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League and Pac-10 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	21–7 (14–0)		1998	Ivy League	Princeton	19–10 (11–3)
Arizona	26–6 (15–3)		1999	Pac-10^[2]	Stanford	26–3 (15–3)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	27–4 (15–1)	1	1999	ACC^[3]	North Carolina	18–13 (9–7)	4
Hofstra	24–6 (16–2)	1	1977	America East	Maine	24–7 (15–3)	2
Temple	26–5 (14–2)	E1	1999	Atlantic 10	St. Bonaventure	21–9 (11–5)	E2
Iowa State	29–4 (14–2)	1	1997	Big 12^[4]	Oklahoma	26–6 (12–4)	3
St. John's	24–7 (12–4)	3	1999	Big East	Connecticut	24–9 (10–6)	4
Northern Arizona	20–10 (11–5)	3	1998	Big Sky	Cal State Northridge	20–9 (10–6)	4
Winthrop	21–8 (11–3)	2	1999	Big South	UNC Asheville	11–18 (7–7)	3
Michigan State	26–7 (13–3)	1	1999	Big Ten	Illinois	21–9 (11–5)	3
Utah State	28–5 (16–0)	E1	1998	Big West	New Mexico State	22–9 (11–5)	E2
UNC Wilmington	18–12 (8–8)	4	Never	CAA	Richmond	18–12 (11–5)	3
Saint Louis	19–13 (7–9)	9	1998	C-USA	DePaul	21–11 (9–7)	3
Iona	20–10 (13–5)	2	1998	MAAC	Siena	24–9 (15–3)	1
Ball State	22–8 (11–7)	2	1995	MAC	Miami (OH)	15–15 (8–10)	9
Butler	23–7 (12–2)	1	1998	MCC	Detroit	20–12 (8–6)	3
South Carolina State	20–13 (14–4)	1	1998	MEAC^[5]	Coppin State	15–15 (13–5)	2
Valparaiso	19–12 (10–6)	1	1999	Mid-Con	Southern Utah	16–13 (10–6)	2
Creighton	23–9 (11–7)	4	1999	Missouri Valley	SW Missouri State	23–11 (13–5)	2
UNLV	23–8 (10–4)	1	1998	Mountain West	New Mexico	22–11 (7–7)	6
Central Connecticut State	21–9 (15–5)	2	Never	Northeast	Robert Morris	18–12 (13–5)	3
Southeast Missouri State	24–6 (14–4)	2	Never	Ohio Valley^[6]	Murray State	23–9 (14–4)	1
Lafayette	24–6 (11–1)	2	1999	Patriot	Navy	23–6 (11–1)	1
Arkansas	19–14 (7–9)	W3	1999	SEC	Auburn	23–9 (9–7)	W2
Appalachian State	19–11 (10–6)	1N	1979	Southern	College of Charleston	24–6 (13–3)	1S
Lamar	15–15 (8–10)	7	1983	Southland	Northwestern State	17–13 (11–7)	4
Louisiana–Lafayette	25–8 (13–3)	2	1994	Sun Belt	South Alabama	20–10 (13–3)	1
Jackson State	17–15 (10–8)	1	1997	SWAC	Southern	18–11 (14–4)	2
Samford	21–10 (12–6)	3	1999	TAAC	UCF	14–18 (10–8)	5
Fresno State	24–9 (11–3)	2	1984	WAC	Tulsa	29–4 (12–2)	1
Gonzaga	24–8 (11–3)	2	1999	West Coast	Pepperdine	24–8 (12–2)	1

At-large bids[edit]

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Auburn	SEC	7th	1999
Cincinnati	C-USA	19th	1999
Connecticut	Big East	22nd	1999
Dayton	Atlantic 10	11th	1990
DePaul	C-USA	21st	1992
Florida	SEC	7th	1999
Illinois	Big Ten	20th	1998
Indiana	Big Ten	29th	1999
Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2nd	1979
Kansas	Big 12	29th	1999
Kentucky	SEC	42nd	1999
Louisville	C-USA	29th	1999
LSU	SEC	16th	1993
Maryland	ACC	17th	1999
Miami (FL)	Big East	4th	1999
Missouri	Big 12	18th	1999
North Carolina	ACC	34th	1999
Ohio State	Big Ten	20th	1999
Oklahoma	Big 12	19th	1999
Oklahoma State	Big 12	17th	1999
Oregon	Pac-10	6th	1995
Pepperdine	WCC	12th	1994
Purdue	Big Ten	19th	1999
Seton Hall	Big East	7th	1993
St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	5th	1978
Stanford	Pac-10	9th	1999
Syracuse	Big East	26th	1999
Tennessee	SEC	12th	1999
Texas	Big 12	18th	1999
Tulsa	WAC	12th	1999
UCLA	Pac-10	36th	1999
Utah	MWC	22nd	1999
Wisconsin	Big Ten	6th	1999

Listed by region and seeding[edit]

East Regional – Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Duke	ACC	28–4	Automatic
2	Temple	Atlantic 10	26–5	Automatic
3	Oklahoma State	Big 12	24–6	At-Large
4	Illinois	Big Ten	21–9	At-Large
5	Florida	SEC	24–7	At-Large
6	Indiana	Big Ten	20–8	At-Large
7	Oregon	Pac-10	22–7	At-Large
8	Kansas	Big 12	23–9	At-Large
9	DePaul	Conference USA	21–10	At-Large
10	Seton Hall	Big East	20–9	At-Large
11	Pepperdine	West Coast	24–8	At-Large
12	Butler	MCC	23–7	Automatic
13	Penn	Ivy League	21–7	Automatic
14	Hofstra	America East	24–6	Automatic
15	Lafayette	Patriot	24–6	Automatic
16	Lamar	Southland	15–15	Automatic

Midwest Regional – The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Michigan State	Big Ten	26–7	Automatic
2	Iowa State	Big 12	29–4	Automatic
3	Maryland	ACC	24–9	At-Large
4	Syracuse	Big East	24–5	At-Large
5	Kentucky	SEC	22–9	At-Large
6	UCLA	Pac-10	19–11	At-Large
7	Auburn	SEC	23–9	At-Large
8	Utah	Mountain West	22–8	At-Large
9	Saint Louis	Conference USA	19–13	Automatic
10	Creighton	Missouri Valley	23–9	Automatic
11	Ball State	MAC	22–8	Automatic
12	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	21–9	At-Large
13	Samford	TAAC	21–10	Automatic
14	Iona	MAAC	20–10	Automatic
15	Central Connecticut State	Northeast	25–5	Automatic
16	Valparaiso	Mid-Continent	19–12	Automatic

South Regional – Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Stanford	Pac-10	26–3	At-Large
2	Cincinnati	Conference USA	28–3	At-Large
3	Ohio State (vacated)	Big Ten	22–6	At-Large
4	Tennessee	SEC	24–6	At-Large
5	Connecticut	Big East	24–9	At-Large
6	Miami (FL)	Big East	21–10	At-Large
7	Tulsa	WAC	29–4	At-Large
8	North Carolina	ACC	18–13	At-Large
9	Missouri	Big 12	18–12	At-Large
10	UNLV	Mountain West	20–9	At-Large
11	Arkansas	SEC	19–14	Automatic
12	Utah State	Big West	28–5	Automatic
13	Louisiana-Lafayette	Sun Belt	25–8	Automatic
14	Appalachian State	Southern	23–8	Automatic
15	UNC Wilmington	CAA	18–12	Automatic
16	South Carolina State	MEAC	20–13	Automatic

West Regional – The Pit, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Arizona	Pac-10	26–6	Automatic
2	St. John's	Big East	24–7	Automatic
3	Oklahoma	Big 12	26–6	At-Large
4	LSU	SEC	26–5	At-Large
5	Texas	Big 12	23–8	At-Large
6	Purdue	Big Ten	21–9	At-Large
7	Louisville	Conference USA	19–11	At-Large
8	Wisconsin	Big Ten	18–13	At-Large
9	Fresno State (vacated)	WAC	24–9	Automatic
10	Gonzaga	West Coast	24–8	Automatic
11	Dayton	Atlantic 10	22–8	At-Large
12	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	22–9	At-Large
13	Southeast Missouri State	Ohio Valley	22–6	Automatic
14	Winthrop	Big South	21–8	Automatic
15	Northern Arizona	Big Sky	20–10	Automatic
16	Jackson State	SWAC	17–15	Automatic

Bids by conference[edit]

Bids	Conference	Schools
6	Big Ten	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
	Big 12	Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
	SEC	Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee
5	Big East	Connecticut, Miami (FL), Seton Hall, St. John's, Syracuse
4	C-USA	Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Saint Louis
4	Pac-10	Arizona, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA
3	ACC	Duke, Maryland, North Carolina
3	Atlantic 10	Dayton, St. Bonaventure, Temple
2	Missouri Valley	Creighton, Indiana State
	Mountain West	UNLV, Utah
	WAC	Fresno State, Tulsa
	WCC	Gonzaga, Pepperdine
1	19 other conferences

Bids by state[edit]

Bids	State	School(s)
6	Indiana	Ball State, Butler, Indiana, Indiana State, Purdue, Valparaiso
5	New York	Hofstra, Iona, St. Bonaventure, St. John's, Syracuse
4	California	Fresno State, Pepperdine, Stanford, UCLA
4	North Carolina	Appalachian State, Duke, North Carolina, UNC Wilmington
3	Missouri	Missouri, Saint Louis, Southeast Missouri State
	Ohio	Cincinnati, Dayton, Ohio State
	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa
	Pennsylvania	Lafayette, Penn, Temple
2	Alabama	Auburn, Samford
	Arizona	Arizona, Northern Arizona
	Connecticut	Central Connecticut State, Connecticut
	Florida	Florida, Miami (FL)
	Illinois	DePaul, Illinois
	Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky
	Louisiana	Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana State
	South Carolina	South Carolina State, Winthrop
	Texas	Lamar, Texas
	Utah	Utah, Utah State
1	Arkansas	Arkansas
	Iowa	Iowa State
	Kansas	Kansas
	Maryland	Maryland
	Michigan	Michigan State
	Mississippi	Jackson State
	Nebraska	Creighton
	New Jersey	Seton Hall
	Nevada	UNLV
	Oregon	Oregon
	Tennessee	Tennessee
	Washington	Gonzaga
	Wisconsin	Wisconsin

References[edit]

^ "2000 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, rounds". NCAA.com. May 8, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12.org. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
^ "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 108. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
^ "2000 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

[1] "2000 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, rounds". NCAA.com. May 8, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2023.

[2] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12.org. Retrieved July 15, 2023.

[3] "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 108. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2023.

[4] "2000 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

[5] "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

[6] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

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