1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

1999 qualifying teams
Total teams	64
Automatic bids	30
At-large bids	34
Regional top seeds	Auburn (S), Connecticut (W), Duke (E), Michigan State (MW)
Champion	Connecticut
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
« 1998 2000 »

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. 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

Automatic bids

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	21–5 (13–1)		1995	Ivy League	Princeton	20–7 (11–3)
Stanford	25–6 (15–3)		1998	Pac-10	Arizona	22–6 (13–5)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	32–1 (16–0)	1	1998	ACC	North Carolina	24–9 (10–6)	3
Delaware	25–5 (15–3)	1	1998	America East	Drexel	20–9 (15–3)	2
Rhode Island	20–12 (10–6)	E2	1999	Atlantic 10	Temple	21–10 (13–3)	E1
Kansas	22–9 (11–5)	3	1998	Big 12	Oklahoma State	22–10 (10–6)	5
Connecticut	28–2 (16–2)	3	1998	Big East	St. John's	25–8 (14–4)	4
Weber State	25–7 (13–3)	1	1995	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	21–8 (12–4)	2
Winthrop	21–7 (9–1)	1	Never	Big South	Radford	20–8 (8–2)	2
Michigan State	29–5 (15–1)	1	1998	Big Ten	Illinois	14–18 (3–13)	11
New Mexico State	23–9 (12–4)	E2	1994	Big West	Boise State	21–8 (12–4)	E1
George Mason	19–10 (13–3)	1	1989	CAA	Old Dominion	24–8 (11–5)	2
UNC Charlotte	22–10 (10–6)	5	1998	C-USA	Louisville	19–10 (11–5)	2
Siena	25–5 (13–5)	2	1989	MAAC	Saint Peter's	14–15 (10–8)	5
Kent State	23–6 (13–5)	2	Never	MAC	Miami (OH)	22–7 (15–3)	1
Detroit	24–5 (12–2)	1	1998	MCC	Butler	22–10 (11–3)	2
Florida A&M	12–18 (8–11)	7	Never	MEAC	South Carolina State	17–12 (17–12)	1
Valparaiso	23–8 (10–4)	2	1998	Mid-Con	Oral Roberts	17–11 (10–4)	1
Creighton	22–8 (11–7)	2	1991	Missouri Valley	Evansville	23–9 (13–5)	1
Mount St. Mary's	15–14 (10–10)	6	1995	Northeast	Central Connecticut State	19–13 (11–8)	4
Murray State	27–5 (16–2)	1	1998	Ohio Valley	Southeast Missouri State	20–9 (15–3)	2
Lafayette	22–7 (10–2)	1	1957	Patriot	Bucknell	16–13 (9–3)	3
Kentucky	25–8 (11–5)	E2	1998	SEC	Arkansas	22–10 (9–7)	W2
College of Charleston	28–2 (16–0)	1S	1997	Southern	Appalachian State	21–8 (13–3)	1N
UTSA	18–10 (12–6)	2	1988	Southland	Texas State	19–9 (13–5)	1
Arkansas State	18–1 (9–5)	2	Never	Sun Belt	Western Kentucky	13–16 (7–7)	5
Alcorn State	23–6 (14–2)	1	1984	SWAC	Southern	21–7 (13–3)	2
Samford	24–5 (15–1)	1	Never	TAAC	UCF	13–3 (19–10)	2
Utah	27–4 (14–0)	P1	1998	WAC	New Mexico	24–8 (9–5)	P2
Gonzaga	25–6 (12–2)	1	1995	West Coast	Santa Clara	14–15 (8–6)	4

At-large bids

School	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Arizona	Pac-10	18th	1998
Arkansas	SEC	24th	1998
Auburn	SEC	5th	1988
Cincinnati	C-USA	18th	1998
Evansville	MVC	5th	1993
Florida	SEC	6th	1995
George Washington	Atlantic 10	7th	1998
Indiana	Big Ten	28th	1998
Iowa	Big Ten	19th	1997
Louisville	C-USA	28th	1998
Maryland	ACC	16th	1998
Miami (FL)	Big East	2nd	1960
Miami (OH)	MAC	16th	1997
Minnesota	Big Ten	8th	1997
Missouri	Big 12	17th	1998
New Mexico	WAC	10th	1998
North Carolina	ACC	33rd	1998
Ohio State	Big Ten	19th	1992
Oklahoma	Big 12	18th	1998
Oklahoma State	Big 12	16th	1998
Ole Miss	SEC	4th	1998
Purdue	Big Ten	18th	1998
SW Missouri State	MVC	6th	1992
St. John's	Big East	25th	1998
Syracuse	Big East	25th	1998
Temple	Atlantic 10	23rd	1998
Tennessee	SEC	11th	1998
Texas	Big 12	17th	1998
Tulsa	WAC	11th	1997
UAB	C-USA	10th	1994
UCLA	Pac-10	35th	1998
Villanova	Big East	25th	1997
Washington	Pac-10	10th	1998
Wisconsin	Big Ten	5th	1997

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Duke ACC 32–1 Automatic 2 Miami (FL) Big East 22–6 At-Large 3 Cincinnati Conference USA 26–5 At-Large 4 Tennessee SEC 20–8 At-Large 5 Wisconsin Big Ten 22–9 At-Large 6 Temple Atlantic 10 21–10 At-Large 7 Texas Big 12 19–12 At-Large 8 College of Charleston Southern 28–2 Automatic 9 Tulsa WAC 22–9 At-Large 10 Purdue Big Ten 19–12 At-Large 11 Kent State Mid-American 23–6 Automatic 12 Southwest Missouri State Missouri Valley 20–10 At-Large 13 Delaware America East 25–5 Automatic 14 George Mason CAA 19–10 Automatic 15 Lafayette Patriot 22–7 Automatic 16 Florida A&M MEAC 12–18 Automatic

South Regional – Thompson–Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Auburn SEC 27–3 At-Large 2 Maryland ACC 26–5 At-Large 3 St. John's Big East 25–8 At-Large 4 Ohio State (vacated) Big Ten 23–8 At-Large 5 UCLA (vacated) Pac-10 22–8 At-Large 6 Indiana Big Ten 22–10 At-Large 7 Louisville Conference USA 19–10 At-Large 8 Syracuse Big East 21–11 At-Large 9 Oklahoma State Big 12 22–10 At-Large 10 Creighton Missouri Valley 21–8 Automatic 11 George Washington Atlantic 10 20–8 At-Large 12 Detroit MCC 24–5 Automatic 13 Murray State Ohio Valley 27–5 Automatic 14 Samford TAAC 24–5 Automatic 15 Valparaiso Mid-Continent 23–8 Automatic 16 Winthrop Big South 17–13 Automatic

Midwest Regional – Trans World Dome, St. Louis, Missouri Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Michigan State Big Ten 29–4 Automatic 2 Utah WAC 27–4 Automatic 3 Kentucky SEC 25–8 Automatic 4 Arizona (vacated) Pac-10 22–6 At-Large 5 UNC Charlotte Conference USA 22–10 Automatic 6 Kansas Big 12 22–9 Automatic 7 Washington Pac-10 17–11 At-Large 8 Villanova Big East 21–10 At-Large 9 Ole Miss SEC 19–13 At-Large 10 Miami (OH) MAC 22–7 At-Large 11 Evansville Missouri Valley 23–9 At-Large 12 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 20–10 Automatic 13 Oklahoma Big 12 20–10 At-Large 14 New Mexico State Big West 23–9 Automatic 15 Arkansas State Sun Belt 18–11 Automatic 16 Mount St. Mary's NEC 15–14 Automatic

West Regional – America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Connecticut Big East 28–2 Automatic 2 Stanford Pac-10 25–6 Automatic 3 North Carolina ACC 24–9 At-Large 4 Arkansas SEC 22–10 At-Large 5 Iowa Big Ten 18–9 At-Large 6 Florida SEC 20–8 At-Large 7 Minnesota Big Ten 17–10 At-Large 8 Missouri Big 12 20–8 At-Large 9 New Mexico WAC 24–8 At-Large 10 Gonzaga West Coast 25–6 Automatic 11 Penn Ivy League 21–5 Automatic 12 UAB Conference USA 20–11 At-Large 13 Siena MAAC 25–5 Automatic 14 Weber State Big Sky 24–7 Automatic 15 Alcorn State SWAC 23–6 Automatic 16 UTSA Southland 18–10 Automatic

East Regional – East Rutherford Seed School Radio Play-by-play Color commentator Studio host 1 Midwest Regional – St. Louis Seed School Radio Play-by-play Color commentator Studio host 1
South Regional – Knoxville Seed School Radio Play-by-play Color commentator Studio host 1	West Regional – Phoenix Seed School Radio Play-by-play Color commentator Studio host 1 Connecticut WTIC–AM 1080 (Connecticut) Joe D'Ambrosio Wayne Norman

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference	Schools
7	Big Ten	Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
6	SEC	Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee
5	Big 12	Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
	Big East	Connecticut, Miami (FL), St. John's, Syracuse, Villanova
4	C-USA	Cincinnati, Louisville, UAB, UNC Charlotte
	Pac-10	Arizona, Stanford, UCLA, Washington
3	ACC	Duke, Maryland, North Carolina
	Atlantic 10	George Washington, Rhode Island, Temple
	Missouri Valley	Creighton, Evansville, Southwest Missouri State
	WAC	New Mexico, Tulsa, Utah
2	MAC	Kent State, Miami (OH)
1	19 other conferences

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
4	Indiana	Evansville, Indiana, Purdue, Valparaiso
	Ohio	Cincinnati, Kent State, Miami (OH), Ohio State
3	Alabama	Auburn, Samford, UAB
	Florida	Florida, Florida A&M, Miami (FL)
	Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky, Murray State
	New York	Siena, St. John's, Syracuse
	North Carolina	Duke, North Carolina, UNC Charlotte
	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa
	Pennsylvania	Lafayette, Penn, Temple
2	Arizona	Arizona, Northern Arizona
	Arkansas	Arkansas, Arkansas State
	California	Stanford, UCLA
	Maryland	Maryland, Mount St. Mary's
	Michigan	Detroit, Michigan State
	Mississippi	Alcorn State, Ole Miss
	Missouri	Missouri, Southwest Missouri State
	New Mexico	New Mexico, New Mexico State
	South Carolina	College of Charleston, Winthrop
	Texas	Texas, UTSA
	Utah	Utah, Weber State
	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
	Delaware	Delaware
	Iowa	Iowa
	Kansas	Kansas
	Minnesota	Minnesota
	Nebraska	Creighton
	Rhode Island	Rhode Island
	Tennessee	Tennessee
	Virginia	George Mason
	Washington, D.C.	George Washington
	Wisconsin	Wisconsin