2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Qualifying Teams - Qualifying Teams - Automatic Bids

Automatic Bids

All automatic bids 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.

Automatic bids
Qualifying School Record (Conf.) Last app. Conference Finish Regular Season
Second Place		 Second Place
Record (Conf.)		 Finish
Cornell
21–9 (11–3)
2008
 Ivy League
1st
 Princeton
Yale
13–14 (8–6)
13–15 (8–6)
2nd
Qualifying School Record (Conf.) Last app. Conference
tournament		 Seed Conf. Finals
Runner-Up		 Runner-Up
Record (Conf.)		 Runner-Up
Seed
Radford
21–11 (15–3)
1998
 Big South
1
 VMI
24–8 (13–5)
2
East Tennessee State
23–10 (14–6)
2004
 Atlantic Sun
2
 Jacksonville
18–13 (15–5)
1
Morehead State
19–15 (13–6)
1984
 Ohio Valley
4
 Austin Peay
19–13 (13–6)
2
Northern Iowa
23–10 (14–4)
2006
 Missouri Valley
1
 Illinois State
24–9 (11–7)
3
Chattanooga
18–16 (11–9)
2005
 Southern
North 1
 Charleston
26–8 (15–5)
South 3
VCU
24–9 (14–4)
2007
 CAA
1
 George Mason
22–10 (13–5)
2
Gonzaga
26–5 (14–0)
2008
 West Coast
1
 Saint Mary's
26–6 (10–4)
2
Siena
26–7 (16–2)
2008
 MAAC
1
 Niagara
26–8 (14–4)
2
North Dakota State
26–6 (16–2)
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 Summit
1
 Oakland
22–12 (13–5)
3
Cleveland State
24–10 (12–6)
1986
 Horizon
3
 Butler
26–5 (15–3)
1
Western Kentucky
24–8 (15–3)
2008
 Sun Belt
1
 South Alabama
20–13 (10–8)
6
Robert Morris
24–10 (15–3)
1992
 Northeast
1
 Mount St. Mary's
19–13 (12–6)
2
Portland State
23–9 (11–5)
2008
 Big Sky
2
 Montana State
15–17 (6–10)
6
American
24–7 (13–1)
2008
 Patriot
1
 Holy Cross
18–14 (11–3)
2
Binghamton
23–8 (13–3)
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 America East
1
 UMBC
15–17 (7–9)
6
Memphis
31–3 (16–0)
2008
 C-USA
1
 Tulsa
24–10 (12–4)
2
Temple
22–11 (11–5)
2008
 Atlantic 10
4
 Duquesne
21–12 (9–7)
7
USC
21–12 (11–9)
2008
 Pac 10
6
 Arizona State
24–9 (13–7)
4
Missouri
28–6 (12–4)
2003
 Big 12
3
 Baylor
20–14 (5–11)
9
Utah
24–9 (14–4)
2005
 Mountain West
2
 San Diego State
23–9 (13–5)
4
Morgan State
23–11 (13–3)
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 MEAC
1
 Norfolk State
14–18 (9–7)
3
Akron
23–12 (10–6)
1986
 Mid-American
5
 Buffalo
21–11 (11–5)
3
Louisville
28–5 (16–2)
2008
 Big East
1
 Syracuse
26–9 (11–7)
6
Alabama State
22–9 (16–2)
2004
 SWAC
1
 Jackson State
18–15 (15–3)
2
Utah State
30–4 (14–2)
2006
 WAC
1
 Nevada
21–12 (11–5)
2
Cal State Northridge
17–13 (11–5)
2001
 Big West
1
 Pacific
19–12 (10–6)
3
Stephen F. Austin
24–7 (13–3)
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 Southland
1
 Texas-San Antonio
19–13 (8–8)
6
Duke
28–6 (11–5)
2008
 ACC
3
 Florida State
25–9 (10–6)
4
Mississippi State
23–12 (9–7)
2008
 SEC
West 3
 Tennessee
21–12 (10–6)
East 1
Purdue
25–9 (11–7)
2008
 Big Ten
3
 Ohio State
22–10 (10–8)
5

Historic notes:

  • North Dakota State is the first men's team in Division I or its predecessors to reach the NCAA Tournament in its first year of postseason eligibility since Southwestern Louisiana, now Louisiana-Lafayette, accomplished the feat in 1972.

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