1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

1999 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
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This is a list of qualifying teams in the 1999 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

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^[2]	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^[3]	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^[4]	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^[5]	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^[6]	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
5	Big East	Connecticut, Miami (FL), St. John's, Syracuse, Villanova
4	C-USA	Cincinnati, Louisville, UAB, UNC Charlotte
4	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
4	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

References

^ "1999 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, rounds". NCAA.com. May 7, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12.org. Retrieved July 16, 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 16, 2023.
^ "2000 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
^ "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] "1999 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, rounds". NCAA.com. May 7, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

[2] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12.org. Retrieved July 16, 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 16, 2023.

[4] "2000 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

[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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