The 172 teams that could have played in March Madness

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Sunday, March 15, 2020

On Thursday, the NCAA tournament was canceled. Had it gone forward, which teams were still in contention to make the tourney?



The list below includes all teams that were still playing in conference tournaments, any auto bids that had been earned, teams that were done in conference tourneys but were going to be at-large picks and any teams that had been eliminated from or had completed conference tourneys but were on the bubble, per Joe Lunardi's final Bracketology.



Note: Asterisk (*) denotes team that would have been IN, per Lunardi.



America East (2)



Hartford Hawks



Vermont Catamounts*



AAC (12)



Cincinnati Bearcats*



East Carolina Pirates



Houston Cougars*



Memphis Tigers(first four out)



South Florida Bulls



SMU Mustangs



Temple Owls



Tulane Green Wave



Tulsa Golden Hurricane(next four out)



UCF Knights



UConn Huskies



Wichita State Shockers(first four out)



Atlantic Sun (1)



Liberty Flames*



Atlantic 10 (12)



Davidson Wildcats



Dayton Flyers*



Duquesne Dukes



Fordham Rams



George Mason Patriots



La Salle Explorers



UMass Minutemen



Rhode Island Rams



Richmond Spiders*



St. Bonaventure Bonnies



Saint Louis Billikens



VCU Rams



ACC (8)



Clemson Tigers



Duke Blue Devils*



Florida State Seminoles*



Louisville Cardinals*



NC State Wolfpack*



Notre Dame Fighting Irish



Syracuse Orange



Virginia Cavaliers*



Big 12 (8)



Baylor Bears*



Kansas Jayhawks*



Kansas State Wildcats



Oklahoma Sooners*



Oklahoma State Cowboys



Texas Longhorns*



Texas Tech Red Raiders*



West Virginia Mountaineers*



Big East (9)



Butler Bulldogs



Creighton Bluejays*



DePaul Blue Demons



Marquette Golden Eagles*



Providence Friars*



St. John's Red Storm



Seton Hall Pirates*



Villanova Wildcats*



Xavier Musketeers(first four out)



Big Sky (8)



Eastern Washington Eagles*



Idaho State Bengals



Montana Grizzlies



Montana State Bobcats



Northern Colorado Bears



Portland State Vikings



Sacramento State Hornets



Southern Utah Thunderbirds



Big South (1)


Winthrop Eagles*



Big Ten (12)



Illinois Fighting Illini*



Indiana Hoosiers*



Iowa Hawkeyes*



Maryland Terrapins*



Michigan Wolverines*



Michigan State Spartans*



Minnesota Golden Gophers



Ohio State Buckeyes*



Penn State Nittany Lions*



Purdue Boilermakers(next four out)



Rutgers Scarlet Knights*



Wisconsin Badgers*



Big West (8)



Cal State Fullerton Titans



Cal State Northridge Matadors



Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors



Long Beach State 49ers



UC Davis Aggies



UC Irvine Anteaters*



UC Riverside Highlanders



UC Santa Barbara Gauchos



Colonial (1)



Hofstra Pride*



Conference USA (8)


Charlotte 49ers



Florida Atlantic Owls



Florida International Panthers



Louisiana Tech Bulldogs



Marshall Thundering Herd



North Texas Mean Green*



UAB Blazers



Western Kentucky Hilltoppers



Horizon (1)


Northern Kentucky Norse*



Ivy League (4)



Harvard Crimson



Penn Quakers



Princeton Tigers



Yale Bulldogs*



MAAC (6)



Monmouth Hawks



Niagara Purple Eagles



Quinnipiac Bobcats



Rider Broncs



Saint Peter's Peacocks



Siena Saints*



MAC (8)



Akron Zips*



Ball State Cardinals



Bowling Green Falcons



Kent State Golden Flashes



Miami (Ohio) RedHawks



Northern Illinois Huskies



Ohio Bobcats



Toledo Rockets



MEAC (8)



Bethune-Cookman Wildcats



Coppin State Eagles



Delaware State Hornets



Howard Bison



Morgan State Bears



Norfolk State Spartans



North Carolina A&T Aggies



North Carolina Central Eagles*



Missouri Valley (2)



Bradley Braves*



Northern Iowa Panthers(next four out)



Mountain West (2)



San Diego State Aztecs*



Utah State Aggies*



Northeast (1)



Robert Morris Colonials*



Ohio Valley (1)



Belmont Bruins*



Pac-12 (9)



Arizona Wildcats*



Arizona State Sun Devils*



California Golden Bears



Oregon Ducks*



Oregon State Beavers



Stanford Cardinal(first four out)



UCLA Bruins*



USC Trojans*



Washington State Cougars



Patriot League (1)



Boston University Terriers*



SEC (12)



Alabama Crimson Tide



Arkansas Razorbacks



Auburn Tigers*



Florida Gators*



Georgia Bulldogs



Kentucky Wildcats*



LSU Tigers*



Mississippi State Bulldogs(next four out)



Missouri Tigers



South Carolina Gamecocks



Tennessee Volunteers



Texas A&M Aggies



Southern (1)



East Tennessee State Buccaneers*



Southland (6)



Abilene Christian Wildcats



Lamar Cardinals



Nicholls Colonels



Northwestern State Demons



Sam Houston State Bearkats



Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks*



SWAC (4)



Jackson State Tigers



Prairie View A&M Panthers*



Southern Jaguars



Texas Southern Tigers



Summit League (1)



North Dakota State Bison*



Sun Belt (4)



Georgia Southern Eagles



Little Rock Trojans*



South Alabama Jaguars



Texas State Bobcats



West Coast (3)



BYU Cougars*



Gonzaga Bulldogs*



Saint Mary's Gaels*



WAC (8)



Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners



Chicago State Cougars



Grand Canyon Antelopes



Kansas City Roos



New Mexico State Aggies*



Seattle Redhawks



UTRGV Vaqueros



Utah Valley Wolverines



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