Welcome to the 2023-2024 HOOPS HD NCAA Tournament Survival Board. This is the list of teams that mathematically have a chance to make the NCAA tournament and thus (in theory) win the national championship. It will be updated regularly as teams get eliminated.
Bellarmine (ASun), Tarleton (WAC), UC-San Diego (Big West) and Utah Tech (WAC) are fourth year transitional teams that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2024-25. St. Thomas (Summit League) is a third year transitional team that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2026-27 due to their transition being 5 years (D3 to D1) instead of the normal 4. Lindenwood (OVC), Queens (ASun), Southern Indiana (OVC), Stonehill (NEC) and Texas A&M-Commerce (Southland) are second year transitional teams that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament in 2026-27. Le Moyne (NEC) is a first year transitional team that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2027-28.
There are also two programs no longer in Division 1; Hartford (Independent) is transitioning down to Division 3 and Saint Francis-Brooklyn (NEC) has eliminated athletics altogether.
LAST UPDATE: March 18, 2024, 2:20 PM Eastern
68 TEAMS REMAIN!!
LEGEND:
Locks: This team is considered a lock for at least an at-large bid. This means that either the team has clinched an automatic bid or, even if the teams loses every game left on its schedule, it will still make the field through an at-large bid. Automatic Bid winners are listed in bold and all caps.
Under Consideration: This team, despite not winning an automatic bid yet, is at least under consideration (on the bubble) for an at-large bid. This means that if the team wins every game remaining on its schedule until the conference tournament final, it may get consideration for an at-large bid.
Auto-Bid Only: This team can only make the tournament via an automatic bid.
Eliminated: This team cannot make the NCAA Tournament or has been eliminated during same. This includes teams that are ineligible for postseason play as well as those that have been eliminated from contention for their conference’s automatic bid and will not be able to earn an at-large bid.
TEAMS:
ACC (5): Locks — Clemson, Duke, NC STATE, North Carolina, Virginia; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
AMERICA EAST (1): Locks — VERMONT; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Albany, Binghamton, Bryant, Maine, New Hampshire, Njit, Umass-Lowell, Umbc
AMERICAN ATHLETIC (2): Locks — Florida Atlantic, UAB; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Charlotte, East Carolina, Memphis, North Texas, Rice, Smu, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, Utsa, Wichita State
ASUN (1): Locks — STETSON; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, North Alabama, North Florida, Queens
ATLANTIC TEN (2): Locks — Dayton, DUQUESNE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Davidson, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Loyola-Chicago, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, Saint Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis, Vcu
BIG TWELVE (8): Locks — Baylor, Byu, Houston, IOWA STATE, Kansas, Tcu, Texas, Texas Tech; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Central Florida, Cincinnati, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
BIG EAST (3): Locks — CONNECTICUT, Creighton, Marquette; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Butler, DePaul, Georgetown, Providence, Saint John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier
BIG SKY (1): Locks — MONTANA STATE; Under Consideration –None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Eastern Washington, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sacramento State, Weber State
BIG SOUTH (1): Locks — LONGWOOD; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Presbyterian, Radford, UNC-Asheville, USC-Upstate, Winthrop
BIG TEN (6): Locks — ILLINOIS, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
BIG WEST (1): Locks — LONG BEACH STATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Cal Poly, Cal State-Bakersfield, Cal State-Fullerton, Cal State-Northridge, Hawai’i, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, UC-San Diego, UC-Santa Barbara
COASTAL (1): Locks — CHARLESTON; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Campbell, Delaware, Drexel, Elon, Hampton, Hofstra, Monmouth, North Carolina A&T, Northeastern, Stony Brook, Towson, UNC-Wilmington, William & Mary
CONFERENCE USA (1): Locks — WESTERN KENTUCKY; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Florida International, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, Utep
HORIZON LEAGUE (1): Locks — OAKLAND; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Green Bay, Iupui, Milwaukee, Northern Kentucky, Purdue-Fort Wayne, Robert Morris, Wright State, Youngstown State
IVY LEAGUE (1): Locks — YALE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton
MEAC (1): Locks — HOWARD; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Coppin State, Delaware State, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina Central, South Carolina State
METRO ATLANTIC (1): Locks — SAINT PETER’S; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan, Marist, Mount Saint Mary’s, Niagara, Quinnipiac, Rider, Siena
MID-AMERICAN (1): Locks — AKRON; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami-Ohio, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan
MISSOURI VALLEY (1): Locks — DRAKE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Belmont, Bradley, Evansville, Illinois-Chicago, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Murray State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso
MOUNTAIN WEST (6): Locks — Boise State, Nevada, NEW MEXICO, San Diego State, Utah State; Under Consideration — Colorado State; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Air Force, Fresno State, San Jose State, Unlv, Wyoming
NORTHEAST (1): Locks — WAGNER; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Le Moyne, Long Island, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis-Pennsylvania, Stonehill
OHIO VALLEY (1): Locks — MOREHEAD STATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Little Rock, SIU Edwardsville, Southeast Missouri State, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT-Martin, Western Illinois
PAC 12 (4): Locks — Arizona, Colorado, OREGON, Washington State; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Arizona State, California, Oregon State, Stanford, Ucla, Usc, Utah, Washington
PATRIOT LEAGUE (1): Locks — COLGATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — American, Army-West Point, Boston University, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola-Maryland, Navy
SEC (8): Locks — Alabama, AUBURN, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana State, Missouri, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt
SOUTHERN (1): Locks — SAMFORD; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Furman, Mercer, The Citadel, UNC-Greensboro, Western Carolina, Wofford, Vmi
SOUTHLAND (1): Locks — MCNEESE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, New Orleans, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
SUMMIT LEAGUE (1): Locks — SOUTH DAKOTA STATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Denver, Kansas City, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, Saint Thomas, South Dakota
SUN BELT (1): Locks — JAMES MADISON; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall, Old Dominion, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas State, Troy
SWAC (1): Locks — GRAMBLING; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Prairie View A&M, Southern, Texas Southern
WAC (1): Locks — GRAND CANYON; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Abilene Christian, California Baptist, Seattle, Southern Utah, Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton, Texas-Arlington, Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Utah Tech, Utah Valley
WEST COAST (2): Locks — Gonzaga, SAINT MARY’S; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, San Diego, Santa Clara
INDEPENDENTS (0): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Chicago State
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