Qualifying and selection procedure 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
out of 336 eligible division teams, 68 participate in tournament. of total, 15 division teams ineligible due failing meet apr requirements, self-imposed postseason bans, or reclassification lower division.
of 32 automatic bids, 31 given programs won conference tournaments. final time, ivy league awarded ncaa tournament bid team best regular-season record , did not hold tournament (unless playoffs games needed resolve tied champions). ivy league hold postseason tournament first time after 2016–17 ivy league season. remaining 36 bids granted on at-large basis, extended ncaa selection committee teams deems best 36 teams did not receive automatic bids.
eight teams—the 4 lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers , 4 lowest-seeded at-large teams—played in first 4 (the successor had been popularly known play-in games through 2010 tournament). winners of these games advanced first round (round of 64). selection committee seeded entire field 1 68.
automatic qualifiers
the following teams automatic qualifiers 2016 ncaa field virtue of winning conference s automatic bid:
tournament seeds
*see first four
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