2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Automatic qualifiers
The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2012 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

Section Title: Automatic qualifiers
Table Section Text: The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2012 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Conference	School	Appearance	Last bid

America East	Vermont	5th	2010

Atlantic 10	St. Bonaventure	6th	2000

ACC	Florida State	14th	2011

Atlantic Sun	Belmont	5th	2011

Big 12	Missouri	25th	2011

Big East	Louisville	38th	2011

Big Sky	Montana	9th	2010

Big South	UNC Asheville	3rd	2011

Big Ten	Michigan State	26th	2011

Big West	Long Beach State	6th	2007

Colonial	VCU	12th	2011

C-USA	Memphis	24th	2011

Horizon	Detroit	6th	1999

Ivy League	Harvard	2nd	1946

MAAC	Loyola (MD)	2nd	1994

MAC	Ohio	12th	2010

MEAC	Norfolk State	1st	Never

Missouri Valley	Creighton	17th	2007

Mountain West	New Mexico	13th	2010

Northeast	Long Island	5th	2011

Ohio Valley	Murray State	15th	2010

Pac-12	Colorado	11th	2003

Patriot	Lehigh	5th	2010

SEC	Vanderbilt	13th	2011

Southern	Davidson	11th	2008

Southland	Lamar	6th	2000

SWAC	Mississippi Valley State	5th	2008

Summit	South Dakota State	1st	Never

Sun Belt	Western Kentucky	22nd	2009

West Coast	Saint Mary's	7th	2010

WAC	New Mexico State	19th	2010

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Ivy League champion Harvard made its first appearance in 1946.

final_sentence: Ivy League champion Harvard made its first appearance in 1946.