2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Automatic qualifiers
The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid:

2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

Section Title: Automatic qualifiers
Table Section Text: The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid:

Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid

ACC	North Carolina	47th	2015

America East	Stony Brook	1st	Never

Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's	21st	2014

American	UConn	33rd	2014

Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast	2nd	2013

Big 12	Kansas	45th	2015

Big East	Seton Hall	10th	2006

Big Sky	Weber State	16th	2014

Big South	UNC Asheville	4th	2012

Big Ten	Michigan State	30th	2015

Big West	Hawaii	5th	2002

CAA	UNC Wilmington	5th	2006

C-USA	Middle Tennessee	8th	2013

Horizon	Green Bay	5th	1996

Ivy League	Yale	4th	1962

MAAC	Iona	11th	2013

MAC	Buffalo	2nd	2015

MEAC	Hampton	6th	2015

Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa	8th	2015

Mountain West	Fresno State	6th	2001

NEC	Fairleigh Dickinson	5th	2005

Ohio Valley	Austin Peay	6th	2008

Pac-12	Oregon	14th	2015

Patriot	Holy Cross	13th	2007

SEC	Kentucky	56th	2015

Southern	Chattanooga	11th	2009

Southland	Stephen F. Austin	4th	2015

SWAC	Southern	9th	2013

Summit League	South Dakota State	3rd	2013

Sun Belt	Little Rock	5th	2011

WCC	Gonzaga	19th	2015

WAC	Cal State Bakersfield	1st	Never

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Yale made its last NCAA Tournament appearance in 1962 and were winners of the Ivy League.

final_sentence: Yale made its last NCAA Tournament appearance in 1962 and were winners of the Ivy League.