NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament bids by school and conference
Bids by conference -- Non-Division I teams
Table:
Bids	School	Last bid	Current status

11	Oklahoma City	1973	NAIA Division I

6	NYU	1963	NCAA Division III

3	Loyola ( LA )	1958	NAIA Division I

2	CCNY	1950	NCAA Division III

2	Hardin-Simmons	1957	NCAA Division III

1	Wayne State ( MI )	1956	NCAA Division II

1	Lebanon Valley	1953	NCAA Division III

1	Cal State LA	1974	NCAA Division II

1	Trinity ( TX )	1969	NCAA Division III

1	West Texas A & M	1955	NCAA Division II

1	Williams	1955	NCAA Division III

1	Tufts	1945	NCAA Division III

1	Catholic	1944	NCAA Division III

1	Springfield	1940	NCAA Division III

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The Oklahoma City Stars men 's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Oklahoma City University ( OCU ) in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , United States . The school 's team currently competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference . Oklahoma City competed in NCAA Division I for many years , and the program was especially noted for its success under coaches Doyle Parrack ( 1950-1955 ) and his successor Abe Lemons ( 1955-1973 and 1984-1990 ) . OCU appeared in eleven NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball tournaments . In 1985 , the school moved from the NCAA to the NAIA and has since won six national championships .
The 1973 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA University Division ( now Division I , created later in 1973 ) college basketball . It began on Saturday , March 10 , and ended with the championship game on Monday , March 26 , in St. Louis , Missouri . A total of 29 games were played , including a third place game in each region and a national third place game . Led by longtime head coach John Wooden , the UCLA Bruins won their seventh consecutive national title with an 87-66 victory in the final game over Memphis State , coached by Gene Bartow , a future head coach at UCLA . Junior center Bill Walton of UCLA was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player . This was the first year that the championship game was held on a Monday night , with Saturday semifinals . Previously , the championship game was on Saturday , with the semifinals on either Thursday or Friday . Also , this was the first year matchups in the semifinals rotated ; previously , it was East vs. Mideast and West vs. Midwest every year .
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) is a college athletics association for small colleges and universities in North America . For the 2018-2019 season , it has 251 member institutions , of which two are in British Columbia , one in the U.S. Virgin Islands , and the rest in the conterminous United States . The NAIA , whose headquarters is in Kansas City , Missouri , sponsors 26 national championships . The CBS Sports Network , formerly called CSTV , serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA . In 2014 , ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship .
NYU Violets is the nickname of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University . The school colors are purple and white . Although officially known as the Violets , the school mascot is a bobcat . The Violets compete as a member of NCAA Division III in the University Athletic Association conference . The university sponsors 23 varsity sports , as well as club teams and intramural sports .
The 1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States . It began on March 9 , 1963 , and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Louisville , Kentucky . A total of 29 games were played , including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game . Loyola University Chicago , coached by George Ireland , won the national title with a 60-58 overtime victory in the final game , over the University of Cincinnati , coached by Ed Jucker . Art Heyman , of Duke University , was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player . This tournament marked the last time that a city was host to two straight Final Fours .
The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) [ a ] is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletes from 1,268 North American institutions and conferences . It also organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada , and helps more than 480,000 college student-athletes who compete annually in college sports . The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis , Indiana . In its 2016-17 fiscal year the NCAA took in $ 1.06 billion in revenue , over 82% of which was generated by the Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament . In August 1973 , the current three-division system of Division I , Division II , and Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention . Under NCAA rules , Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport . Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships . Generally , larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III . Division I football was further divided into I-A and I-AA in 1978 . Subsequently , the term Division I-AAA was briefly added to delineate Division I schools which do not field a football program at all , but that term is no longer officially used by the NCAA . In 2006 , Divisions I-A and I-AA were respectively renamed the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) and Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) . Controversially , the NCAA severely caps the benefits that collegiate athletes can receive from their schools .
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The City College of the City University of New York ( City College of New York , or simply City College , CCNY , or City ) is a public senior college of the City University of New York ( CUNY ) system in New York City . Founded in 1847 , City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States . It is the oldest of CUNY 's 24 institutions of higher learning , and is considered its flagship college . Located in Hamilton Heights overlooking Harlem in Manhattan , City College 's 35-acre ( 14 ha ) Collegiate Gothic campus spans Convent Avenue from 130th to 141st Streets . It was initially designed by renowned architect George B . Post , and many of its buildings have achieved landmark status . The college has graduated ten Nobel Prize winners , one Fields Medalist , one Turing Award winner , three Pulitzer Prize winners , and three Rhodes Scholars . Among these alumni , the latest is a Bronx native , John O'Keefe ( 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine ) . City College 's satellite campus City College Downtown in the Cunard Building at 25 Broadway has been in operation since 1981 . It specializes in degree programs for working adults . Other primacies at City College that helped shape the culture of American higher education include the first student government in the nation ( Academic Senate , 1867 ) ; the first national fraternity to accept members without regard to religion , race , color or creed ( Delta Sigma Phi , 1899 ) ; the first degree-granting evening program ( School of Education , 1907 ) ; and , with the objective of racially integrating the college dormitories , the first general strike at a municipal institution of higher learning led by students ( 1949 ) .
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Lebanon Valley College ( LVC , Lebanon Valley , or The Valley ) is a private college in Annville , Pennsylvania .
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The Trinity Tigers is the nickname for the sports teams of Trinity University in San Antonio , Texas . They participate in the NCAA 's Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference ( SCAC ) . The school mascot is LeeRoy , a Bengal tiger . In the 1950s , LeeRoy was an actual tiger who was brought to sporting events , but today LeeRoy is portrayed by a student wearing a tiger suit . Early in its history , the school participated in Division I/II athletics , but by 1991 the entire program made the move to Division III , at which time it joined the SCAC . Trinity fields strong teams , evidenced by its finishes in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ( NACDA ) Learfield Directors ' Cup , which recognizes the strength of athletic programs by division . Since the Directors ' Cup inception in 1995 , Trinity has finished in the top 10 on five occasions out of over 400 Division Ill programs ; it finished 31st in 2017-18 . In recent years , Trinity has reached the national Division III playoffs in several sports , including football ( national runners-up , 2002 ) , women 's basketball ( 2003 national champions ) , volleyball ( second place in 1999 ; third place in 2019 ) , baseball ( national champion in 2016 ) , women 's cross country , men 's and women 's track and field , and men 's and women 's soccer ( men 's team won the national title in 2003 and placed second in 2007 ; women placed second in 2013 ) . In 2011-12 , the Trinity sports program reclaimed Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference President 's Trophy , awarded to the school in the conference that has the best overall sports record for the year , for the first time in seven seasons ; as of 2017 , the school has won the President 's Trophy every year since . Prior to that drought the Tigers had won the award eleven out of the preceding twelve seasons . In addition to team success , individual Trinity student-athletes have won a number of championships over the years which are detailed below . Club sports include men 's and women 's Lacrosse , Water Polo , and Trap and Skeet .
The 1969 NCAA University Division Men 's Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball . It began on March 8 , 1969 , and ended with the championship game on March 22 in Louisville , Kentucky . Including consolation games in each of the regions and an overall consolation game , a total of 29 games were played . UCLA , coached by John Wooden , won the national title with a 92-72 victory in the final game over Purdue , coached by George King . Lew Alcindor of UCLA was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player . In the game , John Vallely , the Money Man , scored 22 points and Alcindor had 37 points , to give UCLA a win over Purdue , which is Wooden 's alma mater . Purdue was hampered due to injuries to starting point guard Billy Keller and forward Herm Gilliam ; Purdue had also lost 7 ' 0 center Chuck Bavis to a broken collarbone during the Mideast Regionals against Miami , ( OH ) . In earlier matchups , Bavis had provided an ample challenge to Alcindor . Wooden was an All-American guard for the Boilermakers from 1928 to 1932 .
The West Texas A & M Buffaloes , also known as the WTAMU Buffaloes or WT Buffaloes , and formerly West Texas State Buffaloes and WTSU Buffaloes , are the athletic teams that represent West Texas A & M University , located in Canyon , Texas , in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports . The Buffaloes , colloquially known as the Buffs ( men ) and Lady Buffs ( women ) , compete as members of the Lone Star Conference for all 14 varsity sports . West Texas A & M was a member of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1941-1961 . The football team won a conference championship in 1950 . The Buffs were members of the Missouri Valley Conference from 1972-1985 .
The 1955 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball . It began on March 8 , 1955 , and ended with the championship game on March 19 in Kansas City , Missouri . A total of 28 games were played , including a third place game in each region and a national third place game . San Francisco , coached by Phil Woolpert , won the national title with a 77-63 victory in the final game over La Salle , coached by Ken Loeffler . Bill Russell of San Francisco was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player .
The Williams Ephs are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of Williams College in Williamstown , Massachusetts . The school sponsors 32 varsity sports , most of which compete in the Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference ( NESCAC ) . The school 's men 's and women 's ski teams and men 's and women 's squash teams compete in Division I . The Ephs ' nickname ( which rhymes with chiefs ) is a shortened form of the name of Ephraim Williams , the college 's founder . The Ephs ' mascot is a purple cow , and their colors are purple and gold . The school 's athletic director is Lisa Melendy . Williams , along with fellow NESCAC members Amherst and Wesleyan , is part of the Little Three rivalry , one of the oldest continually contested rivalries in college athletics . It dates to 1899 , when the three schools formed the Triangular League for athletic competitions . Today , the majority of the three schools ' sports contest the Little Three championship , in which the school with the best record in games among the three is awarded the Little Three title for its sport . Williams 's rivalry with Amherst is particularly heated , dating back to 1821 , when then-Williams president Zephaniah Swift Moore abandoned Williams to found Amherst College . The football game played between the two is known as the Biggest Little Game in America and hosted College GameDay in 2007 . Williams frequently won the NACDA Directors ' Cup , an annual award for the most successful athletic program in each NCAA division .
Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville , Massachusetts . A charter member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference ( NESCAC ) , Tufts College was founded in 1852 by Christian universalists who worked for years to open a nonsectarian institution of higher learning . It was a small New England liberal arts college until its transformation into a larger research university in the 1970s . Tufts emphasizes active citizenship and public service in all its disciplines , and is known for its internationalism and study abroad programs . Tufts offers over 90 undergraduate and 160 graduate programs across ten schools in the greater Boston area and Talloires , France . It has the country 's oldest graduate school of international relations , the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy . The largest school is the School of Arts and Sciences , which includes both the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University , which is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . The School of Engineering offers an entrepreneurial focus through its Gordon Institute and maintains close connections with the original college . The university has a campus in Downtown Boston that houses the medical , dental , and nutrition schools , as well as the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , affiliated with several medical centers in the area . Tufts offers joint undergraduate degree programs with the New England Conservatory , and the Sciences Po Paris with additional programs with the University of Paris , University of Oxford and constituents of the University of London . Several of its programs have affiliations with the nearby institutions of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Tufts is consistently ranked among the 30 best secondary schools in the country , and is highly selective , admitting only 15% of applicants as of fall 2018 .
The 1945 NCAA Basketball Tournament was an eight-team single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men 's National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) college basketball . It began on March 22 , 1945 , and ended with the championship game on March 27 in New York City . A total of nine games were played , including a third place game in each region . Oklahoma A & M , coached by Henry Iba , won the national title with a 49-45 victory in the final game over NYU , coached by Howard Cann . Bob Kurland of Oklahoma A & M was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player .
The Catholic University of America 's intercollegiate sports teams are called the Cardinals ( after the bird northern cardinal ) , and they compete in the NCAA 's Division III . They are members of the Landmark Conference , the New England Women 's and Men 's Athletic Conference ( football ) and the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference ( rowing ) . The team colors are red ( PMS 1805 ) and black . Catholic celebrates Homecoming in the fall to coincide with a home football game .
The 1944 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball . It began on March 24 , 1944 , and ended with the championship game on March 28 in New York City . A total of 9 games were played , including a third place game in each region . Utah , coached by Vadal Peterson , won the national title with a 42-40 victory in the final game over Dartmouth , coached by Earl Brown . Arnie Ferrin of Utah was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player . Utah became the first team to play in both the NIT and NCAA tournament in the same season . Utah was given a second chance to play in the NCAA Tournament after a March 1944 automobile accident killed a coaching aide and seriously injured two players on the Arkansas team . Utah 's star was Wataru Misaka , who later joined the New York Knicks to become the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball .
Springfield College is a private college in Springfield , Massachusetts . The institution confers undergraduate and graduate degrees . Known as the birthplace of basketball , the sport was invented there in 1891 by Canadian-American graduate student James Naismith . The college 's philosophy of humanics calls for the education of the whole person - in spirit , mind , and body - for leadership in service to others . It is symbolized by a balanced inverted triangle .
The 1940 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball . It began on March 20 , 1940 , and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Kansas City , Missouri . A total of 8 games were played , including a single third place game in the West region . Indiana , coached by Branch McCracken , won the tournament title with a 60-42 victory in the final game over Kansas , coached by Phog Allen . Marvin Huffman of Indiana was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player .