First Tournament

Three teams will be making their first tournament appearance.

• Buffalo
• Cal-Irvine
• North Florida

Ten coaches will be making their first tournament appearance.

• Bill Coen, Northeastern
• Matthew Driscoll, North Florida
• Jerod Hasse, UAB
• Jim Hayford, Eastern Washington
• Chris Holtmann, Butler
• Bobby Hurley, Buffalo
• David Richman, North Dakota State
• Larry Shyatt, Wyoming
• Andrew Toole, Robert Morris
• Russell Turner, Cal-Irvine

Six coaches that have been in the tournament before will be making their first tournament appearance with a new team.

• Mike Anderson, Arkansas (UAB - 2004-06; Missouri - 2009-11)
• Larry Brown, Southern Methodist (UCLA - 1980-81; Kansas - 1984-88)
• Ron Hunter, Georgia State (IUPUI - 2003)
• Johnny Jones, Louisiana State (North Texas - 2007, 2010)
• Larry Krystkowiak, Utah (Montana - 2005-06)
• Mark Turgeon, Maryland (Wichita State - 2006, Texas A&M - 2008-11)