New Teams
Every Tournament in history has had at least one new tournament team. This year's new tournament teams are Stetson and Grambling State.
This will be the 7th time that Connecticut will be the opponent in a school's first tournament game.
- 1951 - St. John's 63 Connecticut 52 (Also Connecticut's first tournament game)
- 1956 - Connecticut 84 Manhattan 75
- 1957 - Syracuse 82 Connecticut 76
- 1959 - Boston 60 Connecticut 58
- 1976 - Connecticut 80 Hofstra 78
- 2006 - Connecticut 72 Albany 59
- 2024 - Connecticut vs. Stetson
New Coaches
There are 8 coaches who are coaching in the tournament for the first time.
- Mark Byington, James Madison
- Donald Copeland, Wagner
- Donte Jackson, Grambling State
- Donnie Jones, Stetson
- Matt Logie, Montana State
- Bashir Mason, Saint Peter's
- Bucky McMillan, Samford
- Kyle Smith, Washington State
Coach First Year with New Team
Ten coaches have coached in the tournament but are making their first appearance with their current team.
- Keith Dambrot, Duquesne (2009, 2011, 2013 - Akron)
- Todd Golden, Florida (2022 - San Francisco)
- Anthony Grant, Dayton (2007, 2009 - VCU; 2012 - Alabama)
- Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska (2012-15 - Iowa State)
- Steve Lutz, Western Kentucky (2022-23 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
- Grant McCasland, Texas Tech (2021 - North Texas)
- Lamont Paris, South Carolina (2022 - Chattanooga)
- Richard Pitino, New Mexico (2017, 2019 - Minnesota)
- Danny Sprinkle, Utah State (2022-23 - Montana State)
- Will Wade, McNeese (2016-17 - VCU; 2021 - LSU)
- Kansas 34
- Michigan State 26
- Gonzaga 25
- Purdue 9
- Houston 6
- Tennessee 6
- Baylor 5
- Colgate 5
- Alabama 4
- Connecticut 4
- Creighton 4
- Illinois 4
- San Diego State 4
- Texas 4
- Arizona 3
- Auburn 3
- Boise State 3
- Duke 3
- Iowa State 3
- Kentucky 3
- Marquette 3
- Montana State 3
- Saint Mary's 3
- TCU 3
- Vermont 3
Consecutive Appearances Snapped
- Iowa 4
- Arkansas 3
- Southern California 3
- Texas Southern 3
- UCLA 3
- Indiana 2
- Memphis 2
- Miami, Fla 2
- Providence 2
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2
- Duquesne 1977
- Samford 2000
- McNeese 2002
- Wagner 2003
- Washington State 2008
- Oakland 2011
- Long Beach State 2012
- James Madison 2013
- Western Kentucky 2013
- Nebraska 2014
- New Mexico 2014
Consecutive Top 4 Seeds
- #4 Kansas 23
- #1 Purdue 7
- #3 Baylor 4
- #2 Arizona 3
- #2 Tennessee 3
- #4 Alabama 2
- #1Connecticut 2
- #1 Houston 2
- #2 Marquette 2
Last Top 4 Seed (for those that weren't Top 4 last year)
- #3 Illinois (#4 in 2022)
- #3 Kentucky (#2 in 2022)
- #4 Auburn (#2 in 2022)
- #4 Duke (#2 in 2022)
- #1 North Carolina (#1 in 2019)
- #2 Iowa State (#4 in 2016)
- #3 Creighton (#3 in 2014)
Consecutive Top 4 Seeds Snapped
- Gonzaga 6
- UCLA 2
- North Carolina - 18th #1 Seed (63-12, 10 Final Fours, 5 National Championships)
- Connecticut - 6th #1 Seed (18-14, 2 Final Fours, 1 National Championship)
- Purdue - 5th #1 Seed (6-4, 1 Elite Eight - Lost in 1994)
- Houston - 3rd #1 Seed (6-2, 1 Final Four, Lost 1983 National Championship Game)
Other Seeds - Teams achieving best seeds in school history
- Iowa State - #2 (3rd Time - 2000 and 2001)
- Marquette - #2 (2nd Time - 2023)
- Tennessee - #2 (4th Time - 2006, 2008, and 2019)
- Creighton - #3 (2nd Time - 2014)
- Saint Mary's - #5 (3rd Time - 2022 and 2023)
- Utah State - #8 (2nd Time - 2019)
- Florida Atlantic - #8 (1st Time)
- Duquesne - #11 (1st Time)
- Grand Canyon - #12 (1st Time)
- McNeese - #12 (1st Time)
- Samford - #13 (2nd Time - 2000)
- Vermont - #13 (5th Time - 20045, 2017, 2019, and 2022)
- Colgate - #14 (3rd Time - 2021 and 2022)
- Grambling State - #16 (1st Time)
- Stetson - #16 (1st Time)
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