🏀 The 2011-12 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 33 conferences · 68-team tournament

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2011-12 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Kentucky

38-21 seedFinal AP #1

Title gameKentucky 67, Kansas 59 (Apr 2)

Final FourKentuckyKansasOhio StateLouisville

The 2012 NCAA tournament

68 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

68-team field · 4 regions

First Four

14BYU78

14Iona72

West · Mar 13

16Mississippi Valley State58

16Western Kentucky59

South · Mar 13

12California54

12South Florida65

Midwest · Mar 14

16Lamar59

16Vermont71

Midwest · Mar 14

First Round

1North Carolina77

16Vermont58

8Creighton58

9Alabama57

5Temple44

12South Florida58

4Michigan60

13Ohio65

2Kansas65

15Detroit50

7St. Mary's69

10Purdue72

3Georgetown74

14Belmont59

6San Diego State65

11North Carolina State79

Second Round

1North Carolina87

8Creighton73

12South Florida56

13Ohio62

2Kansas63

10Purdue60

3Georgetown63

11North Carolina State66

Regional Semifinals

1North Carolina73

13Ohio65

2Kansas60

11North Carolina State57

Regional Finals

1North Carolina67

2Kansas80

Midwest region

First Round

1North Carolina77

16Vermont58

8Creighton58

9Alabama57

5Temple44

12South Florida58

4Michigan60

13Ohio65

2Kansas65

15Detroit50

7St. Mary's69

10Purdue72

3Georgetown74

14Belmont59

6San Diego State65

11North Carolina State79

Second Round

1North Carolina87

8Creighton73

12South Florida56

13Ohio62

2Kansas63

10Purdue60

3Georgetown63

11North Carolina State66

Regional Semifinals

1North Carolina73

13Ohio65

2Kansas60

11North Carolina State57

Regional Finals

1North Carolina67

2Kansas80

East region

First Round

1Syracuse72

16NC-Asheville65

8Kansas State70

9Southern Mississippi64

4Wisconsin73

13Montana49

5Vanderbilt79

12Harvard70

2Ohio State78

15Loyola (MD)59

7Gonzaga77

10West Virginia54

3Florida State66

14St. Bonaventure63

6Cincinnati65

11Texas59

Second Round

1Syracuse75

8Kansas State59

4Wisconsin60

5Vanderbilt57

2Ohio State73

7Gonzaga66

3Florida State56

6Cincinnati62

Regional Semifinals

1Syracuse64

4Wisconsin63

2Ohio State81

6Cincinnati66

Regional Finals

1Syracuse70

2Ohio State77

South region

First Round

1Kentucky81

16Western Kentucky66

8Iowa State77

9Connecticut64

4Indiana79

13New Mexico State66

5Wichita State59

12Virginia Commonwealth62

3Baylor68

14South Dakota State60

6UNLV64

11Colorado68

7Notre Dame63

10Xavier67

2Duke70

15Lehigh75

Second Round

1Kentucky87

8Iowa State71

4Indiana63

12Virginia Commonwealth61

3Baylor80

11Colorado63

10Xavier70

15Lehigh58

Regional Semifinals

1Kentucky102

4Indiana90

3Baylor75

10Xavier70

Regional Finals

1Kentucky82

3Baylor70

West region

First Round

1Michigan State89

16LIU-Brooklyn67

8Memphis54

9Saint Louis61

4Louisville69

13Davidson62

5New Mexico75

12Long Beach State68

3Marquette88

14BYU68

6Murray State58

11Colorado State41

7Florida71

10Virginia45

2Missouri84

15Norfolk State86

Second Round

1Michigan State65

9Saint Louis61

4Louisville59

5New Mexico56

3Marquette62

6Murray State53

7Florida84

15Norfolk State50

Regional Semifinals

1Michigan State44

4Louisville57

3Marquette58

7Florida68

Regional Finals

4Louisville72

7Florida68

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

2Kansas64

2Ohio State62

Midwest vs East · Mar 31

1Kentucky69

4Louisville61

South vs West · Mar 31

Championship game: Kentucky

1Kentucky67

2Kansas59

South vs Midwest · Apr 2

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 31 conference tournaments held in 2011-12.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
America East	Vermont 51-43, Mar 10	Stony Brook	51-43, Mar 10
Atlantic 10	St. Bonaventure 67-56, Mar 11	Xavier	67-56, Mar 11
Atlantic Coast	Florida State 85-82, Mar 11	North Carolina	85-82, Mar 11
Atlantic Sun	Belmont 83-69, Mar 3	Florida Gulf Coast	83-69, Mar 3
Big 12	Missouri 90-75, Mar 10	Baylor	90-75, Mar 10
Big East	Louisville 50-44, Mar 10	Cincinnati	50-44, Mar 10
Big Sky	Montana 85-66, Mar 7	Weber State	85-66, Mar 7
Big South	NC-Asheville 80-64, Mar 3	VMI	80-64, Mar 3
Big Ten	Michigan State 68-64, Mar 11	Ohio State	68-64, Mar 11
Big West	Long Beach State 77-64, Mar 10	UC Santa Barbara	77-64, Mar 10
Colonial	Virginia Commonwealth 59-56, Mar 5	Drexel	59-56, Mar 5
Conference USA	Memphis 83-57, Mar 10	Marshall	83-57, Mar 10
Great West	North Dakota 75-60, Mar 10	NJIT	75-60, Mar 10
Horizon	Detroit 70-50, Mar 6	Valparaiso	70-50, Mar 6
Metro Atlantic	Loyola (MD) 48-44, Mar 5	Fairfield	48-44, Mar 5
Mid-American	Ohio 64-63, Mar 10	Akron	64-63, Mar 10
Mid-Eastern	Norfolk State 73-70, Mar 10	Bethune-Cookman	73-70, Mar 10
Missouri Valley	Creighton 83-79, Mar 4	Illinois State	83-79, Mar 4
Mountain West	New Mexico 68-59, Mar 10	San Diego State	68-59, Mar 10
Northeast	LIU-Brooklyn 90-73, Mar 7	Robert Morris	90-73, Mar 7
Ohio Valley	Murray State 54-52, Mar 3	Tennessee State	54-52, Mar 3
Pacific-12	Colorado 53-51, Mar 10	Arizona	53-51, Mar 10
Patriot	Lehigh 82-77, Mar 7	Bucknell	82-77, Mar 7
Southeastern	Vanderbilt 71-64, Mar 11	Kentucky	71-64, Mar 11
Southern	Davidson 93-91, Mar 5	Western Carolina	93-91, Mar 5
Southland	Lamar 70-49, Mar 10	McNeese State	70-49, Mar 10
Southwestern Athletic	Mississippi Valley State 71-69, Mar 10	Texas Southern	71-69, Mar 10
Summit	South Dakota State 52-50, Mar 6	Western Illinois	52-50, Mar 6
Sun Belt	Western Kentucky 74-70, Mar 6	North Texas	74-70, Mar 6
West Coast	St. Mary's 78-74, Mar 5	Gonzaga	78-74, Mar 5
Western Athletic	New Mexico State 82-57, Mar 10	Louisiana Tech	82-57, Mar 10

The 2011-12 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov7	14	21	28	Dec5	12	19	26	Jan2	9	16	23	30	Feb6	13	20	27	Mar5	12
Kentucky	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Syracuse	5	5	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Missouri	25	24	21	13	10	10	9	8	7	9	5	2	4	4	3	3	7	5	3
North Carolina	1	1	1	5	4	5	5	5	3	3	8	7	5	5	8	7	6	4	4
Michigan State						21	19	16	10	6	9	10	9	11	7	6	5	8	5
Kansas	13	12	14	15	13	12	12	17	14	10	7	5	8	7	4	4	3	3	6
Ohio State	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	6	5	6	4	3	3	6	8	10	7	7
Duke	6	6	6	3	7	7	7	7	5	8	4	8	7	10	5	5	4	6	8
Baylor	12	11	9	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	3	6	6	6	9	13	9	12	9
Florida State		25	22									23	21	15	20	15	22	17	10
Marquette	22	21	16	16	11	11	10	14	20	25	21	17	15	18	12	10	8	9	11
Murray State						24	22	20	19	15	12	11	10	9	16	14	12	11	12
Michigan	18	17	15	14	20	20	20	18	16	13	20	20	23	22	17	11	13	10	13
Wisconsin	15	14	11	9	14	14	13	11	18			25	19	21	15	16	14	14	14
Georgetown					18	16	16	12	9	11	10	9	14	12	10	9	11	13	15
Indiana						18	17	13	12	7	11	16	20	23	18	23	18	15	16
Louisville	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	11	14	23			24	19	17	19		17
Wichita State															24	19	15	16	18
Creighton					19	25	23	21		23	19	15	13	17			25	19	19
Vanderbilt	7	18	18	20		25							25						20
New Mexico																18			21
San Diego State								25	24	22	16	13	17	13	13	24	21	18	22
UNLV				18			21	19	17	12	14	12	11	14	11	21	17	20	23
St. Mary's											24	21	18	16	21				24
Florida	8	7	10	10	12	13	11	10	13	19	17	14	12	8	14	12	16	22	25
Temple																22	23	21
Notre Dame															23	20	20	23
Gonzaga	23	22	19	19	23				25	21			24		24			24
Iowa State																		25
Virginia							24	23	21	16	15	19	16	19	22	25	24
Mississippi State			24	21	17	17	18	15	15	20	18	18	22	20
Harvard					25			24	22					25
Kansas State									23	18	25	22
Connecticut	4	4	4	8	9	9	8	9	8	17	13	24
Illinois					24	19	25				22
Seton Hall										24
Pittsburgh	10	9	17	17	15	15	15	22
Xavier	14	13	12	11	8	8	14
Texas A&M	20	19	25	25	22	22
Alabama	19	16	13	12	16	23
Memphis	11	10	8	22	21
Saint Louis				23
California	24	23	20	24
Arizona	16	15	23
Cincinnati	21	20
UCLA	17

Tap a rank to read it.

2012 final AP Top 25

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

2012 final AP Top 25AP

1Kentucky38-2
2Syracuse34-3
3Missouri30-5
4North Carolina32-6
5Michigan State29-8
6Kansas32-7
7Ohio State31-8
8Duke27-7
9Baylor30-8
10Florida State25-10
11Marquette27-8
12Murray State31-2
13Michigan24-10

14Wisconsin26-10
15Georgetown24-9
16Indiana27-9
17Louisville30-10
18Wichita State27-6
19Creighton29-6
20Vanderbilt25-11
21New Mexico28-7
22San Diego State26-8
23UNLV26-9
24St. Mary's27-6
25Florida26-11

2012 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

2012 standings by conference33 conferences

America East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Stony Brook	22-10	14-2	★
Vermont	24-12	13-3	🏆 16 seed
Boston University	16-16	12-4
Albany	19-15	9-7
New Hampshire	13-16	7-9
Hartford	9-22	7-9
Maine	12-17	6-10
MD-Baltimore County	4-26	3-13
Binghamton	2-29	1-15

Atlantic 1014 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Temple	24-8	13-3	★ 5 seed
Saint Louis	26-8	12-4	9 seed
Xavier	23-13	10-6	10 seed
St. Bonaventure	20-12	10-6	🏆 14 seed
Massachusetts	25-12	9-7
La Salle	21-13	9-7
Dayton	20-13	9-7
St. Joseph's	20-14	9-7
Duquesne	16-15	7-9
Richmond	16-16	7-9
Charlotte	13-17	5-11
George Washington	10-21	5-11
Rhode Island	7-24	4-12
Fordham	10-19	3-13

Atlantic Coast12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina	32-6	14-2	★ 1 seed AP 4
Duke	27-7	13-3	2 seed AP 8
Florida State	25-10	12-4	🏆 3 seed AP 10
Virginia	22-10	9-7	10 seed
North Carolina State	24-13	9-7	11 seed
Miami (FL)	20-13	9-7
Clemson	16-15	8-8
Maryland	17-15	6-10
Virginia Tech	16-17	4-12
Wake Forest	13-18	4-12
Georgia Tech	11-20	4-12
Boston College	9-22	4-12

Atlantic Sun10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Belmont	27-8	16-2	★ 🏆 14 seed
Mercer	27-11	13-5
SC-Upstate	21-13	13-5
East Tennessee State	17-14	10-8
North Florida	16-16	10-8
Florida Gulf Coast	15-17	8-10
Lipscomb	13-18	8-10
Stetson	9-20	6-12
Jacksonville	8-22	6-12
Kennesaw State	3-28	0-18

Big 1210 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	32-7	16-2	★ 2 seed AP 6
Missouri	30-5	14-4	🏆 2 seed AP 3
Baylor	30-8	12-6	3 seed AP 9
Iowa State	23-11	12-6	8 seed
Kansas State	22-11	10-8	8 seed
Texas	20-14	9-9	11 seed
Oklahoma State	15-18	7-11
Oklahoma	15-16	5-13
Texas A&M	14-18	4-14
Texas Tech	8-23	1-17

Big East16 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Syracuse	34-3	17-1	★ 1 seed AP 2
Marquette	27-8	14-4	3 seed AP 11
Notre Dame	22-12	13-5	7 seed
Georgetown	24-9	12-6	3 seed AP 15
Cincinnati	26-11	12-6	6 seed
South Florida	22-14	12-6	12 seed
Louisville	30-10	10-8	🏆 4 seed AP 17
West Virginia	19-14	9-9	10 seed
Seton Hall	21-13	8-10
Connecticut	20-14	8-10	9 seed
Rutgers	14-18	6-12
St. John's	13-19	6-12
Pittsburgh	22-17	5-13
Villanova	13-19	5-13
Providence	15-17	4-14
DePaul	12-19	3-15

Big Sky9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Montana	25-7	15-1	★ 🏆 13 seed
Weber State	25-7	14-2
Portland State	17-15	10-6
Eastern Washington	15-17	8-8
Montana State	12-17	7-9
Idaho State	9-21	7-9
Sacramento State	10-18	5-11
Northern Colorado	9-19	5-11
Northern Arizona	5-24	1-15

Big South11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
NC-Asheville	24-10	16-2	★ 🏆 16 seed
Coastal Carolina	19-12	12-6
Charleston Southern	19-12	11-7
Campbell	17-15	11-7
Liberty	14-18	9-9
VMI	17-16	8-10
Presbyterian	14-15	8-10
High Point	13-18	8-10
Winthrop	12-20	8-10
Gardner-Webb	12-20	6-12
Radford	6-26	2-16

Big Ten12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ohio State	31-8	13-5	★ 2 seed AP 7
Michigan State	29-8	13-5	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 5
Michigan	24-10	13-5	★ 4 seed AP 13
Wisconsin	26-10	12-6	4 seed AP 14
Indiana	27-9	11-7	4 seed AP 16
Purdue	22-13	10-8	10 seed
Northwestern	19-14	8-10
Iowa	18-17	8-10
Minnesota	23-15	6-12
Illinois	17-15	6-12
Nebraska	12-18	4-14
Penn State	12-20	4-14

Big West9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Long Beach State	25-9	15-1	★ 🏆 12 seed
CSU-Fullerton	21-10	12-4
UC Santa Barbara	20-11	12-4
Cal Poly-SLO	18-15	8-8
UC Riverside	14-17	7-9
UC Irvine	12-20	6-10
Pacific	11-19	6-10
CSU-Northridge	7-21	3-13
UC Davis	5-26	3-13

Colonial12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Drexel	29-7	16-2	★
Virginia Commonwealth	29-7	15-3	🏆 12 seed
George Mason	24-9	14-4
Old Dominion	22-14	13-5
Delaware	18-14	12-6
Georgia State	22-12	11-7
Northeastern	14-17	9-9
James Madison	12-20	5-13
NC-Wilmington	10-21	5-13
William & Mary	6-26	4-14
Hofstra	10-22	3-15
Towson	1-31	1-17

Conference USA12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Memphis	26-9	13-3	★ 🏆 8 seed
Southern Mississippi	25-9	11-5	9 seed
Central Florida	22-11	10-6
Tulsa	17-14	10-6
Marshall	21-14	9-7
UAB	15-16	9-7
Rice	19-16	8-8
Houston	15-15	7-9
UTEP	15-17	7-9
East Carolina	15-16	5-11
SMU	13-19	4-12
Tulane	15-16	3-13

Great West6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah Valley	20-13	9-1	★
North Dakota	17-15	6-4	🏆
NJIT	15-17	5-5
Texas-Pan American	11-21	5-5
Houston Baptist	10-20	3-7
Chicago State	4-26	2-8

Horizon10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Valparaiso	22-12	14-4	★
Cleveland State	22-11	12-6
Detroit	22-14	11-7	🏆 15 seed
Butler	22-15	11-7
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	20-14	11-7
Youngstown State	16-15	10-8
Wisconsin-Green Bay	15-15	10-8
Wright State	13-19	7-11
Illinois-Chicago	8-22	3-15
Loyola-Chicago	7-23	1-17

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Harvard	26-5	12-2	★ 12 seed
Pennsylvania	20-13	11-3
Princeton	20-12	10-4
Yale	19-10	9-5
Cornell	12-16	7-7
Columbia	15-15	4-10
Brown	8-23	2-12
Dartmouth	5-25	1-13

Metro Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Iona	25-8	15-3	★ 14 seed
Loyola (MD)	24-9	13-5	🏆 15 seed
Manhattan	21-13	12-6
Fairfield	22-15	12-6
Rider	13-19	10-8
Siena	14-17	8-10
Niagara	14-19	8-10
Marist	14-18	7-11
St. Peter's	5-26	4-14
Canisius	5-25	1-17

Mid-American12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Akron	22-12	13-3	★
Buffalo	20-11	12-4
Ohio	29-8	11-5	🏆 13 seed
Kent State	21-12	10-6
Bowling Green	16-16	9-7
Eastern Michigan	14-18	9-7	★
Toledo	19-17	7-9
Ball State	15-15	6-10
Western Michigan	14-20	6-10
Central Michigan	11-21	5-11
Miami (OH)	9-21	5-11
Northern Illinois	5-26	3-13

Mid-Eastern13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Savannah State	21-12	14-2	★
Norfolk State	26-10	13-3	🏆 15 seed
Delaware State	15-14	12-4
Bethune-Cookman	18-17	11-5
North Carolina Central	17-15	10-6
Coppin State	14-16	9-7
North Carolina A&T	12-20	7-9
Hampton	12-21	6-10
Howard	10-21	6-10
Morgan State	9-20	6-10
Florida A&M	10-23	6-10
MD-Eastern Shore	7-23	4-12
South Carolina State	5-26	0-16

Missouri Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wichita State	27-6	16-2	★ 5 seed AP 18
Creighton	29-6	14-4	🏆 8 seed AP 19
Illinois State	21-14	9-9
Northern Iowa	20-14	9-9
Drake	18-16	9-9
Evansville	16-16	9-9
Missouri State	16-16	9-9
Indiana State	18-15	8-10
Southern Illinois	8-23	5-13
Bradley	7-25	2-16

Mountain West8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
New Mexico	28-7	10-4	★ 🏆 5 seed AP 21
San Diego State	26-8	10-4	★ 6 seed AP 22
UNLV	26-9	9-5	6 seed AP 23
Colorado State	20-12	8-6	11 seed
TCU	18-15	7-7
Wyoming	21-12	6-8
Air Force	13-16	3-11
Boise State	13-17	3-11

Northeast12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
LIU-Brooklyn	25-9	16-2	★ 🏆 16 seed
Wagner	25-6	15-3
Robert Morris	26-11	13-5
St. Francis (NY)	15-15	12-6
Quinnipiac	18-14	10-8
Central Connecticut State	13-16	10-8
Monmouth	12-20	10-8
Sacred Heart	14-18	8-10
Mount St. Mary's	8-21	6-12
St. Francis (PA)	6-23	5-13
Fairleigh Dickinson	3-26	2-16
Bryant	2-28	1-17

Ohio Valley11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Murray State	31-2	15-1	★ 🏆 6 seed AP 12
Tennessee State	20-13	11-5
Morehead State	18-15	10-6
Tennessee Tech	19-14	9-7
SE Missouri State	15-16	9-7
Jacksonville State	15-18	8-8
Austin Peay	12-20	8-8
Eastern Kentucky	16-16	7-9
SIU-Edwardsville	10-17	6-10
Eastern Illinois	12-17	5-11
UT-Martin	4-27	0-16

Pacific-1212 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Washington	24-11	14-4	★
California	24-10	13-5	12 seed
Oregon	24-10	13-5
Arizona	23-12	12-6
Colorado	24-12	11-7	🏆 11 seed
UCLA	19-14	11-7
Stanford	26-11	10-8
Oregon State	21-15	7-11
Washington State	19-18	7-11
Arizona State	10-21	6-12
Utah	6-25	3-15
USC	6-26	1-17

Patriot8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Bucknell	25-10	12-2	★
Lehigh	27-8	11-3	🏆 15 seed
American	20-12	10-4
Holy Cross	15-14	9-5
Lafayette	13-18	7-7
Army	12-18	5-9
Colgate	8-22	2-12
Navy	3-26	0-14

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	38-2	16-0	★ 1 seed AP 1
Florida	26-11	10-6	7 seed AP 25
Vanderbilt	25-11	10-6	🏆 5 seed AP 20
Tennessee	19-15	10-6
Alabama	21-12	9-7	9 seed
Mississippi State	21-12	8-8
Mississippi	20-14	8-8
LSU	18-15	7-9
Arkansas	18-14	6-10
Auburn	15-16	5-11
Georgia	15-17	5-11
South Carolina	10-21	2-14

Southern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Davidson	25-8	16-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
Wofford	19-14	12-6
Georgia Southern	15-15	12-6
College of Charleston	19-12	10-8
NC-Greensboro	13-19	10-8	★
Elon	15-16	9-9
Western Carolina	17-18	8-10
Furman	15-16	8-10
Samford	11-19	8-10
Appalachian State	13-18	7-11
UT-Chattanooga	11-21	5-13
Citadel	6-24	3-15

Southland12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas-Arlington	24-9	15-1	★
Stephen F. Austin	20-12	12-4	★
Lamar	23-12	11-5	🏆 16 seed
TX-San Antonio	18-14	10-6
McNeese State	17-16	10-6
Northwestern State	16-16	8-8
Sam Houston State	13-19	7-9
Nicholls State	10-20	6-10
Texas State	13-17	5-11
SE Louisiana	12-17	5-11
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	6-24	4-12
Central Arkansas	8-21	3-13

Southwestern Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Mississippi Valley State	21-13	17-1	★ 🏆 16 seed
Southern	17-14	13-5
Texas Southern	15-18	12-6
Prairie View	14-18	10-8
Alabama State	12-19	9-9
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	11-22	9-9
Alcorn State	10-22	6-12
Alabama A&M	7-21	5-13
Jackson State	7-24	5-13
Grambling	4-24	4-14

Summit10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Oral Roberts	27-7	17-1	★
South Dakota State	27-8	15-3	🏆 14 seed
Oakland	20-16	11-7
North Dakota State	17-14	9-9
Western Illinois	18-15	9-9
Southern Utah	14-17	8-10
IUPUI	14-18	7-11
IPFW	11-19	5-13
South Dakota	10-18	5-13
UMKC	10-21	4-14

Sun Belt12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Middle Tennessee State	27-7	14-2	★
Arkansas-Little Rock	15-16	12-4	★
Denver	22-9	11-5
LA-Lafayette	16-16	10-6
North Texas	18-14	9-7
South Alabama	17-12	8-8
Western Kentucky	16-19	7-9	🏆 16 seed
Florida Atlantic	11-19	7-9
Arkansas State	14-20	6-10
Troy	10-18	5-11
Florida International	8-21	5-11
LA-Monroe	3-26	2-14

West Coast9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
St. Mary's	27-6	14-2	★ 🏆 7 seed AP 24
Gonzaga	26-7	13-3	7 seed
BYU	26-9	12-4	14 seed
Loyola Marymount	21-13	11-5
San Francisco	20-14	8-8
San Diego	13-18	7-9
Pepperdine	10-19	4-12
Portland	7-24	3-13
Santa Clara	8-22	0-16

Western Athletic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Nevada	28-7	13-1	★
New Mexico State	26-10	10-4	🏆 13 seed
Idaho	19-14	9-5
Utah State	21-16	8-6
Louisiana Tech	18-16	6-8
Hawaii	16-16	6-8
Fresno State	13-20	3-11
San Jose State	9-22	1-13

Independent3 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
CSU-Bakersfield	16-15
Seattle	12-15
Longwood	10-21

2012 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

2012 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Presbyterian 56, Cincinnati 54
Nov 19 · regular season · 3.7% win chance
Wagner 59, Pittsburgh 54
Dec 23 · regular season · 3.8% win chance
Binghamton 57, Vermont 53
Feb 21 · regular season · 4.2% win chance
LA-Monroe 78, LA-Lafayette 60
Feb 25 · regular season · 4.4% win chance
NC-Greensboro 73, College of Charleston 66
Jan 12 · regular season · 4.4% win chance
Lafayette 61, Penn State 57
Dec 7 · regular season · 4.5% win chance
Florida International 79, George Mason 76
Nov 14 · regular season · 4.7% win chance
Norfolk State 86, Missouri 84
Mar 16 · postseason · 5.2% win chance
Iowa 72, Wisconsin 65
Dec 31 · regular season · 5.3% win chance
Eastern Illinois 74, Tennessee Tech 57
Feb 9 · regular season · 6.1% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.