Teams by State — 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

This blog post lists the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament (Championship) teams by State and District of Columbia.

States are listed in order of number of teams, then alphabetically. For each state, the number of teams from that state in the tournament are listed after the state in parentheses.

Abbreviations in parentheses {example: (APPST)} are abbreviations used by the CBS Sports NCAA Bracket. Abbreviations in brackets {example: [UIUC]} are not used by CBS Sports, but are commonly used by the universities themselves.

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Texas (7)  Abilene Christian University, Baylor University, Texas Southern University (TXSO), Texas Tech University, University of Houston [UH], University of North Texas [UNT], The University of Texas at Austin

Virginia (5)  Liberty University, Norfolk State University (NORF), University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Virginia Tech

California (4)  San Diego State University [SDSU], University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), University of Southern California (USC)

New York (4)  Colgate University, Iona College, St. Bonaventure University, Syracuse University

North Carolina (3)  Appalachian State University (APPST), University of North Carolina [UNC], University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)

Ohio (3)  Cleveland State University, The Ohio State University [OSU], Ohio University

Oklahoma (3)  Oklahoma State University, Oral Roberts University, University of Oklahoma

Connecticut (2)  University of Connecticut [UCONN], University of Hartford

Florida (2)  Florida State University, University of Florida

Illinois (2)  Loyola University Chicago [LUC], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [UIUC]

Iowa (2)  Drake University (DRKE), University of Iowa

Kansas (2)  University of Kansas, Wichita State University (WICH)

Maryland (2)  Mount St. Mary's University (MTSM), University of Maryland

Michigan (2)  Michigan State University (MSU), University of Michigan

Oregon (2)  Oregon State University [OSU], University of Oregon

Pennsylvania (2)  Drexel University, Villanova University

South Carolina (2)  Clemson University, Winthrop University

Utah (2)  Brigham Young University (BYU), Utah State University

Washington (2)  East Washington University, Gonzaga University

The remaining states and Washington, D.C. have one university each in the tournament.

Alabama  University of Alabama

Arizona  Grand Canyon University

Arkansas  University of Arkansas

Colorado  University of Colorado at Boulder

Georgia  Georgia Institute of Technology

Indiana  Purdue University

Kentucky  Morehead State University [MSU]

Louisiana  Louisiana State University (LSU)

Missouri  University of Missouri

Nebraska  Creighton University

New Jersey  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey [RU]

Tennessee  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Washington, D.C.  Georgetown University

West Virginia  West Virginia University

Wisconsin  University of Wisconsin—Madison