This is a list of schools who field men's basketball teams in Division I of the

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(NCAA) in the United States. By definition, all schools in this grouping have varsity

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teams. All of the listed schools also field women's basketball teams except for The Citadel and VMI, both military colleges that were all-male until the 1990s and remain overwhelmingly male today. There are 352 schools that are full members of 32 Division I basketball conferences or independent, plus ten more that are in transition from

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...

and one also in transition from

NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...

, and are members of Division I conferences. Another current Division I school has announced a planned transition to Division III in 2023–24. Basketball conference affiliations represents those of the 2022–23 NCAA basketball season.

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is the only state without a Division I basketball program, but they do have two Division II programs: the Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves and the

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