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This year’s 68-team version of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament has a few new members, a few that have not visited in the past decade, and a lot of the same faces. In fact, of the 68 teams, exactly half (34) played in the tourney last year.

Here’s a quick look at the 34 teams that did not play in the 2011 tournament and when they last appeared in the event.

Last appearance in NCAA men’s tournament, teams

First appearance in tournament: South Dakota State, Norfolk State

1946: Harvard

1991: Southern Mississippi

1992: South Florida

1994: Loyola (Md.)

1999: Detroit

2000: St. Louis, St. Bonaventure, Lamar

2003: Colorado, Colorado St.

2005: Iowa State

2006: Wichita State, Iona, Alabama, North Carolina State

2007: Virginia, Long Beach State, Creighton

2008: Indiana, Mississippi Valley State, Davidson

2009: Western Kentucky

2010: Baylor, New Mexico State, Lehigh, New Mexico, Murray State, Montana, St. Mary’s, California, Ohio, Vermont