Bids By Conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-two cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from nine of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 7 | Big East | Villanova, Boston College, Connecticut, Miami Fla., Notre Dame, Rutgers, Virginia Tech |
| 7 | Southeastern | LSU, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi St., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 6 | Big Ten | Purdue, Illinois, Michigan St., Minnesota, Ohio St., Penn St. |
| 5 | Big 12 | Texas, Colorado, Kansas St., Oklahoma, Texas Tech |
| 5 | Conference USA | TCU, Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Tulane |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast | Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Virginia |
| 3 | Mountain West | New Mexico, BYU, Utah |
| 3 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona, Washington |
| 2 | Atlantic 10 | George Washington, Xavier |
| 1 | America East | Boston U. |
| 1 | Atlantic Sun | Georgia St. |
| 1 | Big Sky | Weber St.. |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Santa Barb. |
| 1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Horizon | Green Bay |
| 1 | Ivy | Harvard |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Manhattan |
| 1 | Mid-American | Western Mich. |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Valparaiso |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis Pa. |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | Chattanooga |
| 1 | Southland | Texas St. |
| 1 | Southwestern | Alabama St. |
| 1 | Sun Belt | Western Ky. |
| 1 | West Coast | Pepperdine |
| 1 | Western Athletic | Louisiana Tech |
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