Bids By Conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-one cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 9 | Big East | Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s NY, West Virginia |
| 7 | Big 12 | Baylor, Iowa St., Kansas St., Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast | Duke, Florida St., Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami FL, North Carolina |
| 5 | Big Ten | Ohio St., Iowa, Michigan St., Penn St., Purdue |
| 4 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Vanderbilt |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Xavier, Dayton, Temple |
| 3 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona St., UCLA |
| 2 | Conference USA | UCF, Houston |
| 2 | Sun Belt | UALR, Middle Tenn. |
| 2 | Western Athletic | Fresno St., Louisiana Tech |
| 1 | America East | Hartford |
| 1 | Atlantic Sun | Stetson |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | Big South | Gardner-Webb |
| 1 | Big West | UC Davis |
| 1 | Colonial | James Madison |
| 1 | Horizon | Green Bay |
| 1 | Ivy | Princeton |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Marist |
| 1 | Mid- American | Bowling Green |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | UNI |
| 1 | Mountain West | Utah |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis PA |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | UT Martin |
| 1 | Patriot | Navy |
| 1 | Southern | Samford |
| 1 | Southland | McNeese St. |
| 1 | Southwestern | Prairie View |
| 1 | Summit | South Dakota St. |
| 1 | West Coast | Gonzaga |
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