Bids By Conference
Twenty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In eleven cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences (North Star, Big West) sent two representatives as an at-large team. Twenty-four additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 6 | SEC | Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 5 | Big Ten | Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue |
| 4 | ACC | Virginia, Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina State |
| 4 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, California, UCLA, Washington |
| 3 | Big East | Providence, Connecticut, Rutgers |
| 3 | Metro | Southern Miss, Florida State, South Carolina |
| 3 | Southwest | Texas, Arkansas, Texas Tech |
| 2 | Atlantic 10 | Penn State, Saint Joseph’s |
| 3 | Big West | UNLV, Hawaii, Long Beach State |
| 2 | North Star | DePaul, Northern Illinois |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Old Dominion, Western Kentucky |
| 1 | American South | Louisiana Tech |
| 1 | Big Eight | Oklahoma State |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | CAA | Richmond |
| 1 | Gateway | Southern Illinois |
| 1 | High Country | Utah |
| 1 | MAAC | Manhattan |
| 1 | Mid-American | Bowling Green |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech |
| 1 | Southern | Appalachian State |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
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