Bids By Conference
Thirty conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-four additional at-large teams were selected from eleven of the conferences.
Bids | Conference | Teams |
6 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Vanderbilt |
5 | Atlantic Coast | North Carolina, Clemson, Duke, North Carolina St., Virginia |
5 | Big Ten | Purdue, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin |
5 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, Washington |
5 | Western Athletic | New Mexico, Colorado St., Hawaii, SMU, Utah |
4 | Big 12 | Texas Tech, Iowa St., Kansas, Nebraska |
4 | Big East | Connecticut, Miami, Notre Dame, Rutgers |
4 | Conference USA | Memphis, Louisville, Marquette, Tulane |
3 | Atlantic 10 | Virginia Tech, George Washington, Massachusetts |
2 | Missouri Valley | Drake, Missouri St. |
2 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Tech, Western Ky. |
1 | America East | Maine |
1 | Big Sky | Montana |
1 | Big South | Liberty |
1 | Big West | UC Santa Barb. |
1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
1 | Horizon | Green Bay |
1 | Ivy | Harvard |
1 | Metro Atlantic | Fairfield |
1 | Mid-American | Kent St. |
1 | Mid-Continent | Youngstown St. |
1 | Mid-Eastern | Howard |
1 | Northeast | St. Francis |
1 | Ohio Valley | Middle Tenn. |
1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
1 | Southern | UNC Greensboro |
1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
1 | Southwestern | Grambling |
1 | Trans America | FIU |
1 | West Coast | Santa Clara |
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