Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | 1Q | Duke | Bill E. Foster | Runner Up | Kentucky | L 94-88 |
| East | 3Q | Furman | Joe Williams | Round of 32 | Indiana | L 63-62 |
| East | 1L | Indiana | Bob Knight | Sweet Sixteen | Villanova | L 61-60 |
| East | 4L | La Salle | Paul Westhead | Round of 32 | Villanova | L 103-97 |
| East | 4Q | Penn | Bob Weinhauer | Sweet Sixteen | Duke | L 84-80 |
| East | 3L | Rhode Island | Jack Kraft | Round of 32 | Duke | L 63-62 |
| East | 2L | St. Bonaventure | Jim Satalin | Round of 32 | Penn | L 92-83 |
| East | 2Q | Villanova | Rollie Massimino | Regional Runner-up | Duke | L 90-72 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | 4L | Florida State | Hugh Durham | Round of 32 | Kentucky | L 85-76 |
| Mideast | 2Q | Kentucky | Joe B. Hall | Champion | Duke | W 94-88 |
| Mideast | 1L | Marquette | Hank Raymonds | Round of 32 | Miami, Ohio | L 84-81 |
| Mideast | 3Q | Miami, Ohio | Darrell Hedric | Sweet Sixteen | Kentucky | L 91-69 |
| Mideast | 1Q | Michigan State | Jud Heathcote | Regional Runner-up | Kentucky | L 52-49 |
| Mideast | 3L | Providence | Dave Gavitt | Round of 32 | Michigan State | L 77-63 |
| Mideast | 2L | Syracuse | Jim Boeheim | Round of 32 | Western Kentucky | L 87-86 |
| Mideast | 4Q | Western Kentucky | Jim Richards | Sweet Sixteen | Michigan State | L 90-69 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | 3Q | Creighton | Tom Apke | Round of 32 | DePaul | L 80-78 |
| Midwest | 1L | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Regional Runner-up | Notre Dame | L 84-64 |
| Midwest | 4Q | Houston | Guy Lewis | Round of 32 | Notre Dame | L 100-77 |
| Midwest | 2Q | Louisville | Denny Crum | Sweet Sixteen | DePaul | L 90-89 |
| Midwest | 1Q | Missouri | Norm Stewart | Round of 32 | Utah | L 86-79 |
| Midwest | 2L | Notre Dame | Digger Phelps | Fourth Place | Arkansas | L 71-69 |
| Midwest | 4L | St. John's | Lou Carnesecca | Round of 32 | Louisville | L 76-68 |
| Midwest | 3L | Utah | Jerry Pimm | Sweet Sixteen | Notre Dame | L 69-56 |
| West | ||||||
| West | 2L | Arkansas | Eddie Sutton | Third Place | Notre Dame | W 71-69 |
| West | 4L | Cal State Fullerton | Bob Dye | Regional Runner-up | Arkansas | L 61-58 |
| West | 3L | Kansas | Ted Owens | Round of 32 | UCLA | L 83-76 |
| West | 2Q | New Mexico | Norm Ellenberger | Round of 32 | Cal State Fullerton | L 90-85 |
| West | 1L | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Round of 32 | San Francisco | L 68-64 |
| West | 3Q | San Francisco | Bob Gaillard | Sweet Sixteen | Cal State Fullerton | L 75-72 |
| West | 1Q | UCLA | Gary Cunningham | Sweet Sixteen | Arkansas | L 74-70 |
| West | 4Q | Weber State | Neil McCarthy | Round of 32 | Arkansas | L 73-52 |
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