Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | 1 | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Round of 32 | 9 Penn | L 72-71 |
| East | 2 | Duke | Bill E. Foster | Round of 32 | 10 St. John's | L 80-78 |
| East | 3 | Georgetown | John Thompson | Round of 32 | 6 Rutgers | L 64-58 |
| East | 4 | Syracuse | Jim Boeheim | Sweet Sixteen | 9 Penn | L 84-76 |
| East | 5 | Connecticut | Dom Perno | Round of 32 | 4 Syracuse | L 89-81 |
| East | 6 | Rutgers | Tom Young | Sweet Sixteen | 10 St. John's | L 67-65 |
| East | 7 | Temple | Don Casey | Round of 40 | 10 St. John's | L 75-70 |
| East | 8 | Iona | Jim Valvano | Round of 40 | 9 Penn | L 73-69 |
| East | 9 | Penn | Bob Weinhauer | Fourth Place | 2 Michigan State | L 101-67 |
| East | 10 | St. John's | Lou Carnesecca | Regional Runner-up | 9 Penn | L 64-62 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | 1 | Notre Dame | Digger Phelps | Regional Runner-up | 2 Michigan State | L 80-68 |
| Mideast | 2 | Michigan State | Jud Heathcote | Champion | 1 Indiana State | W 75-64 |
| Mideast | 3 | LSU | Dale Brown | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Michigan State | L 87-71 |
| Mideast | 4 | Iowa | Lute Olson | Round of 32 | 5 Toledo | L 74-72 |
| Mideast | 5 | Toledo | Bob Nichols | Sweet Sixteen | 1 Notre Dame | L 79-71 |
| Mideast | 6 | Appalachian State | Bobby Cremins | Round of 32 | 3 LSU | L 71-57 |
| Mideast | 7 | Detroit | Smokey Gaines | Round of 40 | 10 Lamar | L 95-87 |
| Mideast | 8 | Tennessee | Don DeVoe | Round of 32 | 1 Notre Dame | L 73-67 |
| Mideast | 9 | Eastern Kentucky | Ed Byhre | Round of 40 | 8 Tennessee | L 97-81 |
| Mideast | 10 | Lamar | Billy Tubbs | Round of 32 | 2 Michigan State | L 95-64 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | 1 | Indiana State | Bill Hodges | Runner Up | 2 Michigan State | L 75-64 |
| Midwest | 2 | Arkansas | Eddie Sutton | Regional Runner-up | 1 Indiana State | L 73-71 |
| Midwest | 3 | Louisville | Denny Crum | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Arkansas | L 73-62 |
| Midwest | 4 | Texas | Abe Lemons | Round of 32 | 5 Oklahoma | L 90-76 |
| Midwest | 5 | Oklahoma | Dave Bliss | Sweet Sixteen | 1 Indiana State | L 93-72 |
| Midwest | 6 | South Alabama | Cliff Ellis | Round of 32 | 3 Louisville | L 69-66 |
| Midwest | 7 | Weber State | Neil McCarthy | Round of 32 | 2 Arkansas | L 74-63 |
| Midwest | 8 | Virginia Tech | Charles Moir | Round of 32 | 1 Indiana State | L 86-69 |
| Midwest | 9 | Jacksonville | Tates Locke | Round of 40 | 8 Virginia Tech | L 70-53 |
| Midwest | 10 | New Mexico State | Ken Hayes | Round of 40 | 7 Weber State | L 81-78 |
| West | ||||||
| West | 1 | UCLA | Gary Cunningham | Regional Runner-up | 2 DePaul | L 95-91 |
| West | 2 | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Third Place | 1 Indiana State | L 76-74 |
| West | 3 | Marquette | Hank Raymonds | Sweet Sixteen | 2 DePaul | L 62-56 |
| West | 4 | San Francisco | Dan Belluomini | Sweet Sixteen | 1 UCLA | L 99-81 |
| West | 5 | BYU | Frank Arnold | Round of 32 | 4 San Francisco | L 86-63 |
| West | 6 | Pacific | Stan Morrison | Round of 32 | 3 Marquette | L 73-48 |
| West | 7 | USC | Bob Boyd | Round of 32 | 2 DePaul | L 89-78 |
| West | 8 | Utah | Jerry Pimm | Round of 40 | 9 Pepperdine | L 92-88 |
| West | 9 | Pepperdine | Gary Colson | Round of 32 | 1 UCLA | L 76-71 |
| West | 10 | Utah State | Dutch Belnap | Round of 40 | 7 USC | L 86-67 |
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