Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | 1 | Virginia | Terry Holland | Third Place | 1 LSU | W 78-74 |
| East | 2 | Notre Dame | Digger Phelps | Sweet Sixteen | 6 Brigham Young | L 51-50 |
| East | 3 | UCLA | Larry Brown | Round of 32 | 6 Brigham Young | L 78-55 |
| East | 4 | Tennessee | Don DeVoe | Sweet Sixteen | 1 Virginia | L 62-48 |
| East | 5 | VCU | J. D. Barnett | Round of 32 | 4 Tennessee | L 58-56 |
| East | 6 | Brigham Young | Frank Arnold | Regional Runner-up | 1 Virginia | L 74-60 |
| East | 7 | Georgetown | John Thompson | Round of 48 | 10 James Madison | L 61-55 |
| East | 8 | Houston | Guy Lewis | Round of 48 | 9 Villanova | L 90-72 |
| East | 9 | Villanova | Rollie Massimino | Round of 32 | 1 Virginia | L 54-50 |
| East | 10 | James Madison | Lou Campanelli | Round of 32 | 2 Notre Dame | L 54-45 |
| East | 11 | Princeton | Pete Carril | Round of 48 | 6 Brigham Young | L 60-51 |
| East | 12 | LIU-Brooklyn | Paul Lizzo | Round of 48 | 5 VCU | L 85-69 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | 1 | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Round of 32 | 9 Saint Joseph's | L 49-48 |
| Mideast | 2 | Kentucky | Joe B. Hall | Round of 32 | 7 Alabama-Birmingham | L 69-62 |
| Mideast | 3 | Indiana | Bob Knight | Champion | 2 North Carolina | W 63-50 |
| Mideast | 4 | Wake Forest | Carl Tacy | Round of 32 | 5 Boston College | L 67-64 |
| Mideast | 5 | Boston College | Tom Davis | Sweet Sixteen | 9 Saint Joseph's | L 42-41 |
| Mideast | 6 | Maryland | Lefty Driesell | Round of 32 | 3 Indiana | L 99-64 |
| Mideast | 7 | Alabama-Birmingham | Gene Bartow | Sweet Sixteen | 3 Indiana | L 87-72 |
| Mideast | 8 | Creighton | Tom Apke | Round of 48 | 9 Saint Joseph's | L 59-57 |
| Mideast | 9 | Saint Joseph's | Jim Lynam | Regional Runner-up | 3 Indiana | L 78-46 |
| Mideast | 10 | Western Kentucky | Clem Haskins | Round of 48 | 7 Alabama-Birmingham | L 93-68 |
| Mideast | 11 | Chattanooga | Murray Arnold | Round of 48 | 6 Maryland | L 81-69 |
| Mideast | 12 | Ball State | Steve Yoder | Round of 48 | 5 Boston College | L 93-90 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | 1 | LSU | Dale Brown | Fourth Place | 1 Virginia | L 78-74 |
| Midwest | 2 | Arizona State | Ned Wulk | Round of 32 | 7 Kansas | L 88-71 |
| Midwest | 3 | Iowa | Lute Olson | Round of 32 | 6 Wichita State | L 60-56 |
| Midwest | 4 | Louisville | Denny Crum | Round of 32 | 5 Arkansas | L 74-73 |
| Midwest | 5 | Arkansas | Eddie Sutton | Sweet Sixteen | 1 LSU | L 72-56 |
| Midwest | 6 | Wichita State | Gene Smithson | Regional Runner-up | 1 LSU | L 96-85 |
| Midwest | 7 | Kansas | Ted Owens | Sweet Sixteen | 6 Wichita State | L 66-65 |
| Midwest | 8 | Lamar | Pat Foster | Round of 32 | 1 LSU | L 100-78 |
| Midwest | 9 | Missouri | Norm Stewart | Round of 48 | 8 Lamar | L 71-67 |
| Midwest | 10 | Ole Miss | Bob Weltlich | Round of 48 | 7 Kansas | L 69-66 |
| Midwest | 11 | Southern | Carl Stewart | Round of 48 | 6 Wichita State | L 95-70 |
| Midwest | 12 | Mercer | Bill Bibb | Round of 48 | 5 Arkansas | L 73-67 |
| West | ||||||
| West | 1 | Oregon State | Ralph Miller | Round of 32 | 8 Kansas State | L 50-48 |
| West | 2 | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Runner Up | 3 Indiana | L 63-50 |
| West | 3 | Utah | Jerry Pimm | Sweet Sixteen | 2 North Carolina | L 61-56 |
| West | 4 | Illinois | Lou Henson | Sweet Sixteen | 8 Kansas State | L 57-52 |
| West | 5 | Wyoming | Jim Brandenburg | Round of 32 | 4 Illinois | L 67-65 |
| West | 6 | Fresno State | Boyd Grant | Round of 48 | 11 Northeastern | L 55-53 |
| West | 7 | Idaho | Don Monson | Round of 48 | 10 Pittsburgh | L 70-69 |
| West | 8 | Kansas State | Jack Hartman | Regional Runner-up | 2 North Carolina | L 82-68 |
| West | 9 | San Francisco | Peter Barry | Round of 48 | 8 Kansas State | L 64-60 |
| West | 10 | Pittsburgh | Roy Chipman | Round of 32 | 2 North Carolina | L 74-57 |
| West | 11 | Northeastern | Jim Calhoun | Round of 32 | 3 Utah | L 94-69 |
| West | 12 | Howard | A.B. Williamson | Round of 48 | 5 Wyoming | L 78-43 |
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