Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | 1 | Massachusetts | John Calipari | National Semifinals | 1 Kentucky | L 81-74 |
| East | 2 | Georgetown | John Thompson | Regional Runner-up | 1 Massachusetts | L 86-62 |
| East | 3 | Texas Tech | James Dickey | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Georgetown | L 98-90 |
| East | 4 | Marquette | Mike Deane | Round of 32 | 12 Arkansas | L 65-56 |
| East | 5 | Penn State | Jerry Dunn | Round of 64 | 12 Arkansas | L 86-80 |
| East | 6 | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Round of 32 | 3 Texas Tech | L 92-73 |
| East | 7 | New Mexico | Dave Bliss | Round of 32 | 2 Georgetown | L 73-62 |
| East | 8 | Bradley | Jim Molinari | Round of 64 | 9 Stanford | L 66-58 |
| East | 9 | Stanford | Mike Montgomery | Round of 32 | 1 Massachusetts | L 79-74 |
| East | 10 | Kansas State | Tom Asbury | Round of 64 | 7 New Mexico | L 69-48 |
| East | 11 | New Orleans | Tic Price | Round of 64 | 6 North Carolina | L 83-62 |
| East | 12 | Arkansas | Nolan Richardson | Sweet Sixteen | 1 Massachusetts | L 79-63 |
| East | 13 | Monmouth | Wayne Szoke | Round of 64 | 4 Marquette | L 68-44 |
| East | 14 | Northern Illinois | Brian Hammel | Round of 64 | 3 Texas Tech | L 74-73 |
| East | 15 | Mississippi Valley State | Lafayette Stribling | Round of 64 | 2 Georgetown | L 93-56 |
| East | 16 | Central Florida | Kirk Speraw | Round of 64 | 1 Massachusetts | L 92-70 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | 1 | Kentucky | Rick Pitino | Champion | 4 Syracuse | W 76-67 |
| Midwest | 2 | Wake Forest | Dave Odom | Regional Runner-up | 1 Kentucky | L 83-63 |
| Midwest | 3 | Villanova | Steve Lappas | Round of 32 | 6 Louisville | L 68-64 |
| Midwest | 4 | Utah | Rick Majerus | Sweet Sixteen | 1 Kentucky | L 101-70 |
| Midwest | 5 | Iowa State | Tim Floyd | Round of 32 | 4 Utah | L 73-67 |
| Midwest | 6 | Louisville | Denny Crum | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Wake Forest | L 60-59 |
| Midwest | 7 | Michigan | Steve Fisher | Round of 64 | 10 Texas | L 80-76 |
| Midwest | 8 | UW–Green Bay | Mike Heideman | Round of 64 | 9 Virginia Tech | L 61-48 |
| Midwest | 9 | Virginia Tech | Bill C. Foster | Round of 32 | 1 Kentucky | L 84-60 |
| Midwest | 10 | Texas | Tom Penders | Round of 32 | 2 Wake Forest | L 65-62 |
| Midwest | 11 | Tulsa | Steve Robinson | Round of 64 | 6 Louisville | L 82-80 |
| Midwest | 12 | California | Todd Bozeman | Round of 64 | 5 Iowa State | L 74-64 |
| Midwest | 13 | Canisius | John Beilein | Round of 64 | 4 Utah | L 72-43 |
| Midwest | 14 | Portland | Rob Chavez | Round of 64 | 3 Villanova | L 92-58 |
| Midwest | 15 | Northeast Louisiana | Mike Vining | Round of 64 | 2 Wake Forest | L 62-50 |
| Midwest | 16 | San Jose State | Stan Morrison | Round of 64 | 1 Kentucky | L 110-72 |
| Southeast | ||||||
| Southeast | 1 | Connecticut | Jim Calhoun | Sweet Sixteen | 5 Mississippi State | L 60-55 |
| Southeast | 2 | Cincinnati | Bob Huggins | Regional Runner-up | 5 Mississippi State | L 73-63 |
| Southeast | 3 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Cremins | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Cincinnati | L 87-70 |
| Southeast | 4 | UCLA | Jim Harrick | Round of 64 | 13 Princeton | L 43-41 |
| Southeast | 5 | Mississippi State | Richard Williams | National Semifinals | 4 Syracuse | L 77-69 |
| Southeast | 6 | Indiana | Bob Knight | Round of 64 | 11 Boston College | L 64-51 |
| Southeast | 7 | Temple | John Chaney | Round of 32 | 2 Cincinnati | L 78-65 |
| Southeast | 8 | Duke | Mike Krzyzewski | Round of 64 | 9 Eastern Michigan | L 75-60 |
| Southeast | 9 | Eastern Michigan | Ben Braun | Round of 32 | 1 Connecticut | L 95-81 |
| Southeast | 10 | Oklahoma | Kelvin Sampson | Round of 64 | 7 Temple | L 61-43 |
| Southeast | 11 | Boston College | Jim O'Brien | Round of 32 | 3 Georgia Tech | L 103-89 |
| Southeast | 12 | Virginia Commonwealth | Sonny Smith | Round of 64 | 5 Mississippi State | L 58-51 |
| Southeast | 13 | Princeton | Pete Carril | Round of 32 | 5 Mississippi State | L 63-41 |
| Southeast | 14 | Austin Peay | Dave Loos | Round of 64 | 3 Georgia Tech | L 90-79 |
| Southeast | 15 | UNC-Greensboro | Randy Peele | Round of 64 | 2 Cincinnati | L 66-61 |
| Southeast | 16 | Colgate | Jack Bruen | Round of 64 | 1 Connecticut | L 68-59 |
| West | ||||||
| West | 1 | Purdue | Gene Keady | Round of 32 | 8 Georgia | L 76-69 |
| West | 2 | Kansas | Roy Williams | Regional Runner-up | 4 Syracuse | L 60-57 |
| West | 3 | Arizona | Lute Olson | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Kansas | L 83-80 |
| West | 4 | Syracuse | Jim Boeheim | Runner-up | 1 Kentucky | L 76-67 |
| West | 5 | Memphis | Larry Finch | Round of 64 | 12 Drexel | L 75-63 |
| West | 6 | Iowa | Tom Davis | Round of 32 | 3 Arizona | L 87-73 |
| West | 7 | Maryland | Gary Williams | Round of 64 | 10 Santa Clara | L 91-79 |
| West | 8 | Georgia | Tubby Smith | Sweet Sixteen | 4 Syracuse | L 83-81 |
| West | 9 | Clemson | Rick Barnes | Round of 64 | 8 Georgia | L 81-74 |
| West | 10 | Santa Clara | Dick Davey | Round of 32 | 2 Kansas | L 76-51 |
| West | 11 | George Washington | Mike Jarvis | Round of 64 | 6 Iowa | L 81-79 |
| West | 12 | Drexel | Bill Herrion | Round of 32 | 4 Syracuse | L 69-58 |
| West | 13 | Montana State | Mick Durham | Round of 64 | 4 Syracuse | L 88-55 |
| West | 14 | Valparaiso | Homer Drew | Round of 64 | 3 Arizona | L 90-51 |
| West | 15 | South Carolina State | Cy Alexander | Round of 64 | 2 Kansas | L 92-54 |
| West | 16 | Western Carolina | Phil Hopkins | Round of 64 | 1 Purdue | L 73-71 |
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