Bids By Conference
Thirty conferences earned an automatic bid. In eighteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-four additional at-large teams were selected from twelve of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 7 | Southeastern | Auburn, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast | North Carolina, Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina St., Virginia |
| 6 | Big 12 | Colorado, Iowa St., Kansas, Kansas St., Texas, Texas Tech |
| 5 | Big Ten | Iowa, Illinois, Michigan St., Northwestern, Purdue |
| 5 | Conference USA | Tulane, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis |
| 5 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona, Oregon, Southern California, Washington |
| 2 | Atlantic 10 | St. Joseph’s, George Washington |
| 2 | Big East | Connecticut, Notre Dame |
| 2 | Southland | Texas St., Stephen F. Austin |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Tech, Western Ky. |
| 2 | West Coast | San Francisco, Portland |
| 2 | Western Athletic | San Diego St., Utah |
| 1 | America East | Maine |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Santa Barb. |
| 1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Ivy | Harvard |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | St. Peter’s |
| 1 | Mid-American | Toledo |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Troy |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Howard |
| 1 | Midwestern | Detroit |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Drake |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Ky. |
| 1 | Patriot | Lehigh |
| 1 | Southern | Marshall |
| 1 | Southwestern | Grambling |
| 1 | Trans America | FIU |
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