Automatic
Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1997 NCAA Tournament. Thirty conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament.
| Automatic Bids | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | ||||
| Qualifying School | Conference | Regular Season |
Conference | Seed |
| Auburn University | SEC | 0.7 !21–9 | 0.417 !5–7 | 7 |
| University of Colorado at Boulder | Atlantic Sun Conference | 0.724 !21–8 | 0.75 !12–4 | 2 |
| University of Connecticut | Big East | 1.03 !30–0 | 1.018 !18–0 | 1 |
| University of Detroit Mercy | Midwestern Collegiate | 0.793 !23–6 | 0.875 !14–2 | 14 |
| Drake University | Missouri Valley Conference | 0.767 !23–7 | 0.778 !14–4 | 13 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Ohio Valley Conference | 0.828 !24–5 | 0.889 !16–2 | 15 |
| Florida International University | Trans America | 0.724 !21–8 | 0.75 !12–4 | 14 |
| Grambling State University | SWAC | 0.828 !24–5 | 1.014 !14–0 | 14 |
| Harvard University | Ivy League | 0.769 !20–6 | 1.014 !14–0 | 16 |
| Howard University | MEAC | 0.828 !24–5 | 1.018 !18–0 | 16 |
| University of Iowa | Big Ten | 0.607 !17–11 | 0.563 !9–7 | 9 |
| Lehigh University | Patriot League | 0.517 !15–14 | 0.583 !7–5 | 16 |
| Liberty University | Big South Conference | 0.759 !22–7 | 0.643 !9–5 | 16 |
| Louisiana Tech University | Sun Belt Conference | 0.906 !29–3 | 0.857 !12–2 | 2 |
| University of Maine | America East | 0.759 !22–7 | 0.944 !17–1 | 13 |
| Marshall University | Southern Conference | 0.621 !18–11 | 0.643 !9–5 | 15 |
| University of Montana | Big Sky Conference | 0.893 !25–3 | 1.016 !16–0 | 9 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ACC | 0.931 !27–2 | 0.938 !15–1 | 1 |
| Old Dominion University | Colonial | 0.967 !29–1 | 1.016 !16–0 | 1 |
| San Diego State University | WAC | 0.793 !23–6 | 0.938 !15–1 | 11 |
| University of San Francisco | West Coast Conference | 0.833 !25–5 | 0.786 !11–3 | 11 |
| St. Francis College | Northeast Conference | 0.655 !19–10 | 0.889 !16–2 | 15 |
| Saint Joseph's University | Atlantic 10 | 0.862 !25–4 | 0.938 !15–1 | 7 |
| Saint Peter's College | MAAC | 0.893 !25–3 | 1.014 !14–0 | 15 |
| Stanford University | Pac-12 | 0.968 !30–1 | 1.018 !18–0 | 1 |
| Texas Southern University | Southland | 0.607 !17–11 | 0.688 !11–5 | 14 |
| University of Toledo | MAC | 0.9 !27–3 | 0.889 !16–2 | 10 |
| Troy University | Mid-Continent | 0.793 !23–6 | 0.813 !13–3 | 13 |
| Tulane University | Conference USA | 0.867 !26–4 | 0.857 !12–2 | 4 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | Big West Conference | 0.828 !24–5 | 0.933 !14–1 | 13 |
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