Bids By Conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-two cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from nine of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 7 | Big East | Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Villanova |
| 7 | Southeastern | Vanderbilt, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi St., Tennessee |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast | Maryland, Duke, Florida St., Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Virginia |
| 6 | Big 12 | Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M |
| 5 | Big Ten | Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Charlotte, Temple, Xavier |
| 3 | Mountain West | Utah, San Diego State, TCU |
| 3 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona State, California |
| 2 | Colonial | Drexel, VCU |
| 1 | America East | Vermont |
| 1 | Atlantic Sun | East Tennessee State |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1 | Conference USA | UCF |
| 1 | Horizon | Green Bay |
| 1 | Ivy | Dartmouth |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Marist |
| 1 | Mid-American | Ball State |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | North Carolina A&T |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Evansville |
| 1 | Northeast | Sacred Heart |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay |
| 1 | Patriot | Lehigh |
| 1 | Southern | Western Carolina |
| 1 | Southland | UTSA |
| 1 | Southwestern | Prairie View |
| 1 | Summit | South Dakota State |
| 1 | Sun Belt | Middle Tennessee State |
| 1 | West Coast | Gonzaga |
| 1 | Western Athletic | Fresno State |
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