Schools that have received automatic bids to the NCAA basketball tournament. All bids are by virtue of conference tournament championships with the exception of Big Ten, Ivy League and Pacific-10 conferences, which do not conduct postseason tournaments (the American West and Conference USA do not receive automatic bids):
Austin Peay, Ohio Valley; Canisius, Metro Atlantic Athletic; Central Florida, Trans America Athletic; New Orleans, Sun Belt; North Carolina-Greensboro, Big South; Northern Illinois, Midwestern Collegiate; Portland, West Coast; Purdue, Big Ten; South Carolina State, Mid-Eastern Athletic; Tulsa, Missouri Valley; UCLA, Pacific 10; Valparaiso, Mid-Continent; Virginia Commonwealth, Colonial Athletic Association; Western Carolina, Southern
