Mike DeSimone's 1997 NCAA
Basketball Tournament Page
Last Modified Monday, 10 March 1997
1996/1997 NCAA Basketball National Champions
Arizona Wildcats
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Automatic NCAA Tournament Berth List

The Following Thirty (30) Teams Have Earned Automatic NCAA Tournament Berths
By Winning Their Regular Season Conference Championship Or Conference Tournament Championship
(Team Name Alphabetical Order)

  1. Boston College - Big East Conference Tournament Champion
  2. Boston University - America East Conference Tournament Champion
  3. Butler - Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament Champion
  4. Charleston Southern - Big South Conference Tournament Champion
  5. College Of Charleston - Trans America Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  6. Coppin State - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  7. Fairfield - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  8. Illinois State - Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Champion
  9. Jackson State - Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  10. Kansas - Big 12 Conference Tournament Champion
  11. Kentucky - Southeastern Conference Tournament Champion
  12. LIU-Brooklyn - Northeast Conference Tournament Champion
  13. Marquette - Conference USA Conference Tournament Champion
  14. Miami-Ohio - Mid-American Conference Tournament Champion
  15. Minnesota - Big Ten Regular Season Champion
  16. Montana - Big Sky Conference Tournament Champion
  17. Murray State - Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Champion
  18. Navy - Patriot League Conference Tournament Champion
  19. North Carolina - Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Champion
  20. Old Dominion - Colonial Athletic Association Conference Tournament Champion
  21. Pacific - Big West Conference Tournament Champion
  22. Princeton - Ivy League Regular Season Champion
  23. South Alabama - Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champion
  24. Southwest Texas State - Southland Conference Tournament Champion
  25. St. Joseph's-Pennsylvania - Atlantic Ten Conference Tournament Champion
  26. St. Mary's-California - West Coast Conference Tournament Champion
  27. Tennessee-Chattanooga - Southern Conference Tournament Champion
  28. UCLA - Pacific Ten Regular Season Champion
  29. Utah - Western Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  30. Valparaiso - Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Champion

At Large NCAA Tournament Berth List

The Following Thirty-four (34) Teams Have Earned At Large NCAA Tournament Berths
(Team Name Alphabetical Order)

  1. Arizona
  2. California
  3. Cincinnati
  4. Clemson
  5. Colorado
  6. Duke
  7. Georgetown
  8. Georgia
  9. Illinois
  10. Indiana
  11. Iowa
  12. Iowa State
  13. Louisville
  14. Maryland
  15. Massachusetts
  16. Mississippi
  17. New Mexico
  18. North Carolina-Charlotte
  19. Oklahoma
  20. Providence
  21. Purdue
  22. Rhode Island
  23. South Carolina
  24. Southern California
  25. Stanford
  26. Temple
  27. Texas
  28. Tulsa
  29. Vanderbilt
  30. Villanova
  31. Virginia
  32. Wake Forest
  33. Wisconsin
  34. Xavier-Ohio