Mike DeSimone's 1998 NCAA
Basketball Tournament Page
Last Modified Wednesday, 11 March 1998
1997/1998 NCAA Basketball National Champions
Kentucky 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. Arizona - Pacific Ten Regular Season Champion
  2. Butler - Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament Champion
  3. Cincinnati - Conference USA Conference Tournament Champion
  4. College Of Charleston - Trans America Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  5. Connecticut - Big East Conference Tournament Champion
  6. Davidson - Southern Conference Tournament Champion
  7. Delaware - America East Conference Tournament Champion
  8. Eastern Michigan - Mid-American Conference Tournament Champion
  9. Fairleigh Dickinson - Northeast Conference Tournament Champion
  10. Illinois State - Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Champion
  11. Iona - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  12. Kansas - Big 12 Conference Tournament Champion
  13. Kentucky - Southeastern Conference Tournament Champion
  14. Michigan - Big Ten Conference Tournament Champion
  15. Murray State - Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Champion
  16. Navy - Patriot League Conference Tournament Champion
  17. Nicholls State - Southland Conference Tournament Champion
  18. North Carolina - Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Champion
  19. Northern Arizona - Big Sky Conference Tournament Champion
  20. Prairie View A&M - Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  21. Princeton - Ivy League Regular Season Champion
  22. Radford - Big South Conference Tournament Champion
  23. Richmond - Colonial Athletic Association Conference Tournament Champion
  24. San Francisco - West Coast Conference Tournament Champion
  25. South Alabama - Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champion
  26. South Carolina State - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  27. UNLV - Western Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  28. Utah State - Big West Conference Tournament Champion
  29. Valparaiso - Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Champion
  30. Xavier - Atlantic Ten 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. Arkansas
  2. Clemson
  3. Detroit
  4. Duke
  5. George Washington
  6. Florida State
  7. Illinois
  8. Illinois-Chicago
  9. Indiana
  10. Maryland
  11. Massachusetts
  12. Miami-Florida
  13. Michigan State
  14. Mississippi
  15. Nebraska
  16. New Mexico
  17. North Carolina-Charlotte
  18. Oklahoma
  19. Oklahoma State
  20. Purdue
  21. Rhode Island
  22. Saint Louis
  23. South Carolina
  24. St. John's
  25. Stanford
  26. Syracuse
  27. Temple
  28. Tennessee
  29. Texas Christian
  30. UCLA
  31. Utah
  32. Washington
  33. West Virginia
  34. Western Michigan