Mike DeSimone's 1998 NCAA Basketball Tournament Page

Last Modified Wednesday, 11 March 1998

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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
    

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At Large NCAA Tournament Berth List

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

31. Arkansas
    
32. Clemson
    
33. Detroit
    
34. Duke
    
35. George Washington
    
36. Florida State
    
37. Illinois
    
38. Illinois-Chicago
    
39. Indiana
    
40. Maryland
    
41. Massachusetts
    
42. Miami-Florida
    
43. Michigan State
    
44. Mississippi
    
45. Nebraska
    
46. New Mexico
    
47. North Carolina-Charlotte
    
48. Oklahoma
    
49. Oklahoma State
    
50. Purdue
    
51. Rhode Island
    
52. Saint Louis
    
53. South Carolina
    
54. St. John's
    
55. Stanford
    
56. Syracuse
    
57. Temple
    
58. Tennessee
    
59. Texas Christian
    
60. UCLA
    
61. Utah
    
62. Washington
    
63. West Virginia
    
64. Western Michigan