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There were 30 automatic bids awarded to the tournament - of these, 27 were given to the winners of their conference's tournament, while two were awarded to the team with the best regular-season record in their conference (Big Ten and Ivy League). Another 34 bids were awarded by the NCAA tournament committee at-large to the best teams in the nation not already qualified.

The West Coast Conference had intended to award its automatic bid to its tournament champion. However, after the conference's tournament was cancelled in the wake of the death of Hank Gathers, the automatic bid was awarded to regular-season champion Loyola Marymount.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s0RWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nuoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6200%2C1300740 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Marymount's Gathers dies; Games halted |date=March 5, 1990 |page=1D |access-date=June 12, 2023}}

The American South{{cite web |title=Reaching for the Stars - Loyola Marymount played as if possessed, stunning Michigan with a record scoring barrage in the NCAA tournament's wild and woolly opening week |last=Wolff |first=Alexander |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/03/26/reaching-for-the-stars-loyola-marymount-played-as-if-possessed-stunning-michigan-with-a-record-scoring-barrage-in-the-ncaa-tournaments-wild-and-woolly-opening-week |work=Sports Illustrated |date=March 26, 1990 |access-date=June 12, 2023}} and Big South{{cite web |title=Despite losing automatic bid, MEAC will get money |last=McCann |first=Gary |url=https://greensboro.com/despite-losing-automatic-bid-meac-will-get-money/article_867ac1b8-da15-5f61-ba07-2c31ebb95914.html |work=Greensboro News & Record |date=May 17, 1990 |access-date=June 12, 2023}} both held a conference tournament, but their champions did not receive an automatic bid.

=Automatic qualifiers=

Five conference champions made their first NCAA tournament appearances: Coppin State (MEAC, Northern Iowa (Mid-Continent), South Florida (Sun Belt), Texas Southern (SWAC), and Towson State (East Coast)

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|+Automatic qualifiers

scope="col"|Conference

!scope="col"|Team

!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Appearance

!scope="col"|Last bid

ACC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Georgia Tech

|align=center|7th

|align=center|1989

Atlantic 10

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Temple

|align=center|14th

|align=center|1988

Big East

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Connecticut

|align=center|14th

|align=center|1979

Big Eight

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Oklahoma

|align=center|12th

|align=center|1989

Big Sky

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Idaho

|align=center|4th

|align=center|1989

Big Ten

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Michigan State

|align=center|7th

|align=center|1986

Big West

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|UNLV

|align=center|11th

|align=center|1989

CAA

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Richmond

|align=center|4th

|align=center|1988

East Coast

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Towson State

|align=center|1st

|align=center|{{sort|0|Never}}

Ivy League

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Princeton

|align=center|16th

|align=center|1989

MAAC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|La Salle

|align=center|10th

|align=center|1989

MAC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Ball State

|align=center|4th

|align=center|1989

MCC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Dayton

|align=center|10th

|align=center|1985

MEAC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Coppin State

|align=center|1st

|align=center|{{sort|0|Never}}

Metro

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Louisville

|align=center|21st

|align=center|1989

Mid-Continent

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Northern Iowa

|align=center|1st

|align=center|{{sort|0|Never}}

Missouri Valley

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Illinois State

|align=center|5th

|align=center|1985

NAC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Boston University

|align=center|4th

|align=center|1988

NEC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Robert Morris

|align=center|4th

|align=center|1989

Ohio Valley

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Murray State

|align=center|4th

|align=center|1988

Pac-10

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Arizona

|align=center|9th

|align=center|1989

SEC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Alabama

|align=center|9th

|align=center|1989

Southern

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|East Tennessee State

|align=center|3rd

|align=center|1989

Southland

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Northeast Louisiana

|align=center|3rd

|align=center|1986

Sun Belt

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|South Florida

|align=center|1st

|align=center|{{sort|0|Never}}

SWAC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Texas Southern

|align=center|1st

|align=center|{{sort|0|Never}}

SWC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Arkansas

|align=center|16th

|align=center|1989

TAAC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Arkansas–Little Rock

|align=center|3rd

|align=center|1989

WAC

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|UTEP

|align=center|13th

|align=center|1989

West Coast

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Loyola Marymount

|align=center|4th

|align=center|1989

=Tournament seeds=

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|+East Regional – Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey

scope="col"|Seed

!scope="col" style="width: 160px;"|School

!scope="col" style="width: 85px;"|Conference

!scope="col"|Record

!scope="col"|Berth type

align=center|1

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|North Carolina

|ACC

|align=center|25–5

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|2

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Syracuse

|Big East

|align=center|26–5

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|3

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Oklahoma State

|Big Eight

|align=center|22–7

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|4

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|UCLA

|Pac-10

|align=center|23–8

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|5

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Mississippi State

|SEC

|align=center|20–8

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|6

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|NC State

|ACC

|align=center|19–10

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|7

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Purdue

|Big Ten

|align=center|17–11

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|8

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Princeton

|Ivy League

|align=center|24–2

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|9

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Villanova

|Big East

|align=center|16–14

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|10

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Temple

|Atlantic 10

|align=center|21–9

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|11

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Southern Miss

|Metro

|align=center|21–7

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|12

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Eastern Michigan

|MAC

|align=center|24–6

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|13

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Penn State

|Atlantic 10

|align=center|20–10

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|14

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|New Mexico

|WAC

|align=center|20–9

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|15

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Richmond

|CAA

|align=center|21–9

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|16

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Northeastern

|NAC

|align=center|22–10

|align=center|Automatic

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|+Southeast Regional – Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

scope="col"|Seed

!scope="col" style="width: 160px;"|School

!scope="col" style="width: 85px;"|Conference

!scope="col"|Record

!scope="col"|Berth type

align=center|1

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Arkansas

|SWC

|align=center|31–3

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|2

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Indiana

|Big 10

|align=center|27–4

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|3

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Kansas

|Big Eight

|align=center|22–7

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|4

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Alabama

|SEC

|align=center|21–9

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|5

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Wake Forest

|ACC

|align=center|18–10

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|6

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Pittsburgh

|Big East

|align=center|20–11

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|7

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Florida State

|Metro

|align=center|20–10

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|8

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Arizona State

|Pac-10

|align=center|19–9

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|9

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Rutgers

|Atlantic 10

|align=center|19–9

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|10

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|USC

|Pac-10

|align=center|19–9

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|11

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Georgia

|SEC

|align=center|17–12

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|12

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Louisiana Tech

|American South

|align=center|21–9

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|13

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Murray State

|Ohio Valley

|align=center|24–8

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|14

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|New Orleans

|American South

|align=center|23–7

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|15

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Coastal Carolina

|Big South

|align=center|24–7

|align=center|Play-in Winner

align=center|16

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Georgia State

|TAAC

|align=center|16–14

|align=center|Automatic

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|+Midwest Regional – Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas

scope="col"|Seed

!scope="col" style="width: 160px;"|School

!scope="col" style="width: 85px;"|Conference

!scope="col"|Record

!scope="col"|Berth type

align=center|1

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Ohio State

|Big Ten

|align=center|25–3

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|2

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Duke

|ACC

|align=center|26–7

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|3

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Nebraska

|Big Eight

|align=center|26–7

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|4

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|St. John's

|Big East

|align=center|20–8

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|5

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Texas

|SWC

|align=center|22–8

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|6

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|LSU

|SEC

|align=center|20–9

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|7

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Iowa

|Big Ten

|align=center|20–10

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|8

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Georgia Tech

|ACC

|align=center|16–12

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|9

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|DePaul

|Independent

|align=center|20–8

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|10

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|East Tennessee State

|Southern

|align=center|28–4

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|11

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Connecticut

|Big East

|align=center|18–10

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|12

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Saint Peter's

|MAAC

|align=center|24–6

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|13

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Northern Illinois

|Mid-Continent

|align=center|25–5

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|14

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Xavier

|MCC

|align=center|21–9

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|15

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Northeast Louisiana

|Southland

|align=center|25–7

|align=center|Play-in Winner

align=center|16

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Towson State

|East Coast

|align=center|19–10

|align=center|Automatic

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|+West Regional – Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California

scope="col"|Seed

!scope="col" style="width: 160px;"|School

!scope="col" style="width: 85px;"|Conference

!scope="col"|Record

!scope="col"|Berth type

align=center|1

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|UNLV

|Big West

|align=center|30–0

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|2

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Arizona

|Pac-10

|align=center|26–6

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|3

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Seton Hall

|Big East

|align=center|22–8

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|4

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Utah

|WAC

|align=center|28–3

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|5

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Michigan State

|Big Ten

|align=center|18–10

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|6

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|New Mexico State

|Big West

|align=center|23–5

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|7

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Virginia

|ACC

|align=center|21–11

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|8

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Georgetown

|Big East

|align=center|18–12

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|9

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Vanderbilt

|SEC

|align=center|17–12

|align=center|At-Large

align=center|10

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|BYU

|WAC

|align=center|20–12

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|11

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Creighton

|Missouri Valley

|align=center|23–7

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|12

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Green Bay

|Mid-Continent

|align=center|24–6

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|13

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|South Alabama

|Sun Belt

|align=center|22–8

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|14

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Pepperdine

|West Coast

|align=center|22–8

|align=center|Automatic

align=center|15

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Saint Francis (PA)

|NEC

|align=center|24–7

|align=center|Play-in Winner

align=center|16

!scope="row" style="text-align:left"|Montana

|Big Sky

|align=center|23–7

|align=center|Automatic

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