| 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Season | 2009–10 | ||
| Teams | 64 | ||
| Finals site | Alamodome San Antonio, Texas |
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| Champions | Connecticut (7th title) | ||
| Runner-up | Stanford (4th title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Baylor (2nd Final Four) Oklahoma (3rd Final Four) |
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| Winning coach | Geno Auriemma (7th title) | ||
| MOP | Maya Moore Connecticut | ||
NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments
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The 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament started Saturday, March 20, 2010 and was completed on Tuesday, April 6 of the same year with University of Connecticut Huskies defending their title from the previous year by defeating Stanford, 53-47. The tournament bids were announced on Monday, March 15, 2010, 7:00 p.m. ET.
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The format is the same as the Men's Tournament, except that there are 64 teams and no play-in game. There are 31 automatic bids for conference champions and 33 at-large bids available. The subregionals, based on the "pod system" keeping teams at or close to home, will be at these locations from March 21 through 24. Prior to the committee's decision to expand the number of subregional sites to sixteen, eight sites were chosen. This list included the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey. When the decision was made to increase the number of sites to sixteen, Trenton declined to participate.
The remaining seven sites continue to be part of the final list of sixteen[1]:
As per the expansion of the subregional sites, these nine sites were added in 2008[1]:
That list included Albuquerque, but Albuquerque had to withdraw, due to construction issues. The NCAA added Stanford, as a replacement:[2]
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all locations are on-campus sites.
The Regionals, named for the city rather than the region of geographic importance since 2005, which will be held from March 28 to 31, will be at these sites[1]:
The Final Four, which will be on April 4 and 6, will be at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and will be hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament. [3]
Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.[3]
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| Qualifying School | Conference | Regular Season |
Conference | Seed |
| Baylor University | Big 12 | 23–9 | 9–7 | 4 |
| University of Dayton | Atlantic 10 | 24–7 | 11–3 | 8 |
| DePaul University | Big East | 21–11 | 9–7 | 11 |
| Florida State University | Atlantic Coast | 26–5 | 12–2 | 3 |
| California State University, Fresno | Western Athletic | 27–6 | 16–0 | 13 |
| Georgetown University | Big East | 25–6 | 13–3 | 5 |
| University of Georgia | Southeastern | 23–8 | 9–7 | 5 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlantic Coast | 23–9 | 8–6 | 6 |
| University of Wisconsin–Green Bay | Horizon | 27–4 | 15–3 | 12 |
| University of Hartford | America East | 27–4 | 16–0 | 10 |
| University of Iowa | Big Ten | 19–13 | 10–8 | 8 |
| Iowa State University | Big 12 | 23–7 | 11–5 | 4 |
| University of Kentucky | Southeastern | 25–7 | 11–5 | 4 |
| Louisiana State University | Southeastern | 20–9 | 9–7 | 7 |
| Michigan State University | Big Ten | 22–9 | 12–6 | 5 |
| Mississippi State University | Southeastern | 19–12 | 9–7 | 7 |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Big 12 | 30–1 | 16–0 | 1 |
| University of North Carolina | Atlantic Coast | 19–11 | 6–8 | 10 |
| North Carolina State University | Atlantic Coast | 20–13 | 7–7 | 9 |
| University of Notre Dame | Big East | 27–5 | 12–4 | 2 |
| University of Oklahoma | Big 12 | 23–10 | 11–5 | 3 |
| Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | Big 12 | 23–10 | 9–7 | 4 |
| Rutgers University | Big East | 19–14 | 9–7 | 9 |
| St. John's University | Big East | 24–6 | 12–4 | 6 |
| Texas Christian University | Mountain West | 22–8 | 12–4 | 9 |
| Temple University | Atlantic 10 | 24–8 | 11–3 | 8 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Big 12 | 22–10 | 10–6 | 6 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Sun Belt | 26–6 | 17–1 | 11 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Pacific-10 | 24–8 | 15–3 | 8 |
| Vanderbilt University | Southeastern | 22–10 | 9–7 | 6 |
| University of Virginia | Atlantic Coast | 21–9 | 9–5 | 5 |
| West Virginia University | Big East | 28–5 | 13–3 | 3 |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | Big Ten | 21–10 | 10–8 | 7 |
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from twelve of the conferences.[3]
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 7 | Big 12 | Texas A&M, Baylor, Iowa St., Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Texas |
| 7 | Big East | Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s NY, West Virginia |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast | Duke, Florida St., Georgia Tech, North Carolina, North Carolina St., Virginia |
| 6 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi St., Vanderbilt |
| 4 | Big Ten | Ohio St., Iowa, Michigan St., Wisconsin |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Xavier, Dayton, Temple |
| 2 | America East | Vermont, Hartford |
| 2 | Horizon | Cleveland St., Green Bay |
| 2 | Mountain West | San Diego St., TCU |
| 2 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, UCLA |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Middle Tenn., UALR |
| 2 | Western Athletic | Louisiana Tech, Fresno St. |
| 1 | Atlantic Sun | East Tenn. St. |
| 1 | Big Sky | Portland St. |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Riverside |
| 1 | Colonial | James Madison |
| 1 | Conference USA | Tulane |
| 1 | Ivy | Princeton |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Marist |
| 1 | Mid-American | Bowling Green |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton. |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | UNI |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis PA |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay |
| 1 | Patriot | Lehigh |
| 1 | Southern | Chattanooga |
| 1 | Southland | Lamar |
| 1 | Southwestern | Southern U. |
| 1 | Summit | South Dakota St. |
| 1 | West Coast | Gonzaga |
Sixth seeded St. John's took on the eleventh seeded Ivy League champion Princeton. The Tigers had won their last 21 games, the nation's third longest win streak. While Princeton stayed close early, only down 15–12 at one time, they missed 15 of their next sixteen shots while St. John's pulled out to a sixteen point halftime lead. The two teams played roughly evenly the second half, but the halftime lead was more than enough and the Red Storm prevailed 65–47. [4]
Fourteenth seeded Louisiana Tech (La Tech) was returning to the NCAA Tournament after a three year absence. Under Maggie Dixon award winning new coach Teresa Weatherspoon, the Lady Techsters took on third seeded Florida State. La tech started out strong, pulling out to a nine point lead late in the first half, but the Seminoles fought back to a 40–40 tie at halftime. The score was close well into the second half, with Florida State holding onto a one point lead with just under nine minutes to go, but the Seminoles gradually increased the lead to ten. Although the Lady Techsters cut the lead in half to 65–61 with just under two minutes left, they would not score again and La Tech would hit ten straight free throws in the closing minutes to win 75–61.[5]
Michigan State's fifth year senior Aisha Jefferson had stomach problems from a pre-game meal severe enough to keep her hunched over the front of a trash can in the first half, but it wasn't enough to keep her out of the game. She scored 17 points along with nine rebounds to help lead the fifth seeded Spartans over 12 seed Bowling Green 72–62.[6]
Thirteenth seeded Liberty tried to challenge fourth seeded Kentucky, scoring the first six points, and leading by as much as nine early, but Kentucky's freshman A'dia Mathies, scored 32 points to set a personal career high and an NCAA tournament record for Kentucky to help the Wildcats retake the lead. The Liberty Flames fought back, and had a slim two-point lead at halftime, but the Kentucky team, behind 26 of 36 free-throws, pulled ahead to win 83–77.[7]
Seventh seeded LSU easily beat tenth seeded Hartford 60–39. This was Hartford's first at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, but without leading scorer Erica Beverly, lost to a season-ending injury, the Hawks were unable to stay with the Tigers. LSU held Hartford scoreless for nearly eight minutes, scoring 17 consecutive points to take an early lead they would never give up.[8]
Top seeded Tennessee defeated 16 seed Austin Peay 75–42. Playing at their home court "The Summitt", the Lady Vols scored 15 points before allowing a score by the Lady Govs.[9]
Second-seeded Duke took on 15 seed Hampton in Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Blue Devils home court, where Duke had won twelve consecutive NCAA Tournament games. The Pirates managed to hold a slim lead in the early minutes of the game, but Duke quickly took over, moving out to a 40–14 halftime lead and winning easily 72–37.[10]
Eighth seeded Dayton took on ninth seeded TCU in their first ever NCAA appearance. Early in the second half, it appeared that Dayton would only be playing one game, as they were behind by 18 points, 50–32. However, the Flyers did not fold, and hit a basket with one second left in the game to win by a single point 67–66.[11]
Twelve seed Marist scored the first seven points in their game against five seed Georgetown, which may have reminded fans of the way Marist played in 2007, coming to the tournament as a 13 seed, and knocking off Ohio State and Middle Tennessee to make it to the round of sixteen. Georgetown, which hasn't been to the tournament in 17 years, started slowly, but managed to hold a two point lead at halftime. Georgetown's Monica McNutt hit back-to-back three pointers to start a 13–0 run at the beginning of the second half. The Red Foxes would never close the gap, and Georgetown went on to win 62–42.[12]
Fourth seed Baylor took on 13th seed Fresno State. Baylor's Brittney Griner returned to the floor, after sitting out a two-game suspension for hitting an opponent in a game. This was freshman Griner's first tournament, and she confessed to having jitters, but she controlled the lane, and help keep Fresno State from winning their first ever NCAA game. Baylor held a six point lead at halftime, which they stretched out to a 69–55 final score.[13]
A fifteen seed has never beaten a two seed in the NCAA Women's Tournament, but with under five minutes left in the first half, 15th seeded Portland State was ahead of the second seed Texas A&M. The lead didn't last long, as the Aggies pulled to an eight point lead at halftime, and extended the lead through the second half. Texas A&M's Tanisha Smith just missed a triple double, with nine assist to go along with 17 points and 10 rebounds. The final score favored the Aggies 84–53.[14]
Normally, a four seed would be a large favorite against a 13 seed, but normally, the four seed isn't required to bench one of their players, and not just any player, but Andrea Riley, the third leading scorer in Division 1. Two years earlier, Riley had thrown punch in an NCAA game, which earned her a one-game suspension. NCAA rules required that it be an NCAA game. Oklahoma State lost the game in which the punch was thrown, and did not make it to the Tournament in 2009, so the suspension was served two years later. The 13th seeded Chattanooga tried to take advantage of the situation, and led by as much as 18 in the first half. Riley could only cheer on the team from the bench. Freshman Toni Young responded by scoring 22 points, and senior Tegan Cunningham, after struggling in the first half, began hitting in the second half and ended up with 25 points, enough to help Oklahoma State win 70–63.[15]
The 8/9 match-up between Iowa and Rutgers pitted current Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer against the program she helped bring to national prominence two decades earlier. Iowa had lost a game in the Big Ten tournament, after a big lead, and they didn't want to experience that again. Rutgers played even with the Hawkeyes, in the second half, but the seven point halftime lead stood up and Iowa won 70–63.[16]
Seventh seed Gonzaga took on tenth seeded North Carolina. Gonzaga's Tiffanie Shives was scoreless for 31 minutes, but then scored 14 in the next five minutes. Her first basket cut the Tarheels lead to two, and her next basket gave Gonzaga a lead they would not relinquish, although North Carolina cut the lead to one with under four minutes to go, only to fall short 82–76.[17]
Twelfth seed Tulane stayed with fifth seed Georgia for 32 minutes, in a game with five lead changes and four ties, but then the Bulldogs went on an 18–2 run to take the lead for good. Georgia's Ashley Houts would score 22 points for the winning team, and teammate Angel Robinson had a double-double (18 points, 13 rebounds) to help lead the Bulldogs over the Green Wave 64–59.[18]
The last time Stanford was a number 1 seed, they became to only top seed in the men's or women's tournament to lose to a sixteen seed. Earlier in the day, the top seeded men's team, Kansas, lost to Northern Iowa, so no one felt safe in the opening match against UC Riverside. Stanford jumped out to an 8–0 lead, and behind Ogwumike's double-double (19 points, 11 rebounds) won easily over the Big West champion 79–47.[19]
Results to date (* indicates game went to overtime):
| First round March 20–21 |
Second round March 22–23 |
Regional semifinals March 28 |
Regional finals March 30 |
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| 1 | Connecticut | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Southern | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Connecticut | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | Temple | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Temple | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | James Madison | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Connecticut | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Iowa State | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Virginia | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Green Bay | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Green Bay | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ames, IA | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Iowa State | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Iowa State | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Lehigh | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Connecticut | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. John's | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Princeton | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. John's | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tallahassee, FL | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 66* | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Louisiana Tech | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Middle Tennessee | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 93 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | St. Francis (Pa.) | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| First round March 20–21 |
Second round March 22–23 |
Regional semifinals March 27 |
Regional finals March 29 |
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| 1 | Tennessee | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Austin Peay | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee | 92 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | Dayton | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Dayton | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | TCU | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baylor | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Georgetown | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Marist | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Georgetown | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Berkeley, CA | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baylor | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baylor | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Fresno State | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Baylor | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Duke | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Texas | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | San Diego State | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | San Diego State | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | West Virginia | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | West Virginia | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Lamar | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | San Diego State | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Duke | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | LSU | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Hartford | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | LSU | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | Duke | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Duke | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Hampton | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| First round March 20–21 |
Second round March 22–23 |
Regional semifinals March 27 |
Regional finals March 29 |
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| 1 | Stanford | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | UC Riverside | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | Iowa | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Iowa | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Rutgers | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Georgia | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Georgia | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Tulane | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Georgia | 74* | ||||||||||||||||
| Tempe, AZ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Chattanooga | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stanford | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 83* | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | DePaul | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati, OH | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | East Tennessee State | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Gonzaga | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Gonzaga | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | North Carolina | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Gonzaga | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Seattle, WA | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas A&M | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas A&M | 84 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Portland State | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
| First round March 20–21 |
Second round March 22–23 |
Regional semifinals March 28 |
Regional finals March 30 |
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| 1 | Nebraska | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Northern Iowa | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nebraska | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | UCLA | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UCLA | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | NC State | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nebraska | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kentucky | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Michigan State | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Bowling Green | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Michigan State | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | Kentucky | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kentucky | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Liberty | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kentucky | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norman, OK | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | South Dakota State | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 77* | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Wisconsin | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Vermont | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Vermont | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame, IN | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | 84 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | 86 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Cleveland State | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| National Semifinals April 4 |
National Championship Game April 6 |
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| D1 | Connecticut | 70 | ||||||
| M4 | Baylor | 50 | ||||||
| D1 | Connecticut | 53 | ||||||
| S1 | Stanford | 47 | ||||||
| S1 | Stanford | 73 | ||||||
| K3 | Oklahoma | 66 | ||||||
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Round of 32 |
Sweet Sixteen |
Elite Eight |
Final Four |
Championship Game |
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| Big 12 | 7 | 14–7 | .667 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Big East | 7 | 11–6 | .647 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ACC | 6 | 6–6 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| SEC | 6 | 11–6 | .647 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| Big Ten | 4 | 3–4 | .429 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Atlantic 10 | 3 | 5–3 | .625 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| America East | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Horizon | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Mountain West | 2 | 2–2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pac-10 | 2 | 6–2 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sun Belt | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| WAC | 2 | 0–2 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – |
| West Coast | 1 | 2–1 | .667 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Eighteen conferences went 0–1: the Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Conference USA, Ivy League, MAAC, MEAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC and Summit.
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