The following schools have earned automatic bids to the 2001 NCAA Tournament: Team Record Conference Eastern Illinois 21-9 Ohio Valley Controversial call gives Panthers tourney title Georgia State 28-4 Trans America Lefty Driesell takes fourth different school to NCAA Tournament UNC-Greensboro 19-11 Southern Buzzer-beater downs Chattanooga in tourney final Winthrop 18-12 Big South Beat Radford for third consecutive tourney title Iona 22-10 Metro Atlantic Gaels become first MAAC team to repeat as champion in over a decade George Mason 18-11 Colonial Patriots outlast UNC-Wilmington, 35-33 Indiana State 21-11 Missouri Valley Fifth-seeded Sycamores upset their way into NCAAs Monmouth 21-9 Northeast Hawks overcome 20-point deficit to win their first NEC title Gonzaga 24-6 West Coast Zags dismiss any possiblity of being a bubble team Butler 23-7 Midwestern Collegiate Defense leads Butler back to tourney for the fourth time in five years. Princeton 16-10 Ivy Tigers avoid playoff game; beat Penn 68-52 for Ivy crown. Western Kentucky 24-6 Sun Belt Hilltoppers gain bid for first time in six years. Southern Utah 24-5 Mid-Continent Thunderbirds halt Valpo's tourney streak. Holy Cross 22-7 Patriot Holy Cross captures crown in overtime thriller Hofstra 26-4 America East Hofstra will take nation's longest winning streak to the NCAA Tournament Charlotte 21-10 Conference USA 49ers capture second league tourney title in three years Northwestern St. 18-12 Southland Going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history Alabama St. 21-8 SWAC Hornets buzzing about first NCAA Tournament trip Hampton 24-6 MEAC Hampton pulls away to earn first NCAA bid ever Stanford 28-2 Pac-10 Cardinal wrap up Pac-10 crown and the top seed in the West region Temple 21-12 Atlantic 10 Owls heading to Big Dance for 12th consecutive year Kent State 23-9 MAC Golden Flashes beat Miami, Ohio to earn second NCAA trip Boston College 26-4 Big East Eagles end Pittsburgh's dream and earn NCAA bid Cal State Northridge 22-9 Big Sky Matadors capture first NCAA Tournament berth BYU 24-8 Mountain West Cougars hold off New Mexico in league final Hawaii 17-13 WAC Warriors beat Tulsa in OT to win NCAA bid Utah State 27-5 Big West Aggies headed to NCAA Tournament for second consecutive year Duke 29-4 ACC Coach K wins No. 600 as Blue Devils roll to league title Kentucky 22-9 SEC Wildcats run over Rebels to capture league crown and NCAA berth Iowa 22-11 Big Ten Hawkeyes off NCAA bubble after beating Indiana Oklahoma 26-6 Big 12 Sooners edge Longhorns to get NCAA berth
The following schools have earned automatic bids to the 2001 NCAA Tournament:
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