The following schools have earned automatic berths to the women's 2002 NCAA Tournament (all bids are by virtue of conference tournament championships with the exception of Ivy League, which does not conduct a postseason tournament):

Arizona State, Pac-10 Conference
Austin Peay, Ohio Valley Conference
Brigham Young, Mountain West Conference
Bucknell, Patriot League
Chattanooga, Southern Conference
Cincinnati, Conference USA
Creighton, Missouri Valley Conference
Connecticut, Big East Conference
Duke, Atlantic Coast Conference
Florida International, Sun Belt Conference
Georgia State, Atlantic Sun Conference
Hartford, America East Conference
Harvard, Ivy League
Indiana, Big Ten Conference
Kent State, Mid-American Conference
Liberty, Big South Conference
Louisiana Tech, Western Athletic Conference
Norfolk State, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Oakland, Mich., Mid-Continent Conference
Oklahoma, Big 12 Conference
Old Dominion, Colonial Athletic Association
Pepperdine, West Coast Conference
St. Francis, Pa., Northeast Conference
St. Peter's, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Southern University, Southwestern Athletic Conference
Stephen F. Austin, Southland Conference
Temple, Atlantic 10
Vanderbilt, Southeastern Conference
Weber State, Big Sky Conference
Wisconsin-Green Bay, Horizon League
UC-Santa Barbara, Big West Conference