[1] The season saw Zion Williamson dominate Player of the Year honors and media attention, while Virginia won its first NCAA Championship.

In addition, two schools moved from Division II starting this season and are ineligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play until completing their D-I transitions in 2022.

In addition to the schools changing conferences, the 2018–19 season was the last for Savannah State in D-I with its decision to reclassify all of its sports to D-II.

[78] As noted previously, the former IPFW athletic program was inherited by PFW and is now known as the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.

Source for additional stats categories For this list, an "upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.