"I think it'll be fascinating to see how the basketball committee handles our league," Elgin said.

The Division I women's basketball committee, meeting in Kansas City, Mo., made the selections.

The basketball committee persists in putting some colleges on friendly courts in the opening sub-regional to assure big receipts.

The disagreement was over a change proposed by the men's basketball committee to alter the criteria to select automatic conference qualifiers for the Division I basketball tournament.

The other 34 were named yesterday, when the matchups were announced by the N.C.A.A. women's basketball committee.

To the N.C.A.A. women's basketball committee, it was not what you have done lately, but what you have done all season.

Ten conference champions would automatically be invited; the basketball committee selected six "at-large" teams to fill out the field.

The basketball committee will annually examine the question of seating capacity minimums at Final Four sites.

The coaches objected to the home-court advantage in the regionals, and the basketball committee has responded by eliminating that possibility from future tournaments.

Speaking at a press conference at a midtown hotel, Judy Nelson, outgoing chairwoman of the Division I women's basketball committee, said she wanted a schedule change.