College basketball today is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including the United States’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics(NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Governing bodies in Canada include U Sports and the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Each of these various organizations are subdivided into from one to three divisions based on the number and level of scholarships that may be provided to the athletes.
Each organization has different conferences to divide up the teams into groups. Teams are selected into these conferences depending on the location of the schools. These conferences are put in due to the regional play of the teams and to have a structural schedule for each to team to play for the upcoming year. During conference play, the teams are ranked not only through the entire NCAA, but the conference as well in which they have tournament play leading into the NCAA tournament
At the Division 1 level, 354 universities have basketball teams for men. There are 13 scholarships available per team to be divided among the players. A total of 4,602 scholarships are offered in Division 1 basketball for men. At the Division 2 level, 304 universities have basketball teams for men.
2,021 Schools sponsored varsity Basketball teams during 2019-20: