NCAA Tournament Automatic Bids
Thirty-one teams receive automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament by virtue of winning their conference tournament. They are joined by 37 at-large bids to fill out the 68-team field that is the NCAA Tournament. For a full list of the teams who have already punched their ticket to the big dance, see below:
Ivy League Conference, season ends March 12, HARVARD
Atlantic Sun Conference: FLORIDA GULF COAST
Ohio Valley Conference: BELMONT
Big South Conference: LIBERTY
Missouri Valley Conference: CREIGHTON
Colonial Athletic Association: JAMES MADISON
Southern Conference: DAVIDSON
Sun Belt Conference: WESTERN KENTUCKY
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference: IONA
West Coast Conference: GONZAGA
Northeast Conference: LIU BUTLER
Horizon League: VALPARAISO
Summit League: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Patriot League: BUCKNELL
America East Conference: ALBANY
Conference USA: MEMPHIS
Southwestern Athletic Conference: SOUTHERN
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: NORTH CAROLINA A&T
Big 12 Conference: KANSAS
Mountain West Conference: NEW MEXICO
Mid American Conference: AKRON
Big East Conference: LOUISVILLE
Southland Conference: NORTHWESTERN STATE
Big Sky Conference: MONTANA
Big West Conference: PACIFIC
Pac-12 Conference: OREGON
Western Athletic Conference: NEW MEXICO STATE
Four conference tournaments finish on Sunday. Those auto-bids will be awarded to the winners:
Atlantic Coast Conference, 1 p.m., ESPN
Atlantic 10 Conference, 1 p.m., CBS
Southeastern Conference, 1 p.m. ABC
Big Ten Conference, 3:30 p.m., CBS
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