The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is approaching.
Before the big dance, hundreds of teams will battle in their conference tournaments as they vie for one of 32 auto bids.
Those who don’t win their conference tournaments will have to hope to earn one of the 36 NCAA tournament slots. The selection committee will announce the full 68 teams on Selection Sunday, March 12.
In the meantime, we’ll track the automated bids below, as we track each conference tournament winner.
Total bid: 68
Automated bids are closed: 2
Remaining bid: 66
[The latest NCAA Tournament bracket forecast from Mike DeCourcy]
[NCAA Women’s Tournament bid tracker]
Schedule of Conference Tournaments, with date, location and automatic bid winners:
first. northeast: Fairleigh Dickinson (The Knights advance to the championship game against Merrimack. But because Merrimack did not qualify for the NCAA Tournament, Fairleigh Dickinson earned an automatic bid.)
2. Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri
3. SUN: February 27 to March 5, at locations on campus
4. horizon solution: February 28 to March 7, at locations on campus and the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis
5. Patriotic Union: February 28 to March 8, at school sites
6. sun belt: February 28 to March 6, at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida
7. great south: March 1-5, at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte
8. Missouri Valley: March 2-5, at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis
9. West Coast: March 2-7, at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas
ten. Southern: March 3-6, at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina
11. SHIFT: March 3-7, at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC
twelfth. summit tournament: March 3-7, at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
13. Big sky: March 4-8, at the Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho
14. East America: March 4-11, at locations on campus
15. southern: March 5-8, at Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana
16. ACC: March 7-11, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina
17. MAAC: March 7-11, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey
18. Big West: March 7-11, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada
19. WAC: March 7-11, at Michelob ULTRA Arena & Orleans Arena in Las Vegas
20. Atlantic Ocean 10: March 7-12, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn
21. large 12: March 8-11, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri
22. Big East: March 8-11, at Madison Square Garden in New York (on FOX)
23. United States Conference: March 8-11, at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas
24. MEAC: March 8-11, at Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia
25. West Mountain: March 8-11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas
26. Pac-12: March 8-11, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
27. SWAC: March 8-11, at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama
28. Big Ten: March 8-12, at the United Center in Chicago
29. SECOND: March 8-12, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee
30. MAC: March 9-11, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland
thirty first. American track and field: March 9-12, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
32. ivy alliance: March 11-12, at Jadwin Gym at Princeton University
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