There will be 32 automatic bids earned to the 2019 NCAA Tournament over the course of the next two weeks. Many conference tournaments will be won by teams that would’ve made the NCAA Tournament regardless of how they fared in their conference tournament but some teams will “steal” valuable auto-bids, meaning they wouldn’t have made the NCAA Tournament without having won their conference tournaments.
These bid stealers help shape the NCAA Tournament bubble, as each stolen bid ultimately prevents an at-large hopeful from making the tournament.
We’re tracking every single conference tournament and which teams earn automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament.
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Here’s a list of every conference tournament, listed in order of when the championship game is played.
Conference | Date of Conference Tournament Championship Game | Conference Tournament Champion |
Ohio Valley | Saturday, March 9 | Murray State |
Big South | Sunday, March 10 | Gardner-Webb |
Missouri Valley | Sunday, March 10 | Bradley |
Atlantic Sun | Sunday, March 10 | Liberty |
Southern | Monday, March 11 | Wofford |
MAAC | Monday, March 11 | Iona |
Colonial Athletic Association | Tuesday, March 12 | Northeastern |
Horizon League | Tuesday, March 12 | Northern Kentucky |
NEC | Tuesday, March 12 | Fairleigh Dickinson |
Summit League | Tuesday, March 12 | North Dakota State |
West Coast | Tuesday, March 12 | Saint Mary’s |
Patriot League | Wednesday, March 13 | Colgate |
America East | Saturday, March 16 | Vermont |
MEAC | Saturday, March 16 | NC Central |
Big 12 | Saturday, March 16 | Iowa State |
Mountain West | Saturday, March 16 | Utah State |
SWAC | Saturday, March 16 | Prairie View A&M |
Big East | Saturday, March 16 | Villanova |
MAC | Saturday, March 16 | Buffalo |
ACC | Saturday, March 16 | Duke |
Conference USA | Saturday, March 16 | Old Dominion |
Big Sky | Saturday, March 16 | Montana |
Pac-12 | Saturday, March 16 | Oregon |
Western Athletic | Saturday, March 16 | New Mexico State |
Southland | Saturday, March 16 | Abilene Christian |
Big West | Saturday, March 16 | UC Irvine |
Atlantic 10 | Sunday, March 17 | Saint Louis |
Ivy League | Sunday, March 17 | Yale |
SEC | Sunday, March 17 | Auburn |
American | Sunday, March 17 | Cincinnati |
Big Ten | Sunday, March 17 | Michigan State |
Sun Belt | Sunday, March 17 | Georgia State |