NCAA Tournament Automatic Bids

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Conference champions always get an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. Typically the first team to stake their place in the March Madness Tournament comes out of the Ivy League. This is because they have their conference championship schedules weeks before the big conferences start tournament play. Many people do not realize there are 31 different conference tournaments in College Basketball. (Actually the IVY league does not have a conference tourney, but the regular season championship team gets the March Madness bid.) That means off the top there are going to be 31 teams that make the tourney regardless of anything else. This is why many times your favorite team, who of course ranks as one of the top 64 teams in the nation, can still get snubbed from tournament play.

Conference Tournament locations along with dates and tournament championships.

ACC	Charlotte, N.C.	March 13-16	Sunday, March 16; 1 p.m
America East	Binghamton, N.Y.	March 7-9, 15	Saturday, March 15; noon
Atlantic Sun	Nashville, Tenn.	March 5-8	Saturday, March 8; 1:30 p.m.
Atlantic 10	Atlantic City, N.J.	March 12-15	Saturday, March 15; 6 p.m
Big East	New York	March 12-15	Saturday, March 15; 9 p.m
Big Sky	Campus sites/top seed	March 8, 11-12	Wednesday, March 12; 9 p.m.
Big South	Campus sites	March 4, 6, 8	Saturday, March 8; 11:30 a.m.
Big Ten	Indianapolis	March 13-16	Sunday, March 16; 3:30 p.m.
Big 12	Kansas City, Mo.	March 13-16	Sunday, March 16; 3 p.m.
Big West	Anaheim, Calif.	March 12-15	Saturday, March 15; 11 p.m.
Colonial	Richmond, Va.	March 7-10	Monday, March 10; 7 p.m.
Conference USA	Memphis, Tenn.	March 12-15	Saturday, March 15; 11:30 a.m.
Horizon	Campus sites/top seed	March 4, 7-8, 11	Tuesday, March 11; 9 p.m.
Ivy League	No Tournament		Cornell (20-5)
MAAC	Albany, N.Y.	March 6-10	Monday, March 10; 7 p.m.
MAC	Cleveland	March 12-15	Saturday, March 15; 7 p.m.
MEAC	Raleigh, N.C.	March 10-15	Saturday, March 15; 8 p.m.
Missouri Valley	St. Louis	March 6-9	Sunday, March 9; 2 p.m.
Mountain West	Las Vegas	March 12-15	Saturday, March 15; 7 p.m.
Northeast	Campus sites	March 6, 9, 12	Wednesday, March 12; 7 p.m.
Ohio Valley	Nashville, Tenn.	March 4, 7-8	Saturday, March 8; 4 p.m.
Pac-10	Los Angeles	March 12-15	Saturday, March 15; 6 p.m.
Patriot	Campus sites	March 5, 9, 14	Friday, March 14; 4:45 p.m.
SEC	Atlanta	March 13-16	Sunday, March 16; 1 p.m.
Southern	Charleston, S.C.	March 7-10	Monday, March 10; 9 p.m.
Southland	Katy, Texas	March 13-16	Sunday, March 16; 1 p.m.
Summit	Tulsa, Okla.	March 8-11	Tuesday, March 11; 7 p.m.
Sun Belt	Mobile, Ala.	March 5, 8-11	Tuesday, March 11; 9 p.m.
SWAC	Birmingham, Ala.	March 12-15	Saturday, March 15; 7 p.m.
WAC	Las Cruces, N.M.	March 11, 13-15	Saturday, March 15; 9 p.m.
West Coast	San Diego	March 7-10	Monday, March 10; 9 p.m.

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