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NCAA.com | March 12, 2023

Tracking all 32 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2023

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The 2023 NCAA men's basketball tournament for March Madness will see 68 teams bracketed. Of the 68 teams, 32 will qualify automatically through automatic bids from conferences. Fairleigh Dickinson and Southeast Missouri State secured the first two automatic bids, winning the Northeast final and OVC final, respectively.

Below you'll find a table listing all 32 conferences, their tournament dates, locations and a link to information for every bracket. The other 36 teams will qualify as at-large selections. This article will be updated throughout as teams clinch AQ bids.

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2023 NCAA conference tournament schedules, brackets, scores, automatic bids

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE/RESULTS/TV SCHEDULE Automatic Bid LOCATION
America East
(
Bracket)
Quarterfinals: March 4
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 11 a.m. March 11 on ESPN2
Vermont Higher seed
American Athletic
(
Bracket)
First round: March 9
Quarterfinals: March 10
Semifinals: March 11
Championship: 3:15 p.m. ET March 12 on ESPN
Memphis Fort Worth, TX
Atlantic 10
(
Bracket)
First round: March 7
Second round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 11
Championship: 1 p.m. March 12 on CBS Sports
VCU Brooklyn, NY
ACC
(
Bracket)
First round: March 7
Second round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 8:30 p.m. March 11 on ESPN
Duke Greensboro, NC
ASUN
(
Bracket)
First round: Feb. 27
Quarterfinals: Feb. 28
Semifinals: March 2
Championship: 3 p.m. March 5 on ESPN2
Kennesaw State Higher seed
Big 12
(
Bracket)
Opening round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 6 p.m. March 11
Texas Kansas City, MO
Big East
(
Bracket)
First round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 6:30 p.m. March 11 on FOX
Marquette New York, NY
Big Sky
(
Bracket)
First round: March 4
Second round: March 5
Quarterfinals: March 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 11:30 p.m. March 8 on ESPN2
Montana State Boise, ID
Big South
(
Bracket)
First round: March 1
Quarterfinals: March 3
Semifinals: March 4
Championship: 1 p.m. March 5 on ESPN2
UNC Asheville Charlotte, NC
Big Ten
(
Bracket)
First round: March 8
Second round: March 9
Quarterfinals: March 10
Semifinals: March 11
Championship: 3:30 p.m. March 12 on CBS
Purdue Chicago, IL
Big West
(
Bracket)
First round: March 7
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 9:30 p.m. March 11 on ESPN2
UC Santa Barbara Henderson, NV
CAA
(
Bracket)
First round: March 3
Second round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 5
Semifinals: March 6
Championship: 7 p.m. March 7 on CBSSN
College of Charleston Washington, D.C.
Conference USA
(
Bracket)
First round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 8:30 p.m. March 11
Florida Atlantic Frisco, TX
Horizon League
(
Bracket)
First round: Feb. 28 (campus sites)
Quarterfinals: March 2 (campus sites)
Semifinals: March 6
Championship: 7 p.m. March 7
Northern Kentucky Indianapolis, IN (semis on)
Ivy League
(
Bracket)
Semifinals: March 11
Championship: 12 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
Princeton Princeton, NJ
MAAC
(
Bracket)
First round: March 7
Quarterfinals: March 8 and 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 7:30 p.m. March 11 on ESPNU
Iona Atlantic City, NJ
MAC
(
Bracket)
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 7:30 p.m. March 11 on ESPN2
Kent State Cleveland, OH
MEAC
(
Bracket)
Quarterfinals: March 8 and 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 1 p.m. March 11 on ESPN2
Howard Norfolk, VA
Missouri Valley
(
Bracket)
First round: March 2
Quarterfinals: March 3
Semifinals: March 4
Championship: 2 p.m. March 5 on CBS Sports
Drake St. Louis, MO
Mountain West
(
Bracket)
First round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 6 p.m. March 11 on CBS
San Diego State Las Vegas, NV
Northeast
(
Bracket)
Quarterfinals: March 1
Semifinals: March 4
Championship: 7 p.m. March 7 on ESPN2
Fairleigh Dickinson
Won by default since
Merrimack is not eligible
Higher seed
Ohio Valley
(
Bracket)
First round: March 1
Quarterfinals: March 2
Semifinals: March 3
Championship: 8 p.m. March 4 on ESPN2
Southeast Missouri State Evansville, IN
Pac-12
(
Bracket)
First round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 19
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 10:30 p.m. March 11 on ESPN
Arizona Las Vegas, NV
Patriot League
(
Bracket)
First round: Feb. 28
Quarterfinals: March 2
Semifinals: March 5
Championship: 7:30 p.m. March 8 on CBSSN
Colgate Higher seed
SEC
(
Bracket)
First round: March 8
Second round: March 9
Quarterfinals: March 10
Semifinals: March 11
Championship: 1 p.m. March 12 on ESPN
Alabama Nashville, TN
Southern
(
Bracket)
First round: March 3
Quarterfinals: March 4
Semifinals: March 5
Championship: 7 p.m. March 6
Furman Asheville, NC
Southland
(
Bracket)
First round: March 5
Second round: March 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 5 p.m. March 8 on ESPN2
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Lake Charles, LA
SWAC
(
Bracket)
Quarterfinals: March 8 and 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 5:30 p.m. March 11
Texas Southern Birmingham, AL
Summit League
(
Bracket)
First round: March 3
Quarterfinals: March 4 and 5
Semifinals: March 6
Championship: 9 p.m. March 7 on ESPN2
Oral Roberts Sioux Falls, SD
Sun Belt
(
Bracket)
First round: Feb. 28
Second round: March 2
Quarterfinals: March 4
Semifinals: March 5
Championship: 7 p.m. March 6 on ESPN2
Louisiana Pensacola, FL
West Coast
(
Bracket)
First round: March 2
Second round: March 3
Quarterfinals: March 4
Semifinals: March 6
Championship: 9 p.m. March 7 on ESPN
Gonzaga Las Vegas, NV
WAC
(
Bracket)
First round: March 7
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 11:30 p.m. March 11
Grand Canyon Las Vegas, NV

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