Conference tournaments are in the books, the first sign that March Madness has arrived!
Each of men’s college basketball’s 31 conference tournament champions earns an automatic berth to the 2026 NCAA Tournament, while the other 37 spots are awarded to at-large participants by the tournament’s selection committee.
See which teams have locked up an auto-bid:
- America East: UMBC (24-8, 14-2)
- American: South Florida (25-8, 15-3)
- ACC: Duke (32-2, 17-1)
- Atlantic Sun: Queens University (21-13, 13-5)
- Atlantic 10: VCU (27-7, 15-3)
- Big 12: Arizona (32-2, 16-2)
- Big East: St. John’s (28-6, 16-2)
- Big Sky: Idaho (21-14, 9-9)
- Big South: High Point (30-4, 15-1)
- Big Ten: Purdue (27-8, 13-7)
- Big West: Hawaii (24-8, 14-6)
- CAA: Hofstra (24-10, 12-6)
- Conference USA: Kennesaw State (21-13, 10-10)
- Horizon League: Wright State (23-11, 15-5)
- Ivy League: Penn (18-11, 9-5)
- MAAC: Siena (23-11, 13-7)
- Mid-American: Akron (29-5, 17-1)
- MEAC: Howard (22-10, 11-3)
- Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa (22-12, 11-9)
- Mountain West: Utah State (28-6, 15-5)
- Northeast: LIU (23-10, 15-3)
- Ohio Valley: Tennessee State (23-9, 15-5)
- Patriot League: Lehigh (18-16, 11-7)
- SEC: Arkansas (26-8, 13-5)
- Southern: Furman (22-12, 11-8)
- Southland: McNeese (28-5, 19-3)
- SWAC: Prairie View A&M (18-17, 9-9)
- Summit League: North Dakota State (27-7, 14-2)
- Sun Belt: Troy (22-11, 13-6)
- WAC: Cal Baptist (25-8, 13-5)
- West Coast: Gonzaga (30-3, 16-2)
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