Tracking 31 NCAA men’s basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2026 March Madness

America East

Quarterfinals: March 7
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 11 a.m. ET March 14 on ESPN2

  Higher seed hosts American

First Round: March 11
Second Round: March 12
Quarterfinals: March 13
Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 3:15 p.m. March 15 on ESPN

  Birmingham, Ala. Atlantic 10

First Round: March 11
Second Round: March 12
Quarterfinals: March 13
Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 1 p.m. March 15 on CBS

  Pittsburgh, Pa. ACC

First Round: March 10
Second Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 8:30 p.m. March 14 on ESPN

  Charlotte, N.C. ASUN First Round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 2 p.m. March 8 on ESPN2 Queens (NC) Jacksonville, Fla. Big 12 First Round: March 10
Second Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 6 p.m. March 14 on ESPN   Kansas City, Mo. Big East

First round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 6:30 p.m. March 14 on FOX

  New York City Big Sky First Round: March 7
Second Round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 11:30 p.m. March 11 on ESPN2   Boise, Idaho Big South

First Round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 12 p.m. March 8 on ESPN2

High Point Johnson City, Tenn. Big Ten First Round: March 10
Second Round: March 11
Third Round: March 12
Quarterfinals: March 13
Semifinals: March 14 
Championship: 3:30 p.m. March 15 on CBS   Chicago Big West First Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: March 14   Henderson, Nev. CAA First Round: March 6
Second Round: March 7
Quarterfinals: March 8
Semifinals: March 9
Championship: 7 p.m. March 10 on CBSSN   Washington, D.C. Conference USA First Round: March 10
Quarterfinals: March 11 and 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 8:30 p.m. March 14 on CBSSN   Huntsville, Ala. Horizon League Play-in: March 2
First Round: March 4
Second Round: March 8
Semifinals: March 9
Championship: 7 p.m. March 10 on ESPN   Higher seed hosts first three rounds, Indianapolis for last two rounds  Ivy League
  Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 12 p.m. March 15 on ESPN2   Ithaca, N.Y.  MAAC First Round: March 5
Quarterfinals: March 6 and 7
Semifinals: March 8
Championship: March 10 on ESPN/ESPN2   Atlantic City, N.J.

MAC

Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 8 p.m. March 14 on ESPN2   Cleveland, Ohio MEAC Quarterfinals: March 11 and 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: March 14   Norfolk, Va. Missouri Valley First Round: March 5
Quarterfinals: March 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 12 p.m. March 8 on CBS Sports UNI St. Louis Mountain West First Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 6 p.m. March 14 on CBS   Las Vegas Northeast Quarterfinals: March 4
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 7 p.m. March 10 on ESPN2/ESPN+ LIU Higher seed hosts Ohio Valley First Round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 5
Semifinals: March 6
Championship: 9 p.m. March 7 on ESPN2 Tennessee State Evansville, Ind. Patriot League First Round: March 3
Quarterfinals: March 5
Semifinals: March 8
Championship: March 11   Higher seed hosts SEC First Round: March 11
Second Round: March 12
Quarterfinals: March 13
Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 1 p.m. March 15 on ESPN   Nashville, Tenn. SoCon

First Round: March 6
Quarterfinals: March 7
Semifinals: March 8
Championship: 7 p.m. March 9

  Asheville, N.C. Southland First Round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 5 p.m. March 11 on ESPN2   Lake Charles, La. SWAC First Round: March 9
Second Round: March 10
Quarterfinals: March 11 and 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 7:30 p.m. March 14   Atlanta Summit League Opening Round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 5 and 6 
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 9 p.m. March 8 on CBSSN   Sioux Falls, S.D. Sun Belt

First Round: March 3
Second Round: March 4
Third Round: March 5
Fourth Round: March 6
Quarterfinals: March 7
Semifinals: March 8
Championship: 6 p.m. March 9 on ESPN/ESPN

  Pensacola, Fla. West Coast
  First Round: March 5
Second Round: March 6
Third Round: March 7
Quarterfinals: March 8
Semifinals: March 9
Championship: 9 p.m. March 10   Las Vegas WAC First Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: March 14   Las Vegas