Automatic Bids - Conference Tournaments

Before the pairings are announced from the selected 68 teams on Sunday, March 16, there are 32 teams that will earn an automatic bid via their conference tournament or by winning the regular season outright. Here is a list of all 32 conferences with tournament dates. When the winner is determined, I'll update this post with the teams receiving automatic bid in place of the tournament dates.

Conference	Winner [Record]
AAC	Connecticut Huskies (24-10)
ACC	North Carolina Tar Heals (27-6)
American East	Stony Brook Seawolves (26-6)
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (20-13)
Atlantic 10	St Joseph's Hawks (27-7)
Big East	Seton Hall Pirates (25-8)
Big Sky	Weber State Wildcats (26-8)
Big South	NC Asheville Bulldogs (22-11)
Big Ten	Michigan State Spartans (29-5)
Big 12	Kansas Jayhawks (30-4)
Big West	Hawaii Warriors (27-5)
Colonial	UNC-Wilmington Seahawks (25-7)
Conference USA	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (24-9)
Horizon League	Green Bay Phoenix (23-12)
Ivy League	Yale Bulldogs (22-6)
MAAC	Iona Gaels (22-10)
MAC	Buffalo Bulls (20-14)
MEAC	Hampton Pirates (21-10)
Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa Panthers (22-12)
Mountain West	Fresno State Bulldogs (25-9)
Northeast	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (18-14)
Ohio Valley	Austin Peay Governors (18-17)
Pac 12	Oregon Ducks (28-6)
Patriot	Holy Cross Crusaders (14-19)
SEC	Kentucky Wildcats (26-8)
Southern	Chattanooga Mocs (29-6)
Southland	Steven F Austin Lumberjacks (27-5)
Summit	South Dakota State Jackrabbits (26-7)
Sun Belt	Little Rock Trojans (29-4)
SWAC	Southern U Jaguars (22-12)
WAC	Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (24-8)
West Coast	Gonzaga Bulldogs (26-7)

NCAA Division I Men's Conference Tournament Dates (2016). Retrieved from http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/schedules/conference-tournament

Automatic Bids - Conference Tournament

Conference	Winner [record]
ACC	Miami Hurricanes [27-6]
American East	Albany Grate Danes [24-10]
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles [24-10]
Atlantic 10	Saint Louis Billikens [27-6]
Big East	Louisville Cardinals [29-5]
Big Sky	Montana Grizzlies [25-6]
Big South	Liberty Flames [15-20]
Big Ten	Ohio State Buckeyes [26-7]
Big 12	Kansas Jayhawks [29-5]
Big West	Pacific Tigers [22-12]
Colonial	James Madison Dukes [20-14]
Conference USA	Memphis Tigers [30-4]
Horizon	Valparaiso Crusaders [26-7]
Ivy League	Harvard Crimson [19-9]
MAAC	Iona Gaels [20-13]
MAC	Akron Zips [26-6]
MEAC	North Carloina A&T Aggies [19-16]
Missouri Valley	Creighton Bluejays [27-7]
Mountain West	New Mexico Lobos [29-5]
Northeast	LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds [20-13]
Ohio Valley	Belmont Bruins [26-6]
Pac-12	Oregon Ducks [26-8]
Patriot	Bucknell Bison [28-5]
SEC	Ole Miss Rebels [26-8]
Southern	Davidson Wildcats [26-7]
Southland	Northwestern State Demons [23-8]
Summit	South Dakota State Jackrabbits [25-9]
Sun Belt	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers [20-15]
SWAC	Southern Jaguars [23-9]
WAC	New Mexico State Aggies [24-10]
West Coast	Gonzaga Bulldogs [31-2]

31 Automatic Bids

31 automatic bids are earned by the Conference Tournament Champions. Here is the list of conferences, schedule and winner when known.

	Dates-Winners [record]	Conference [record]
1.	North Carolina Tar Heels [32-2]	ACC [14-2]
2.	UMBC Retrievers [24-8]	American East [13-3]
3.	Belmont Bruins [25-8]	Atlantic Sun [14-2]
4.	Temple Owls [21-12]	Atlantic 10 [11-5]
5.	Pittsburgh Panthers [26-9]	Big East [10-8]
6.	Portland State Vikings [23-9]	Big Sky [14-2]
7.	Winthorp Eagles [22-11]	Big South [10-4]
8.	Wisconsin Badgers [29-4]	Big Ten [16-2]
9.	Kansas Jayhawks [31-3]	Big 12 [13-3]
10.	Cal St. Fullerton Titans [24-8]	Big West [12-4]
11.	George Mason Patriots [23-10]	Colonial [12-6]
12.	Memphis Tigers [33-1]	Conference USA [16-0]
13.	Butler Bulldogs [29-3]	Horizon 16-2]
14.	Cornell Big Red [20-5]	Ivy League [12-0]
15.	Siena Saints [22-10]	MAAC [13-5]
16.	Kent State Golden Flashes [28-6]	MAC [13-3]
17.	Coppin State Eagles [16-19]	MEAC [12-9]
18.	Drake Bulldogs [28-4]	Missouri Valley [15-3]
19.	UNLV Rebels [26-7]	Mountain West 15-4]
20.	Mount St Mary's Mountaineers [18-4]	Northeast [11-7]
21.	Austin Peay Governors [24-10]	Ohio Valley [17-4]
22.	UCLA Bruins [31-3]	Pac-10 [19-2]
23.	American Eagles [21-11]	Patriot [10-4]
24.	Georgia Bulldogs [17-16]	SEC [4-12]
25.	Davidson Wildcats [26-6]	Southern [20-0]
26.	UT-Arlington Mavericks [21-11]	Southland [7-9]
27.	Oral Roberts Golden Eagles [24-8]	Summit [16-2]
28.	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers [27-6]	Sun Belt [16-2]
29.	Mississippi Val. Delta Devils [17-15]	SWAC [13-6]
30.	Boise St. Broncos [25-8]	WAC [12-4]
31.	San Diego Toreros [21-13]	West Coast [11-3]