It’s March and the countdown to the NCAA tournament is on.
Every March Madness automatic qualifier for the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament so far
We’re tracking the 31 teams who qualified automatically for this year’s tournament.
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Beth Maiman is the Associate Director of NCAA content at SB Nation.
The entire 2025 NCAA tournament field will be announced on Sunday, March 16. But before all that nervous energy on Selection Sunday, teams will play for their respective conference tournament title, which guarantees a spot in the NCAA tournament.
There are 31 teams that qualify through automatic bids from winning conference tournaments. The other 36 teams will qualify as at-large selections, picked by the DI men’s basketball selection committee.
SB Nation has a complete conference tournament preview with everything you need to know leading up to the Big Dance.
The First Four games of the 2025 NCAA tournament will start on March 18. The first round will begin on March 20 and can conclude on March 21.
Below we are tracking every automatic qualifier for the 2025 NCAA men’s tournament:
Auto bids for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
CONFERENCE | SCHEDULE/RESULTS/TV SCHEDULE | AUTO BID | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| America East | Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: 11 a.m. March 15 on ESPN2 | Bryant | Higher seed hosts |
| American Athletic | First Round: March 12 Second Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: 3:15 p.m. ET March 16 on ESPN | Memphis | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Atlantic 10 | First Round: March 12 Second Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: 1 p.m. March 16 on CBS | VCU | Washington, D.C. |
| ACC | First Round: March 11 Second Round: March 12 Quarterfinals: March 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 8:30 p.m. March 15 | Duke | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| ASUN | First Round: March 2 Quarterfinals: March 3 Semifinals: March 6 Championship: March 9 on ESPN2 | Lipscomb | Campus sites |
| Big 12 | First Round: March 11 Second Round: March 12 Quarterfinals: March 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 6 p.m. March 15 | Houston | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Big East | First Round: March 12 Quarterfinals: March 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 6:30 p.m. March 15 on FOX | St. John's | New York City |
| Big Sky | First Round: March 8 Second Round: March 9 Third Round: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: 11:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2 | Montana | Boise, Idaho |
| Big South | First Round: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: 12 p.m. March 9 on ESPN2 | High Point | Johnson City, Tennessee |
| Big Ten | First Round: March 12 Second Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: 3:30 p.m. March 16 on CBS | Michigan | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Big West | First Round: March 12 Quarterfinals: March 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 9:40 p.m. March 15 on ESPN2 | UC San Diego | Henderson, Nevada |
| CAA | First Round: March 7 Second Round: March 8 Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: 7 p.m. March 11 on CBSSN | UNC Wilmington | Washington, D.C. |
| Conference USA | First Round: March 11 Quarterfinals: March 12 and 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 8:30 p.m. March 15 on CBSSN | Liberty | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Horizon League | First Round: March 4 Quarterfinals: March 6 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: 7 p.m. March 11 on ESPN/ESPN2 | Robert Morris | Indianapolis, Indiana (semifinals on) |
| Ivy League | Semifinals: March 15 Championship: 12 p.m. March 16 on ESPN2 | Yale | Providence, Rhode Island |
| MAAC | First Round: March 11 Quarterfinals: March 12 and 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 7:30 p.m. March 15 on ESPNU | Mount St. Mary's | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| MAC | Quarterfinals: March 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 7:40 p.m. March 15 on ESPN2 | Akron | Cleveland, Ohio |
| MEAC | Quarterfinals: March 12 and 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 1 p.m. March 15 on ESPN2 | Norfolk State | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Missouri Valley | First Round: March 6 Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: 2:10 p.m. March 9 on CBS | Drake | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Mountain West | First Round: March 12 Quarterfinals: March 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 6 p.m. March 15 on CBS | Colorado State | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Northeast | Quarterfinals: March 5 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: 7 p.m. March 11 on ESPN2 | Saint Francis | Higher seed |
| Ohio Valley | First Round: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 6 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: 9 p.m. March 8 on ESPN2 | SIUE | Evansville, Indiana |
| Patriot League | First Round: March 4 Quarterfinals: March 6 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: 7 p.m. March 12 on CBSSN | American University | Higher seed |
| SEC | First Round: March 12 Second Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: 1 p.m. March 16 on ESPN | Florida | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Southern | First Round: March 7 Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: 7 p.m. March 10 on ESPN | Wofford | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Southland | First Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: 5 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2 | McNeese | Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| SWAC | First Round: March 11 Quarterfinals: March 12 and 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 9:30 p.m. March 15 | Alabama State | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Summit League | First Round: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 6 and 7 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: 9 p.m. March 9 on CBSSN | Omaha | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Sun Belt | First Round: March 4 Second Round: March 5 Third Round: March 6 Fourth Round: March 7 Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: 7 p.m. March 10 on ESPN2 | Troy | Pensacola, Florida |
| West Coast | First Round: March 6 Second Round: March 7 Third Round: March 8 Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: 9 p.m. March 11 on ESPN | Gonzaga | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| WAC | Opening Round: March 11 Quarterfinals: March 12 and 13 Semifinals: March 14 Championship: 11:40 p.m. March 15 on ESPN2 | Grand Canyon | Las Vegas, Nevada |
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