A look at the list of automatic bids for the NCAA Tournament as Selection Sunday is finally here for 2015
After what was yet another eventful college basketball season, we have now finally reached Selection Sunday, where we find out the entire field for the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
Now as we know, most of the field for this tournament every year is filled by with automatic bids. To claim an automatic bid for March Madness, you must win your conference tournament. Automatic bids are exciting because this is where we get our first glimpse of who could be a potential Cinderella team in the field.
Here on Selection Sunday, most of the conference tournaments have been completed, and with that being said, here’s a look at the updated list of automatic bids:
NCAA Tournament automatic bids
American Athletic –
ACC – Notre Dame (29-5)
American East – Albany (24-8)
Atlantic 10 –
Atlantic Sun – North Florida (23-11)
Big 12 – Iowa State (25-8)
Big East – Villanova (32-2)
Big Sky – Eastern Washington (26-8)
Big South – Coastal Carolina (24-9)
Big Ten –
Big West – UC Irvine (21-12)
Colonial – Northeastern (23-11)
Conference USA – UAB (19-15)
Horizon League – Valparaiso (28-5)
Ivy League – Harvard (22-7)
Metro Atlantic – Manhattan (19-13)
Mid-American – Buffalo (23-9)
Mid-Eastern – Hampton (16-17)
Missouri Valley – Northern Iowa (30-3)
Mountain West – Wyoming (25-9)
Northeast – Robert Morris (19-14)
Ohio Valley – Belmont (22-10)
Pac-12 – Arizona (31-3)
Patriot – Lafayette (20-12)
SEC –
Southland – Stephen F. Austin (29-4)
Southern – Wofford (28-6)
Summit – North Dakota State (23-9)
Sun Belt –
Southwestern Athletic – Texas Southern (22-12)
Western Athletic – New Mexico State (23-10)
West Coast – Gonzaga (32-2)
Which of these teams do you think can make a solid run? Let us know in the comments below.
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