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March Madness autobid tracker 2023: Every automatic NCAA Tournament berth [Updated March 8]

By Cody Williams

Apr 8, 2019; Minneapolis, MN, USA; A general view of a March Madness bracket outside before the championship game between the Virginia Cavaliers and Texas Tech Red Raiders. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 8, 2019; Minneapolis, MN, USA; A general view of a March Madness bracket outside before the championship game between the Virginia Cavaliers and Texas Tech Red Raiders. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports /
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While some teams hope for an at-large bid to March Madness, others already punched their tickets with automatic bids to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. 

Selection Sunday can be a stressful time for teams on the bubble that are clinging onto hopes of playing in March Madness. At that point, the selection committee holds those teams fates in their hands with whether or not they’ll be playing in the NCAA Tournament. But you know what takes away all that stress? Punching a ticket to the field of 68 with an automatic bid.

Every conference tournament champion earns an autobid into March Madness, meaning that there are 32 automatic berths into the NCAA Tournament while the other 36 teams earn at-large bids.

Sure, every team still has to sweat out what seed they’ll get in the March Madness bracket, but not having to worry about a spot in the Big Dance is worth something. So we’re going to be tracking every conference tournament champion to see which teams have earned an automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

March Madness automatic bids 2023: Every berth clinched for NCAA Tournament

Here’s a conference-by-conference look at the automatic bids already earned for the NCAA Tournament in addition to dates for when the 2023 conference champions will be crowned for tournaments that have not yet been completed.

  • AAC – Final on Sunday, March 12
  • ACC – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • America East – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • Atlantic 10 – Final on Sunday, March 12
  • ASUN – Kennesaw State
  • Big East – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • Big Sky – Montana State
  • Big South – UNC-Asheville
  • Big Ten – Final on Sunday, March 12
  • Big 12 – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • Big West – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • Colonial – Charleston
  • Conference USA – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • Horizon League – Northern Kentucky
  • Ivy League – Final on Sunday, March 12
  • MAAC – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • MAC – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • MEAC – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • Missouri Valley – Drake
  • Mountain West – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • Northeast – Fairleigh Dickinson
  • Ohio Valley – Southeast Missouri
  • Pac-12 – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • Patriot – Colgate
  • SEC – Final on Sunday, March 12
  • Southern – Furman
  • Southland – Texas A&M Corpus Christi
  • Summit – Oral Roberts
  • Sun Belt – Louisiana
  • SWAC – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • WAC – Final on Saturday, March 11
  • West Coast – Gonzaga

Two big early contenders to make some noise in the NCAA Tournament punched tickets to the Big Dance on Tuesday night late in the evening. Gonzaga had its third meeting with Saint Mary’s this season and the Bulldogs didn’t hold anything back in an absolute rout of the Gaels. Meanwhile, Oral Roberts completed its perfect run through the Summit League in another blowout on the night, blasting North Dakota State and getting their slipper fitted to be a cinderella this March.

There is still plenty of drama to unfold during Champ Week, though, with March Madness hopes hanging in the balance.

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