Some college basketball teams will have to wait until Selection Sunday to find out whether or not they're going dancing.
But others will know in advance.
That's because the winner of each conference tournament championship automatically qualifies for the NCAA Tournament. The first automatic bids in 2024 were awarded in the Ohio Valley conference, with UT Martin's women's team and Morehead State's men's team punching tickets to March Madness.
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Several teams have since joined them, and more automatic bids were earned in the days leading up to the bracket reveals on Selection Sunday.
So, which men's and women's squads are March Madness bound? Here's a look with the brackets now official:
How many March Madness automatic bids are there?
There are 32 automatic bids in both the men's and women's tournaments. The rest of the fields are filled out by at-large bids.
Automatic bids to men’s NCAA Tournament in 2024
Here’s an updated look at the men’s teams headed to the Big Dance, along with when the other conference tournament champions will be decided:
- America East: University of Vermont
- American Athletic: UAB
- Atlantic 10: Duquesne
- ACC: NC State
- ASUN: Stetson
- Big 12: Iowa State
- Big East: UConn
- Big Sky: Montana State
- Big South: Longwood
- Big Ten: Illinois
- Big West: Long Beach State
- CAA: Charleston
- Conference USA: Western Kentucky
- Horizon League: Oakland
- Ivy League: Brown
- MAAC: Saint Peter's
- MAC: Akron
- MEAC: Howard University
- Missouri Valley: Drake
- Mountain West: New Mexico
- Northeast: Wagner
- Ohio Valley: Morehead State
- Pac-12: Oregon
- Patriot League: Colgate
- SEC: Auburn
- Southern: Samford
- Southland: McNeese
- SWAC: Jackson State
- Summit League: South Dakota State
- Sun Belt: James Madison
- West Coast: Saint Mary's
- WAC: Grand Canyon
Automatic bids to women’s NCAA Tournament in 2024
And here are the women's teams that are March Madness bound, along with when the other conference tournament champions will be decided:
- America East: Maine
- American Athletic: Rice
- Atlantic 10: Richmond
- ACC: Notre Dame
- ASUN: Florida Gulf Coast
- Big 12: Texas
- Big East: UConn
- Big Sky: Eastern Washington
- Big South: Presbyterian
- Big Ten: Iowa
- Big West: UC Irvine
- CAA: Drexel
- Conference USA: Middle Tennessee
- Horizon League: Green Bay
- Ivy League: Princeton
- MAAC: Fairfield
- MAC: Kent State
- MEAC: Norfolk State
- Missouri Valley: Drake
- Mountain West: UNLV
- Northeast: Sacred Heart
- Ohio Valley: UT Martin
- Pac-12: USC
- Patriot League: Holy Cross
- SEC: South Carolina
- Southern: Chattanooga
- Southland: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
- SWAC: Jackson State
- Summit League: South Dakota State
- Sun Belt: Marshall
- West Coast: Portland
- WAC: California Baptist