2023 NCAA Conference Tournament Tracker: Schedule, automatic bids

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is fast approaching.

Ahead of the big dance, hundreds of teams will do battle in their conference tournaments as they vie for one of just 32 automatic bids.

Those who don’t win their conference tournaments will have to hope they earn one of 36 at-large bids into the NCAA tournament. The selection committee will announce the full 68-team field on Selection Sunday, March 12.

In the meantime, we’ll keep track of the automatic bids below, as we monitor each conference tournament winner.

Total Bids: 68

Automatic Bids Clinched: 5

Bids Remaining: 63

[The latest NCAA Tournament bracket forecast from Mike DeCourcy]

[NCAA Women’s Tournament bid tracker]

Schedule of Conference Tournaments, with dates, location and automatic bid winners:

1. Northeast: Fairleigh Dickinson (The Knights advanced to the championship game to play Merrimack. But because Merrimack isn’t eligible for the NCAA Tournament, Fairleigh Dickinson earns the automatic bid).

2. Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri State

3. Big South: UNC Asheville

4. Missouri Valley: Drake

5. ASUN: Kennesaw State

6. Sun Belt: February 28-March 6, at Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida

7. Southern: March 3-6, at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina

8. Horizon League: February 28-March 7, at campus sites and Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis

9. West Coast: March 2-7, at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas

10. CAA: March 3-7, at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.

11. Summit League: March 3-7, at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

12. Patriot League: February 28-March 8, at campus sites

13. Big Sky: March 4-8, at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho