We are knee deep into 2024 Championship week. We have the 2024 Championship week winners, automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Tournament for you below. We’ve already seen some great games, upsets, and more. 2024 March Madness is shaping up to be one of our favorites ever. We’ll keep you updated on the results here as the action unfolds.
How Many Teams have Earned an Automatic Bid to March Madness?
So far, we have two teams who have punched their tickets to the Dance. One in the women’s and one in the men’s brackets. UT-Martin earned their way in the WBB field. Morehead State did the same for the OVC Tournament. More to come here pretty quickly. Don’t forget about Caitlin Clark and Iowa as well. It’s time for the March Madness schedules and bracketology to take over! We’ll forego numbers for our updates. There are now 7 combined men’s and women’s teams dancing! WE’ll just update in the blocks below for you until we have all 64 automatic qualifiers in the books!
Last Updated: 17 March **** We know have 32 Women’s teams and 32 men’s teams with automatic bids to March Madness 2024 in hand!
Ref to Bri Lewerke (@brilewerke) / X (twitter.com) for the nice share and ask!! Awesome photos.
2024 Women’s Basketball Automatic Bids for the NCAA Tournament
| CONFERENCE | DATES | Championship Date | Auto Bid |
| America East | March 8-15 | March 15 | Maine (24-9) |
| American Athletic | March 9-13 | March 13 | Rice (19-14) |
| Atlantic 10 | March 6-10 | March 10 | Richmond (29-5) |
| ACC | March 6-10 | March 10 | Notre Dame (26-6) |
| Atlantic Sun | March 8-16 | March 16 | Florida Gulf Coast (29-4) |
| Big 12 | March 7-12 | March 12 | Texas (30-4) |
| Big East | March 8-11 | March 11 | UCONN (29-5) |
| Big Sky | March 9-13 | March 13 | Eastern Washington (29-5) |
| Big South | March 6-10 | March 10 | Presbyterian Blue Hose (20-14) |
| Big Ten | March 6-10 | March 10 | Iowa (29-4) |
| Big West | March 13-16 | March 16 | UC Irvine (23-8) |
| CAA | March 13-17 | March 17 | Drexel (18-14) |
| C-USA | March 12-16 | March 16 | Middle Tennessee (29-4) |
| Horizon | March 5-12 | March 12 | Green Bay (27-6) |
| Ivy | March 15-16 | March 16 | Princeton (25-4) |
| MAAC | March 12-16 | March 16 | Fairfield (31-1) |
| MAC | March 13-16 | March 16 | Kent State (21-10) |
| MEAC | March 13-16 | March 16 | Norfolk State (27-5) |
| MVC | March 14-17 | March 17 | Drake (29-5) |
| MWC | March 10-13 | March 13 | UNLV (30-2) |
| Northeast | March 11-15 | March 17 | Sacred Heart (23-9) |
| OVC | March 6-9 | March 9 | UT-Martin (16-16) |
| Pac-12 | March 6-10 | March 10 | USC (26-5) |
| Patriot | March 9-17 | March 17 | Holy Cross (20-12) |
| SEC | March 6-10 | March 10 | South Carolina (32-0) |
| Southern | March 6-10 | March 10 | Chattanooga (28-4) |
| Southland | March 11-14 | March 14 | Texas A&M Corpus Christi (23-8) |
| SWAC | March 13-16 | March 16 | Jackson State (29-4) |
| Summit | March 8-12 | March 12 | South Dakota State (27-5) |
| Sun Belt | March 5-11 | March 11 | Marshall (26-6) |
| WAC | March 13-16 | March 16 | California Baptist (28-3) |
| West Coast | March 7-12 | March 12 | Portland (21-2) |
2024 Women’s NCAA Tournament Schedule
Selection show: 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 17 on ESPN
First Four games: Wednesday and Thursday, March 20-21
First round: Friday and Saturday, March 22-23
Second round: Sunday and Monday, March 24-25
Sweet 16: Friday and Saturday, March 29-30
Elite Eight: Sunday and Monday, March 31-April 1
Final Four: 7 p.m. ET and 9:30 p.m. ET on Friday, March April 5 on ESPN
National Championship: 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 7 on ABC
2024 Men’s Basketball Automatic Bids for the NCAA Tournament
| Conference | Dates | Championship Date | Auto Bid |
| American Athletic | March 13th-17th | March 17 | |
| ACC | March 12th-16th | March 16 | NC State (22-14) |
| America East | March 9th, 12th & 16th | March 16 | Vermont (28-6) |
| ASUN | March 4th-5th, 7th & 10th | March 10 | Stetson (22-12) |
| A-10 | March 12th-14th, 16th-17th | March 17 | UAB (23-11) |
| Big 12 | March 12th-16th | March 16 | Iowa State (27-7) |
| Big East | March 13th-16th | March 16 | UConn (31-3) |
| Big Sky | March 9th-13th | March 13 | Montana State (17-17) |
| Big South | March 6th & 8th-10th | March 10 | Longwood (21-13) |
| Big Ten | March 13th-17th | March 17 | Wisconsin (23-12) |
| Big West | March 13th-16th | March 16 | Long Beach State (21-14) |
| CUSA | March 12th-16th | March 16 | WKU (22-11) |
| CAA | March 8th-12th | March 12 | Charleston (27-7) |
| Horizon | March 5th, 7th & 11th-12th | March 12 | Oakland (23-11) |
| Ivy | March 16th-17th | March 17 | Yale (22-9) |
| MAAC | March 12th-16th | March 16 | St. Peter’s (19-13) |
| MAC | March 14th-16th | March 16 | Akron (24-10) |
| MEAC | March 13th-16th | March 16 | Howard (18-16) |
| MVC | March 7th-10th | March 10 | Drake (28-6) |
| MWC | March 13th-16th | March 16 | New Mexico (26-9) |
| NEC | March 6th, 9th & 12th | March 12 | Wagner (16-15) |
| OVC | March 6th-9th | March 9 | Morehead State (26-8) |
| Pac-12 | March 13th-16th | March 16 | Oregon (23-11) |
| Patriot | March 5th, 7th, 10th & 13th | March 13 | Colgate (25-9) |
| SEC | March 13th-17th | March 17 | Auburn (27-7) |
| Southern | March 8th-11th | March 11 | Samford (29-5) |
| Southland | March 10th-14th | March 14 | McNeese (30-3) |
| Summit | March 8th-12th | March 12 | South Dakota State (22-12) |
| Sun Belt | March 5th, 7th & 9th-11th | March 11 | James Madison (31-3) |
| SWAC | March 13th-16th | March 16 | Grambling (20-14) |
| WAC | March 13th-16th | March 16 | Grand Canyon (29-4) |
| WCC | March 7th-9th & 11th-12th | March 12 | St. Mary’s (26-7) |
2024 Men’s NCAA Tournament Schedule
First Four: March 19-20
First round: March 21-22
Second round: March 23-24
Sweet 16: March 28-29
Elite Eight: March 30-31
Final Four: Saturday, April 6
NCAA championship game: Monday, April 8
NCAA Tournament Brackets
If you are looking for the tournament brackets for the Men’s and Women’s editions of March Madness, we have you covered. We have them each below in printable, PDF format for you to use to fill out your bracketology. We’ll keep flowing info to you as we have it on the matchups, seeds, and more.
