Conf Tourneys
Welcome to Bracketville’s home for what we call … ticket central … or conference tournaments.
As conference tournaments begin and unfold, we’ll have periodic updates and thoughts. Remember, there are 31 automatic qualifiers for the NCAA tournament. Except for the Ivy League, conferences award their automatic bid to the winner of their conference tourney.
2012-2013 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS
UPDATED: Saturday, March 16 | 7:30 a.m.
| ACC | March 14-17 | Greensboro |
| Semifinals: Miami vs. NC State | North Carolina vs. Maryland |
| AMERICA EAST | March 9,10, 16 | Albany, NY |
| Championship: Albany vs. Vermont |
| ATLANTIC 10 | March 14-17 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Semifinals: Butler vs. Saint Louis | VCU vs. Massachusetts |
| ATLANTIC SUN | March 6-9 | Macon, GA |
| Champion: Florida Gulf Coast |
| BIG EAST | March 12-16 | New York |
| Championship: Syracuse vs. Louisville |
| BIG 10 | March 14-17 | Chicago |
| Semifinals: Indiana vs. Wisconsin | Michigan State vs. Ohio State |
| BIG 12 | March 13-16 | Kansas City |
| Championship: Kansas vs. Kansas State |
| BIG SKY | March 15-16 | Campus Sites |
| Championship: Montana vs. Weber State |
| BIG SOUTH | March 5-7, 9, 10 | Conway, SC |
| Champion: Liberty |
| BIG WEST | March 14-16 | Anaheim |
| Championship: UC-Irvine vs. Pacific |
| COLONIAL | March 8-11 | Richmond, VA |
| Champion: James Madison |
| CONFERENCE USA | March 13-16 | Tulsa, OK |
| Championship: Memphis vs. Southern Miss |
| HORIZON | March 5, 8,9, 12 | Campus Sites |
| Champion: Valparaiso |
| IVY | No Tournament |
| Champion: Harvard |
| METRO ATLANTIC | March 8-11 | Springfield, MA |
| Champion: Iona |
| MID-AMERICAN | March 11-16 | Cleveland |
| Championship: Akron vs. Ohio |
| MID-EASTERN | March 12-16 | Norfolk, VA |
| Championship: Morgan State vs. N. Carolina A&T |
| MISSOURI VALLEY | March 7-10 | St. Louis |
| Champion: Creighton |
| MOUNTAIN WEST | March 13-16 | Las Vegas |
| Championship: New Mexico vs. UNLV |
| NORTHEAST | March 7,10, 13 | Campus Sites |
| Champion: LIU-Brooklyn |
| OHIO VALLEY | March 6-9 | Nashville |
| Champion: Belmont |
| PAC-12 | March 13-16 | Las Vegas |
| Championship: UCLA vs. Oregon |
| PATRIOT | March 6,10, 13 | Campus Sites |
| Champion: Bucknell |
| SEC | March 14-17 | Nashville |
| Semifinals: Florida vs. Alabama | Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss |
| SOUTHERN | March 8-11 | Asheville, NC |
| Champion: Davidson |
| SOUTHLAND | March 14-16 | Katy, TX |
| Champion: S.F. Austin vs. Northwestern State |
| SUMMIT | March 9-12 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Champion: South Dakota State |
| SUN BELT | March 9-12 | Hot Springs, AR |
| Champion: Western Kentucky |
| SWAC | March 13-16 | Garland, TX |
| Championship: Southern vs. Prairie View |
| WAC | March 13-16 | Las Vegas |
| Champion: New Mexico State vs. UT-Arlington |
| WEST COAST | March 6-11 | Las Vegas |
| Champion: Gonzaga |
RESULTS from 2012 Conference Tournaments
Below are the teams who received automatic bids to the 2012 NCAA Tournament for winning their league’s conference tournament or regular-season championship (IVY). This information will be kept in place until February 2013.
2011-2012 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS
UPDATED: Sunday, March 11, 2012
| ACC | March 8-11 | Atlanta |
| Champion: Florida State |
| AMERICA EAST | March 1-3, 9 | Hartford | Championship at higher seed |
| Champion: Vermont (23-11) |
| ATLANTIC 10 | March 6, 9-10, 12 | Atlantic City | First-round at campus sites |
| Champion: St. Bonaventure |
| ATLANTIC SUN | February 29 – March 3 | Macon, GA |
| Champion: Belmont (26-7) |
| BIG EAST | March 6-10 | New York |
| Champion: Louisville (26-9) |
| BIG 10 | March 8-11 | Indianapolis |
| Champion: Michigan State |
| BIG 12 | March 7-10 | Kansas City |
| Champion: Missouri (30-4) |
| BIG SKY | March 3, 6-7 | First-round games at higher seeds |
| Champion: Montana (23-6) |
| BIG SOUTH | February 27, March 1-3 | Campus Sites |
| Champion: UNC-Asheville (21-9) |
| BIG WEST | March 8-10 | Anaheim |
| Championship: Long Beach (23-8) |
| COLONIAL | March 2-5 | Richmond, VA |
| Champion: VCU (28-6) |
| CONFERENCE USA | March 7-10 | Memphis |
| Champion: Memphis (26-8) |
| HORIZON | February 28, March 2,3,6 | Campus Sites | Championship at higher seed |
| Champion: Detroit (20-13) |
| IVY | No Tournament |
| Champion: Harvard (24-4) |
| METRO ATLANTIC | March 2-5 | Springfield, MA |
| Champion: Loyola-MD (24-8) |
| MID-AMERICAN | 5, 7-10 | Cleveland | First round at campus sites |
| Championship: Ohio (26-7) |
| MID-EASTERN | March 6-10 | Winston-Salem |
| Champion: Norfolk State (23-8) |
| MISSOURI VALLEY | March 1-4 | St. Louis |
| Champion: Creighton (26-5) |
| MOUNTAIN WEST | March 8-10 | Las Vegas |
| Champion: New Mexico (26-6) |
| NORTHEAST | March 1, 4, 7 | Campus Sites | Championship at higher seed |
| Champion: Long Island-Brooklyn (25-8) |
| OHIO VALLEY | February 29, March 1-3 | Nashville |
| Champion: Murray State (27-1) |
| PAC-12 | March 7-10 | Los Angeles |
| Champion: Colorado (21-11) |
| PATRIOT | February 29, March 3, 7 | Campus Sites | Championship at higher seed |
| Champion: Lehigh (25-7) |
| SEC | March 8-11 | New Orleans |
| Champion: Vanderbilt |
| SOUTHERN | March 2-5 | Asheville, NC |
| Champion: Davidson (24-7) |
| SOUTHLAND | March 6-10 | Katy, TX |
| Champion: Lamar (21-11) |
| SUMMIT | March 3-6 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Champion: South Dakota State (25-7) |
| SUN BELT | March 3-6 | Hot Springs, AR |
| Champion: Western Kentucky (15-18) |
| SWAC | March 7-10 | Garland, TX |
| Champion: Miss Valley State (21-12) |
| WAC | March 7-10 | Las Vegas |
| Champion: New Mexico State (24-9) |
| WEST COAST | February 29 – March 5 | Las Vegas |
| Champion: St. Mary’s (25-5) |
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