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)