All 2019 NCAA tournament bids are set and the March Madness bracket is in action for Thursday's games. Check out all automatic bids, at-large selections and bracket information below.
Of the 68 teams in the NCAA tournament field, 32 got in automatically as conference tournament champions. This season, Duke, Virginia, North Carolina and Gonzaga are No. 1 seeds.
Games started with the First Four on Tuesday, March 19 and continued Wednesday, March 20. The tournament is now down to 64 teams. The First Round is on Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22. The Second Round is Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24.
NCAA bids 2019: Bracket for March Madness
NCAA tournament bids 2019: Teams in March Madness this year
Automatic Qualifiers
America East: Vermont
AAC: Cincinnati
Atlantic 10: Saint Louis
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Liberty
Big 12: Iowa State
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: Montana
Big South: Gardner-Webb
Big West: UC Irvine
Big Ten: Michigan State
Colonial: Northeastern
Conference USA: Old Dominion
Horizon League: Northern Kentucky
Ivy League: Yale
Metro Atlantic Athletic: Iona
MAC: Buffalo
MEAC: NC Central
Missouri Valley: Bradley
Mountain West: Utah State
Northeast: Fairleigh Dickinson
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-12: Oregon
Patriot League: Colgate
SEC: Auburn
Southern: Wofford
Southland: Abilene Christian
SWAC: Prairie View A&M
Summit League: North Dakota State
Sun Belt: Georgia State
West Coast Conference: Saint Mary's
Western Athletic Conference: New Mexico State
At-large teams
- Arizona State
- Baylor
- Belmont
- Florida
- Florida State
- Gonzaga
- Houston
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- Kentucky
- Louisville
- LSU
- Marquette
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi State
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Ole Miss
- Purdue
- Seton Hall
- St. John's
- Syracuse
- Temple
- Tennessee
- Texas Tech
- UCF
- VCU
- Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Here's an overview of each conference tournaments, with links to every bracket and conference champion and a scoreboard:
Conference | Schedule/Results | Bracket/AUTO BID |
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Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 12 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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American Athletic Memphis, Tenn. |
First Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
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Atlantic 10 Brooklyn, N.Y. |
First Round: March 13 Second Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
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Atlantic Coast Charlotte, N.C. |
First Round: March 12 Second Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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ASUN Highest seeds host |
Quarterfinals: March 4 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD |
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Big 12 Kansas City, Mo. |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Big East New York |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Big Sky Boise, Idaho |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Big South Highest seeds host |
First Round: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD |
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Big Ten Chicago |
First Round: March 13 Second Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
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Big West Anaheim, Calif. |
Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Colonial Athletic Charleston, S.C. |
First Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
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Conference USA Frisco, Texas |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Horizon League Detroit |
Quarterfinals: March 5/6 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
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Ivy League Yale University |
Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
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Metro Atlantic Athletic Albany, N.Y. |
First Round: March 7 Quarterfinals: March 8/9 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD |
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Mid-American Cleveland |
First Round: March 11 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Mid-Eastern Athletic Norfolk, Va. |
First Round: March 11/12 Quarterfinals: March 13/14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Missouri Valley St. Louis |
First Round: March 7 Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD |
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Mountain West Las Vegas |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Northeast Highest seeds host |
Quarterfinals: March 6 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
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Ohio Valley Evansville, Ind. |
First Round: March 6 Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: March 9 SCOREBOARD |
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Pac-12 Las Vegas |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Patriot League Highest seeds host |
First Round: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 13 SCOREBOARD |
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Southeastern Nashville, Tenn. |
First Round: March 13 Second Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
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Southern Asheville, N.C. |
First Round: March 8 Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD |
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Southland Katy, Texas |
First Round: March 13 Second Round: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Southwestern Athletic Birmingham, Ala. |
Quarterfinals: March 12 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
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Summit League Sioux Falls, S.D. |
Quarterfinals: March 9/10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
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Sun Belt New Orleans (first round on campus sites) |
First Round: March 12 Second Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
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West Coast Las Vegas |
First Round: March 7 Second Round: March 8 Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
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Western Athletic Las Vegas |
Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
NCAA tournament selection show: Time, dates, schedule
NCAA tournament: Automatic bids and the First Four
Eight teams will play in Dayton, Ohio, as part of the First Four. The four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the last four at-large teams will play on Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday, March 20, to complete the field of 64.
All 32 automatic bids will come from conference tournaments. The Ivy League first started playing a conference tournament in 2017, when Princeton won. Penn won the title a year ago. Yale is the 2019 champion.