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
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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 |
Vermont (27-6); Tournament bracket |
 American Athletic Memphis, Tenn. |
First Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
Cincinnati (28-6); Tournament bracket |
 Atlantic 10 Brooklyn, N.Y. |
First Round: March 13 Second Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
Saint Louis (23-12); Tournament bracket |
 Atlantic Coast Charlotte, N.C. |
First Round: March 12 Second Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Duke (28-5); Tournament bracket |
 ASUN Highest seeds host |
Quarterfinals: March 4 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD |
Liberty (28-6); Tournament bracket |
 Big 12 Kansas City, Mo. |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Iowa State (22-11); Tournament bracket |
 Big East New York |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Villanova (25-9); Tournament bracket |
 Big Sky Boise, Idaho |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Montana (25-8); Tournament bracket |
 Big South Highest seeds host |
First Round: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD |
Gardner-Webb (22-11); Tournament bracket |
 Big Ten Chicago |
First Round: March 13 Second Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
Michigan State (28-6); Tournament bracket |
 Big West Anaheim, Calif. |
Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
UC Irvine (30-5); Tournament bracket |
 Colonial Athletic Charleston, S.C. |
First Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
Northeastern (23-10); Tournament bracket |
 Conference USA Frisco, Texas |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Old Dominion (26-8); Tournament bracket |
 Horizon League Detroit |
Quarterfinals: March 5/6 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
Northern Kentucky (26-8); Tournament bracket |
 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 |
Iona (17-15); Tournament bracket |
 Mid-American Cleveland |
First Round: March 11 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Buffalo (30-3); Tournament bracket |
 Mid-Eastern Athletic Norfolk, Va. |
First Round: March 11/12 Quarterfinals: March 13/14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
NC Central (19-15); Tournament bracket |
 Missouri Valley St. Louis |
First Round: March 7 Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD |
Bradley (19-14); Tournament bracket |
 Mountain West Las Vegas |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Utah State (27-6); Tournament bracket |
 Northeast Highest seeds host |
Quarterfinals: March 6 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
Fairleigh Dickinson (20-13); Tournament bracket |
 Ohio Valley Evansville, Ind. |
First Round: March 6 Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: March 9 SCOREBOARD |
Murray State (27-4); Tournament bracket |
 Pac-12 Las Vegas |
First Round: March 13 Quarterfinals: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Oregon (22-12); Tournament bracket |
 Patriot League Highest seeds host |
First Round: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 13 SCOREBOARD |
Colgate (23-10); Tournament bracket |
 Southeastern Nashville, Tenn. |
First Round: March 13 Second Round: March 14 Quarterfinals: March 15 Semifinals: March 16 Championship: March 17 SCOREBOARD |
Auburn (25-9); Tournament bracket |
 Southern Asheville, N.C. |
First Round: March 8 Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD |
|
 Southland Katy, Texas |
First Round: March 13 Second Round: March 14 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Abilene Christian (26-6); Tournament bracket |
 Southwestern Athletic Birmingham, Ala. |
Quarterfinals: March 12 Semifinals: March 15 Championship: March 16 SCOREBOARD |
Prairie View A&M (21-12): Tournament bracket |
 Summit League Sioux Falls, S.D. |
Quarterfinals: March 9/10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12 SCOREBOARD |
North Dakota State (18-15); Tournament bracket |
 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 |
Georgia State (24-9); Tournament bracket |
 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 |
New Mexico State (29-4): Tournament bracket |
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.
