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Conference tournament schedule

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March Madness is here! It's Selection Sunday and the final automatic bids are being decided in today's conference tournament finals. Whatever a team's record or conference standing is at the beginning of March, conference tournaments are the great equalizer. Win, and you're in. Here are the teams who have clinched automatic bids to this year's NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

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2016 DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Conference	Location *	Schedule/Results	Champion
America East	Highest seeds host	Quarterfinals: March 2 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: March 12	Stony Brook
American Athletic	Orlando, Fla.	First Round: March 10 Quarterfinals: March 11 Semifinals: March 12 Championship: March 13	Connecticut
Atlantic 10	Brooklyn, N.Y.	First Round: March 9 Second Round: March 10 Quarterfinals: March 11 Semifinals: March 12 Championship: March 13	Saint Joseph's
Atlantic Coast	Washington, D.C.	First Round: March 8 Second Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	North Carolina
Atlantic Sun	Highest seeds host	Quarterfinals: March 1 Semifinals: March 3 Championship: March 6	Florida Gulf Coast
Big 12	Kansas City, Mo.	First Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Kansas
Big East	New York, N.Y.	First Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Seton Hall
Big Sky	Reno, Nev.	First Round: March 8 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Weber State
Big South	Buies Creek, N.C.	First Round: March 3 Quarterfinals: March 4 Semifinals: March 5 Championship: March 6	UNC Asheville
Big Ten	Indianapolis	First Round: March 9 Second Round: March 10 Quarterfinals: March 11 Semifinals: March 12 Championship: March 13	Michigan State
Big West	Anaheim, Calif.	Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Hawai'i
Colonial Athletic	Baltimore	First Round: March 4 Quarterfinals: March 5 Semifinals: March 6 Championship: March 7	UNCW
Conference USA	Birmingham, Ala.	First Round: March 8 Second Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Middle Tennessee St.
Horizon League	Detroit	First Round: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 6 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: March 8	Green Bay
Ivy League		No championship	Yale (regular season)
Metro Atlantic Athletic	Albany, N.Y.	First Round: March 3 Quarterfinals: March 4 Quarterfinals: March 5 Semifinals: March 6 Championship: March 7	Iona
Mid-American	Cleveland	First Round: March 7 Second Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Buffalo
Mid-Eastern Athletic	Nofolk, Va.	First Round: March 7 First Round: March 8 Quarterfinals: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Hampton
Missouri Valley	St. Louis	First Round: March 3 Quarterfinals: March 4 Semifinals: March 5 Championship: March 6	Northern Iowa
Mountain West	Las Vegas	First Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Fresno State
Northeast	Highest seeds	Quarterfinals: March 2 Semifinals: March 5 Championship: March 8	Fairleigh Dickinson
Ohio Valley	Nashville, Tenn.	First Round: March 2 Quarterfinals: March 3 Semifinals: March 4 Championship: March 5	Austin Peay
Pacific-12	Las Vegas	First Round: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Oregon
Patriot League	Highest Seeds	First Round: March 1 Quarterfinals: March 3 Semifinals: March 6 Championship: March 9	Holy Cross
Southeastern	Nashville	First Round: March 9 Second Round: March 10 Quarterfinals: March 11 Semifinals: March 12 Championship: March 13	Kentucky
Southern	Asheville, N.C.	First Round: March 4 Quarterfinals: March 5 Semifinals: March 6 Championship: March 7	Chattanooga
Southland	Katy, Texas	First Round: March 9 Second Round: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Stephen F. Austin
Southwestern Athletic	Houston	First Round: March 8 Quarterfinals: March 9 Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	Southern
Summit League	Sioux Falls, S.D.	Quarterfinals: March 5 Quarterfinals: March 6 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: March 8	South Dakota State
Sun Belt	New Orleans	First Round: March 10 Second Round: March 11 Semifinals: March 12 Championship: March 13	Little Rock
West Coast	Las Vegas	First Round: March 4 Quarterfinals: March 5 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: March 8	Gonzaga
Western Athletic	Las Vegas	Quarterfinals: March 10 Semifinals: March 11 Championship: March 12	CSU Bakersfield
* -- Final location only. # -- Yale will make its first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 1962.