🏀 2025-26 Conference Championship Week

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2026 NCAA conference tournament schedules, bracket, scores, automatic bids

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE/RESULTS/TV SCHEDULE Automatic bid LOCATION
America East Quarterfinals: March 7
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 11 a.m. ET March 14 on ESPN2 Higher seed hosts
American First Round: March 11
Second Round: March 12
Quarterfinals: March 13
Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 3:15 p.m. March 15 on ESPN Birmingham, Ala.
Atlantic 10 First Round: March 11
Second Round: March 12
Quarterfinals: March 13
Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 1 p.m. March 15 on CBS Pittsburgh, Pa.
ACC First Round: March 10
Second Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 8:30 p.m. March 14 on ESPN Charlotte, N.C.
ASUN First Round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 2 p.m. March 8 on ESPN2 Queens (NC) Jacksonville, Fla.
Big 12 First Round: March 10
Second Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 6 p.m. March 14 on ESPN Kansas City, Mo.
Big East First round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 6:30 p.m. March 14 on FOX New York City
Big Sky First Round: March 7
Second Round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 11:30 p.m. March 11 on ESPN2 Boise, Idaho
Big South First Round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 12 p.m. March 8 on ESPN2 High Point Johnson City, Tenn.
Big Ten First Round: March 10
Second Round: March 11
Third Round: March 12
Quarterfinals: March 13
Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 3:30 p.m. March 15 on CBS Chicago
Big West First Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: March 14 Henderson, Nev.
CAA First Round: March 6
Second Round: March 7
Quarterfinals: March 8
Semifinals: March 9
Championship: 7 p.m. March 10 on CBSSN Washington, D.C.
Conference USA First Round: March 10
Quarterfinals: March 11 and 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 8:30 p.m. March 14 on CBSSN Huntsville, Ala.
Horizon League Play-in: March 2
First Round: March 4
Second Round: March 8
Semifinals: March 9
Championship: 7 p.m. March 10 on ESPN Higher seed hosts first three rounds, Indianapolis for last two rounds
Ivy League Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 12 p.m. March 15 on ESPN2 Ithaca, N.Y.
MAAC First Round: March 5
Quarterfinals: March 6 and 7
Semifinals: March 8
Championship: March 10 on ESPN/ESPN2 Atlantic City, N.J.
MAC Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 8 p.m. March 14 on ESPN2 Cleveland, Ohio
MEAC Quarterfinals: March 11 and 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: March 14 Norfolk, Va.
Missouri Valley First Round: March 5
Quarterfinals: March 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 12 p.m. March 8 on CBS Sports UNI St. Louis
Mountain West First Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 6 p.m. March 14 on CBS Las Vegas
Northeast Quarterfinals: March 4
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 7 p.m. March 10 on ESPN2/ESPN+ LIU Higher seed hosts
Ohio Valley First Round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 5
Semifinals: March 6
Championship: 9 p.m. March 7 on ESPN2 Tennessee State Evansville, Ind.
Patriot League First Round: March 3
Quarterfinals: March 5
Semifinals: March 8
Championship: March 11 Higher seed hosts
SEC First Round: March 11
Second Round: March 12
Quarterfinals: March 13
Semifinals: March 14
Championship: 1 p.m. March 15 on ESPN Nashville, Tenn.
SoCon First Round: March 6
Quarterfinals: March 7
Semifinals: March 8
Championship: 7 p.m. March 9 Asheville, N.C.
Southland First Round: March 8
Quarterfinals: March 9
Semifinals: March 10
Championship: 5 p.m. March 11 on ESPN2 Lake Charles, La.
SWAC First Round: March 9
Second Round: March 10
Quarterfinals: March 11 and 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: 7:30 p.m. March 14 Atlanta
Summit League Opening Round: March 4
Quarterfinals: March 5 and 6
Semifinals: March 7
Championship: 9 p.m. March 8 on CBSSN Sioux Falls, S.D.
Sun Belt First Round: March 3
Second Round: March 4
Third Round: March 5
Fourth Round: March 6
Quarterfinals: March 7
Semifinals: March 8
Championship: 6 p.m. March 9 on ESPN/ESPN Pensacola, Fla.
West Coast First Round: March 5
Second Round: March 6
Third Round: March 7
Quarterfinals: March 8
Semifinals: March 9
Championship: 9 p.m. March 10 Las Vegas
WAC First Round: March 11
Quarterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Championship: March 14 Las Vegas
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Navy man… heartbreaking there.

https://x.com/EvanMiya/status/2030749564584554754?s=20

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Wow.

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Winner of Monmouth Hofstra (esp if Hofstra) is a possible round 1 opponent.

Northern Iowa (Bond), who’s already locked, is another possibility

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https://x.com/contextfreecbb/status/2031195466373935115?s=46

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(Slow motion hat trick here …)

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One of my favorite things about championship week is a hot seat coach going on an early/mid week heater just to make things fun. Even better when he’s already fired (à la Bobby Hurley)

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My Hofstra scouting report: play 5 guys. Seem to run some offense. Also play defense. A little smaller and less athletic than what you see in the ACC, typically.

Major respect to folks who scout these teams for a living

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Speedy Claxton under Jay Wright at Hofstra was a boogeyman for young me growing up in Delaware rooting for the Mike Brey-led Blue Hens.

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13 seed watch - Liberty down to Missouri State late

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I saw some bracket that had us playing Liberty, and I didn’t want that. Is Liberty out of the NCAAs?

https://x.com/jeffborzello/status/2031890286507339911?s=20

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Yea they really struggled down the stretch. I kinda would’ve wanted to play them. Out now.

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Well yeah. They needed to win their conference tourney to get in

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Yeah, they’re only #126 on KenPom and #72 in the NCAA’s WAB. No chance of making the NCAA tournament.

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Miami OH just lost to U Mass 87-83.

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Nate Ament… wow! What a game.

Cant shoot FTs though

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Auburn lose… but Tennessee double dribbled on an Alley Oop! :joy:

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Auburn vs Miami Ohio would be the single greatest first four game of all time

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As an advocate for good technology… new technology is not always good.

I watched one game of the Big 12 Tourney and thought the court was an eyesore… and apparently playing basketball on glass doesn’t work. Who knew?

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2032310453959803202?s=20

I will assume the company who makes this floor is in panic mode now. Sales rep has already been let go.

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They’ve done it fine in FIBA play but this is maybe something you test out at an early season tournament first. The eyesore part is the Big 12’s terrible aesthetics; last year they had a gray court with a million tiny Big 12 logos in it and it looked bad too, even though that was wood. I guess the tech enabled them to take their terrible design taste even further.

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I wonder what drives this stark of a gap

I guess SEC teams do tend to be higher tempo (more possessions, fouls) but this gap is big. I would doubt Fox is taking fewer commercial breaks than ESPN but I guess it’s possible

https://x.com/statsbywill/status/2032478518831902766?s=46

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