March Madness bracket tracker: Updated list of automatic bids to 2022 NCAA Tournament

Bill Bender

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Conference tournaments are in full swing ahead of Selection Sunday.

March Madness is on. A total 11 of the 32 automatic bids for the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 2022 have been awarded so far. A total of 15 bids will be given on Saturday.

The other 36 at-large bids will be doled out during the Selection Show on March 13.

Here's a look at the full conference tournament schedule (in alphabetical order). The list below will be updated as teams punch their tickets to March Madness.

ConferenceTournament dates/champions
America EastVermont (28-5)
AACMarch 10-13
Atlantic 10March 9-13
ACCVirginia Tech (23-12)
Atlantic SunJacksonville State* (21-10)
Big 12Kansas (28-6)
Big EastVillanova (26-7)
Big SkyMontana State (27-7)
Big SouthLongwood (26-6)
Big TenMarch 9-13
Big WestCal-State Fullerton (21-10, 11-4)
ColonialDelaware (22-12)
Conference USAUAB (27-7)
HorizonWright State (21-13)
IvyMarch 12-13
MAACSaint Peter's (20-11)
MACAkron (24-9)
MEACNorfolk State (24-6)
Missouri ValleyLoyola-Chicago (25-7)
Mountain WestBoise State (27-7)
NortheastBryant (22-9)
Ohio ValleyMurray State (30-2) 
Pac-12Arizona (31-3)
PatriotColgate (23-11)
SECMarch 9-13
Southern Chattanooga (27-7)
SouthlandTexas A&M-Corpus Christi (23-11)
SWACTexas Southern (18-12)
SummitSouth Dakota State (30-4)
Sun BeltGeorgia State (18-10)
West CoastGonzaga (26-3)
WACNew Mexico State (26-6)

* Jacksonville State made the NCAA Tournament because conference tournament champion Bellarmine is ineligible to compete in it.

After Selection Sunday, the First Four games will tip off March Madness on March 15. The real first round begins after that, on March 19-20. The second round follows from March 17-18. This year’s Final Four is at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans from April 2-4.

Until the final bracket is released, follow SN's expert predictions in our Field of 68 projections released every week leading into Selection Sunday.

NCAA Tournament bracket predictions

Here are Sporting News' latest March Madness bracket predictions, according to Bill Bender: March Madness bracket predictions 5.0.

Bill Bender

Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.