March Madness bracket tracker: Updated list of automatic bids to 2023 NCAA Tournament

Bill Bender

March Madness bracket tracker: Updated list of automatic bids to 2023 NCAA Tournament image

Selection Sunday has arrived, and there are five automatic bids left to be decided. 

The 2022-23 NCAA men's basketball tournament will have 32 automatic bids. There were 13 automatic bids decided on Saturday, and that included Texas in the Big 12, Duke in the ACC and Arizona in the Pac-12. 

The Big Ten and SEC are the last two major conferences that will determine their conference champions on Sunday. A look at Sunday's matchups: 

CONFERENCEMATCHUP
IvyPrinceton 74, Yale 65
SECAlabama 82, Texas A&M 63
Atlantic 10VCU 68, Dayton 56
AACMemphis 75, Houston 65
Big TenPurdue 67, Penn State 65

The other 36 at-large bids will be ticketed during the Selection Show on Sunday: 


Here's a look at the full conference tournament schedule (in alphabetical order). The list below will be updated as teams clinch those automatic bids to the NCAA tournament.

2023 NCAA Tournament automatic bids

TournamentDatesConference champion
America EastMarch 4-11Vermont (23-10)
AACMarch 10-12Memphis (26-8)
Atlantic 10March 8-12VCU (27-7)
ACCMarch 8-11Duke (26-8)
Atlantic SunMarch 1-5Kennesaw State (26-8)
Big 12March 8-11Texas (26-8)
Big EastMarch 8-11Marquette (28-6)
Big SkyMarch 4-8Montana State (25-9)
Big SouthMarch 1-5UNC-Asheville (27-7)
Big TenMarch 8-12Purdue (29-5)
Big WestMarch 7-11UC-Santa Barbara (27-7)
CAAMarch 3-7Charleston (31-3)
C-USAMarch 9-11Florida Atlantic (31-3)
HorizonMarch 2-7Northern Kentucky (22-12)
Ivy LeagueMarch 11-12Princeton (21-8)
MAACMarch 7-11Iona (27-7)
MACMarch 7-11Kent State (28-6)
MEACMarch 8-11Howard (22-12)
MVCMarch 4-5Drake (27-7)
MWCMarch 9-11San Diego State (27-6)
NortheastMarch 1-7Fairleigh Dickinson (19-15)
OVCMarch 1-4Southeast Missouri State (19-16)
Pac-12March 8-11Arizona (28-6)
Patriot March 2-8Colgate (26-8)
SECMarch 8-12Alabama (29-5)
SouthernMarch 3-6Furman (27-7)
SouthlandMarch 5-8Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (23-10)
SWACMarch 8-11Texas Southern (14-20)
SummitMarch 4-7Oral Roberts (30-4)
Sun BeltMarch 1-6Louisiana (26-7)
West CoastMarch 3-7Gonzaga (28-5)
WACMarch 7-11Grand Canyon (24-11)

After Selection Sunday, the First Four games will tip off March Madness on March 14. The real first round begins after that, on March 16. The second round follows from March 18-19. This year's Final Four is at the NRG Stadium in Houston from April 1-3. 

Until the final bracket is released, follow SN's expert predictions in our Field of 68 projections released 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 7.0.

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.