Sunday, March 16, 2014

2014 NCAA Tournament Automatic Bids

Here are the teams that have earned their conferences' automatic bids for the 2014 NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Major conferences:
ACC: Virginia
Big Ten: Michigan State
Big 12: Iowa State
Pac-12: UCLA
SEC: Florida

Mid-majors we've done Know Your Mid-Majors on as of Selection Sunday:
American Athletic: Louisville^
Atlantic 10: St. Joseph's
Atlantic Sun: Mercer^
Conference USA: Tulsa^
Missouri Valley: Wichita State
Ohio Valley: Eastern Kentucky
Southland: Stephen F. Austin
SoCon: Wofford
Summit: North Dakota State
Sun Belt: Louisiana-Lafayette
WAC: New Mexico State
West Coast: Gonzaga

Mid-majors we will do Know Your Mid-Majors on after Selection Sunday:
America East: Albany
Big East: Providence
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: Coastal Carolina
Big West: Cal Poly
Colonial: Delaware
Horizon: UW-Milwaukee
Ivy League*: Harvard
MAAC: Manhattan
MAC: Western Michigan
MEAC: North Carolina Central
Mountain West: New Mexico
Northeast: Mount St. Mary's
Patriot: American
SWAC: Texas Southern

*The Ivy League does not hold a conference tournament.  The conference's automatic bid goes to the regular season champion.

^Indicates a school that is changing conferences over the summer.