We will be doing a tourney show this Sunday during our next recording session.
As a quick preview, here are the 12 teams that have clinched 12 of the 32 automatic bids so far. All are from conferences talked about in our Know Your Mid-Majors subseries:
Atlantic Sun: North Florida
Big South: Coastal Carolina
Colonial: Northeastern
Horizon: Valparaiso
MAAC: Manhattan
Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa
NEC: Robert Morris
Ohio Valley: Belmont
Patriot: Lafayette
Southern: Wofford
Summit: North Dakota State
West Coast: Gonzaga
Normally, the Ivy League would send its regular season champions to the tourney, but this year Harvard and Yale tied with identical 11-3 conference records. Because of this, there will be a one-game playoff between the Crimson and the Bulldogs on Saturday, March 14.
Conferences with tournaments ending on Saturday (14):
ACC
America East
Big East
Big Sky
Big 12
Big West
Conference USA
MAC
MEAC
Mountain West
Pac-12
Southland
SWAC
WAC
Conferences with tournaments ending on Sunday (just before Selection Sunday) (5):
American Athletic
Atlantic 10
Big Ten
SEC
Sun Belt
