Men’s College Basketball: Conference tournament week schedule, how to watch, TV channel, auto-bids

Conference tournaments have already begun, and automatic bids are already being handed out.

The below teams have earned automatic bids into the 68-team field by winning their conference tournament.

2024 Automatic Bids

Stetson	Morehead St.	Colgate	Iowa State	Akron	Grambling St.
Longwood	Samford	McNeese St.	Connecticut	Saint Peter's	Grand Canyon
Charleston	South Dakota St.	Vermont	Illinois	Howard
Oakland	James Madison	UAB	Long Beach St.	New Mexico
Drake	Saint Mary's (CA)	Duquesne	Western Kentucky	Oregon
Wagner	Montana St.	NC State	Yale	Auburn

Continue reading to track every conference's tournament start date, the date of the championship game, how to watch, and last and this year's champion.

AAC

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 16, 3:15 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN
2024 Automatic Bid	UAB

ACC

Tournament Start Date	March 12
Championship Game	March 16, 8:30 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN
2024 Automatic Bid	North Carolina St.

America East

Tournament Start Date	March 9
Championship Game	March 16, 11 AM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Vermont

Atlantic 10

Tournament Start Date	March 12
Championship Game	March 17, 1 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS
2024 Automatic Bid	Duquesne

Atlantic Sun

Tournament Start Date	March 4
Championship Game	March 10, 1 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Stetson

Big 12

Tournament Start Date	March 12
Championship Game	March 16, 6 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN
2024 Automatic Bid	Iowa State

Big East

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 16, 6:30 PM ET
TV Channel	Fox
2024 Automatic Bid	Connecticut

Big Sky

Tournament Start Date	March 9
Championship Game	March 13, 11:30 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Montana St.

Big South

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 10, 12 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Longwood

Big Ten

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 17, 3:30 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS
2024 Automatic Bid	Illinois

Big West

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 16, 9:30 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Long Beach St.

CAA

Tournament Start Date	March 8
Championship Game	March 12, 7 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS Sports Network
2024 Automatic Bid	College of Charleston

C-USA

Tournament Start Date	March 12
Championship Game	March 16, 8:30 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS Sports Network
2024 Automatic Bid	Western Kentucky

Horizon

Tournament Start Date	March 5
Championship Game	March 12, 6 PM
TV Channel	ESPN
2024 Automatic Bid	Oakland

Ivy

Tournament Start Date	March 16
Championship Game	March 17, Noon ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Yale

MAC

Tournament Start Date	March 14
Championship Game	March 16, 7:30 PM, ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Akron

MAAC

Tournament Start Date	March 12
Championship Game	March 16, 7:30 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPNU
2024 Automatic Bid	Saint Peter's

MEAC

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 16, 1 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Howard

MVC

Tournament Start Date	March 7
Championship Game	March 10, 1 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS
2024 Automatic Bid	Drake

Mountain West

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 16, 5 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS
2024 Automatic Bid	New Mexico

NEC

Tournament Start Date	March 6
Championship Game	March 12, 7 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Wagner

OVC

Tournament Start Date	March 6
Championship Game	March 9, 8 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS
2024 Automatic Bid	Morehead State

Pac-12

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 16, 8 PM ET
TV Channel	Fox
2024 Automatic Bid	Oregon

Patriot

Tournament Start Date	March 5
Championship Game	March 13, 7 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS Sports Network
2024 Automatic Bid	Colgate

SEC

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 17, 1 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN
2024 Automatic Bid	Auburn

Southern

Tournament Start Date	March 8
Championship Game	March 11, 7 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN
2024 Automatic Bid	Samford

Southland

Tournament Start Date	March 10
Championship Game	March 13, 5 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	McNeese St.

Summit

Tournament Start Date	March 8
Championship Game	March 12, 9:30 PM ET
TV Channel	CBS Sports Network
2024 Automatic Bid	South Dakota St.

Sun Belt

Tournament Start Date	March 5
Championship Game	March11, 6 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	James Madison

SWAC

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 16, 8:30 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPNU
2024 Automatic Bid	Grambling State

WAC

Tournament Start Date	March 13
Championship Game	March 16, 11:30 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN2
2024 Automatic Bid	Grand Canyon

WCC

Tournament Start Date	March 7
Championship Game	March 12, 9 PM ET
TV Channel	ESPN
2024 Automatic Bid	St. Mary's