Welcome back to March Madness Automatic Qualifier Watch!
The list of AQ’s are now up to 8! Last night, Troy and Furman clinched their bids, while the Horizon, MAAC, CAA, Patriot, Southland, and Big Sky bids are up for grabs today and tomorrow. So this is the place to be to track every one-bid conference!
Conferences are listed in alphabetical order. For purposes of AQ watch, we will break down the teams into four categories: AQ Clinched, Plays Today, Still Alive, and Eliminated.
America East (March 7-14, Campus Sites)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: UMBC, Vermont, NJIT, UMass Lowell
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: UAlbany, Maine, New Hampshire, Bryant, Binghamton
American (March 11-15, Birmingham, AL)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 11th
Still Alive: South Florida, Wichita State, Tulsa, UAB, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Tulane, North Texas, Memphis, Temple
Eliminated: Rice, East Carolina, UTSA
ASUN (March 4-8, Jacksonville, FL)
AQ Clinched: Queens
Eliminated: Central Arkansas, Austin Peay, Florida Gulf Coast, Lipscomb, Bellarmine, Stetson, West Georgia, Jacksonville, North Alabama, North Florida, Eastern Kentucky
Big Sky (March 7-11, Boise, ID)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Portland State, Montana, Eastern Washington, Idaho
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: Northern Colorado, Weber State, Montana State, Sacramento State, Idaho State, Northern Arizona
Big South (March 4-8 , Johnson City, TN)
AQ Clinched: High Point
Eliminated: Winthrop, Presbyterian, UNC Asheville, Radford, Charleston Southern, Longwood, Gardner-Webb, USC Upstate
Big West (March 11-14, Henderson, NV)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 11th
Still Alive: Hawaii, UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge , UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly
Eliminated: Long Beach State, UC Riverside, Cal State Bakersfield
CAA (March 6-10, Washington, DC)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Hofstra, Monmouth
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: Towson, Stony Brook, Campbell, UNC Wilmington, College of Charleston, Drexel, William & Mary, Hampton, Elon, Northeastern, North Carolina A&T
Conference USA (March 10-14, Huntsville, AL)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Jacksonville State, Florida International, Missouri State, New Mexico State
Still Alive: Liberty, Sam Houston, Western Kentucky, Kennesaw State, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee
Eliminated: UTEP, Delaware
Horizon (March 2-10, Indianapolis, IN)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Wright State, Detroit Mercy
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: Robert Morris, Northern Kentucky, Green Bay, Purdue Ft. Wayne, Cleveland State,Youngstown State, Milwaukee, Oakland, IU Indianapolis
Ivy League (March 14-15, Ithaca, NY)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 14th
Still Alive: Yale, Harvard, Penn, Cornell
Eliminated: Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, Brown
MAAC (March 5-10, Atlantic City, NJ)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Merrimack, Siena
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: Marist, Quinnipiac, Mount Saint Mary’s, Fairfield, Sacred Heart, Saint Peter’s, Iona, Manhattan, Niagara, Canisius, Rider
MEAC (March 11-14, Norfolk, VA)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 11th
Still Alive: Howard, Morgan State, Norfolk State, NC Central, South Carolina State, UMES, Delaware State
Eliminated: Coppin State
Missouri Valley (March 5-8, St. Louis, MO)
AQ Clinched: Northern Iowa
Eliminated: Bradley, Illinois-Chicago, Drake, Belmont, Illinois State, Murray State, Valparaiso, Southern Illinois, Indiana State, Evansville
NEC (March 4-10, Campus Sites)
AQ Clinched: Long Island
Plays Today: Championship tonight – Mercyhurst ineligible
Still Alive: None
Eliminated: Wagner, Stonehill, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, Chicago State, Le Moyne, Mercyhurst (still playing but ineligible due to NCAA rules), New Haven, Saint Francis
Ohio Valley (March 4-7, Evansville, IN)
AQ Clinched: Tennessee State
Eliminated: Morehead State, UT Martin, SE Missouri State, Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, SIU Edwardsville, Little Rock, Tennessee Tech, Southern Indiana, Western Illinois
Patriot (March 3-11, Campus Sites)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Championship on Wednesday, March 11th
Still Alive: Lehigh, Boston University
Eliminated: Navy, Colgate, Holy Cross, Loyola Maryland, American, Bucknell, Army, Lafayette
SoCon (March 6-9, Asheville, NC)
AQ Clinched: Furman
Eliminated: East Tennessee State, Mercer, Wofford, Samford, Western Carolina, UNC Greensboro, The Citadel, Chattanooga, VMI
Southland (March 8-11, Lake Charles, LA)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Stephen F. Austin, McNeese, UT Rio Grande Valley, Texas A&M Corpus Christie
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: New Orleans, Nicholls, Houston Christian, Northwestern State, Incarnate Word, Lamar, East Texas A&M, SE Louisiana
SWAC (March 9-14, College Park, GA)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Jackson State, Prairie View A&M, Alcorn State, Grambling
Still Alive: Bethune-Cookman, Texas Southern, Alabama A&M, Southern, Florida A&M, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Eliminated: Alabama State, Mississippi Valley
Summit (March 4-8, Sioux Falls, SD)
AQ Clinched: North Dakota State
Eliminated: St. Thomas, Omaha, North Dakota, Denver, South Dakota, Oral Roberts, South Dakota State, Kansas City
Sun Belt (March 3-9, Pensacola, FL)
AQ Clinched: Troy
Eliminated: Georgia Southern, Marshall, Coastal Carolina, App State, Southern Miss, Texas State, South Alabama, James Madison, Arkansas State, Louisiana, Old Dominion, Georgia State, UL Monroe
WAC (March 11-14, Las Vegas, NV)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 11th
Still Alive: Utah Valley, Cal Baptist, Utah Tech, UT Arlington, Southern Utah, Abilene Christian, Tarleton State
Eliminated: None
AQ watch will be updated daily until Sunday, March 15th. Come back and keep track of your favorite teams and conferences.
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