Welcome to March Madness Automatic Qualifier Watch!
As conference tournaments get underway, we will track all the projected one-bid conferences as they crown their conference tournament champion and automatic qualifier into the Big Dance. One-bid conferences mean that those teams MUST win their conference tournament to go Dancing, or else.
Power 5 conferences and conferences whose regular season champion is projected to either get a bid or be on the bubble can be found at our Bid Stealer Watch. The American and Missouri Valley, usually with multiple teams around the bubble, do not project to receive any at-large bids this year.
For purposes of AQ watch, we will break down the teams into four categories: AQ Clinched, Plays Today, Still Alive, and Eliminated.
American East (March 7-14, Campus Sites)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 7th
Still Alive: UMBC, Vermont, NJIT, UMass Lowell, UAlbany, Maine, New Hampshire, Bryant, Binghamton
Eliminated: None
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, Rice, East Carolina
Eliminated: None
ASUN (March 4-8, Jacksonville, FL)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Eastern Kentucky, Stetson, North Florida
Still Alive: Central Arkansas, Austin Peay, Queens, Lipscomb, Florida Gulf Coast, Bellarmine
Eliminated: West Georgia (ineligible due to NCAA rules), Jacksonville, North Alabama
Big Sky (March 7-11, Boise, ID)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 7th
Still Alive: Portland State, Montana State, Eastern Washington, Northern Colorado, Montana, Weber State, Idaho, Sacramento State, Idaho State, Northern Arizona
Eliminated: None
Big South (March 4-8 , Johnson City, TN)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: USC Upstate, Gardner-Webb
Still Alive: High Point, Winthrop, Radford, UNC Asheville, Longwood, Presbyterian, Charleston Southern
Eliminated: None
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: Tournament starts March 6th
Still Alive: UNC Wilmington, College of Charleston, Hofstra, Monmouth, Drexel, William & Mary, Towson, Stony Brook, Campbell, Hampton, Elon, North Carolina A&T, Northeastern
Eliminated: None
Conference USA (March 10-14, Huntsville, AL)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 10th
Still Alive: Liberty, Sam Houston, Western Kentucky, Kennesaw State, Jacksonville State, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, Florida International, Missouri State, New Mexico State, UTEP, Delaware
Eliminated: None
Horizon (March 2-10, Indianapolis, IN)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Wright State, Robert Morris, Detroit Mercy, Oakland, Northern Kentucky, Milwaukee, Youngstown State, IU Indianapolis
Still Alive: Green Bay
Eliminated: Purdue Ft. Wayne, Cleveland State
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
(Had a typo previously on Dartmouth, calling them Darthmouth, which has since been corrected. Our apologies)
MAAC (March 5-10, Atlantic City, NJ)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 5th
Still Alive: Merrimack, Saint Peter’s, Siena, Marist , Quinnipiac, Mount St. Mary’s, Fairfield, Iona, Sacred Heart, Manhattan
Eliminated: 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: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 5th
Still Alive: Belmont, Bradley, Illinois State, Murray State, Illinois-Chicago, Northern Iowa, Valparaiso, Southern Illinois, Drake, Indiana State, Evansville
Eliminated: None
NEC (March 4-10, Campus Sites)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Long Island, Central Connecticut, Wagner, Fairleigh Dickinson, Stonehill, Chicago State
Still Alive: All Play Today
Eliminated: Le Moyne (ineligible due to NCAA rules), Mercyhurst (ineligible due to NCAA rules), New Haven (ineligible due to NCAA rules), Saint Francis
Ohio Valley (March 4-7, Evansville, IN)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: SIU Edwardsville, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Eastern Illinois
Still Alive: Tennessee State, Morehead State, SE Missouri State, UT Martin
Eliminated: Tennessee Tech, Southern Indiana, Western Illinois
Patriot (March 3-11, Campus Sites)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Quarterfinals resume March 5th
Still Alive: Navy, Lehigh, Colgate, Boston University, American, Loyola Maryland, Lafayette, Bucknell
Eliminated: Army, Holy Cross
SoCon (March 6-9, Asheville, NC)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 6th
Still Alive: East Tennessee State, Mercer, Wofford, Samford, Western Carolina , Furman, UNC Greensboro, Chattanooga, The Citadel, VMI
Eliminated: None
Southland (March 8-11, Lakes Charles, LA)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 8th
Still Alive: Stephen F. Austin, McNeese, UT Rio Grande Valley, Texas A&M Corpus Christie, New Orleans, Nicholls, Houston Christian, Northwestern St.
Eliminated: Incarnate Word, Lamar, East Texas A&M, SE Louisiana
SWAC (March 9-14, College Park, GA)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Tournament starts March 9th
Still Alive: Bethune-Cookman, Texas Southern, Alabama A&M, Southern, Florida A&M, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Jackson State, Prairie View A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Grambling, Mississippi Valley
Eliminated: None
Summit (March 4-8, Sioux Falls, SD)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: Oral Roberts, Kansas City
Still Alive: North Dakota State, St. Thomas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Omaha, Denver, South Dakota State
Eliminated: None
Sun Belt (March 3-9, Pensacola, FL)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: James Madison, Louisiana, Georgia Southern, Old Dominion
Still Alive: Troy, Texas State, Marshall, South Alabama, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, App State, Southern Miss
Eliminated: 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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