Welcome back to March Madness Automatic Qualifier Watch!
We have some AQ’s! Over the weekend Queens, High Point, Northern Iowa, Long Island, Tennessee State, and North Dakota State clinched bids to the Big Dance. Tonight, the SoCon and Sun Belt crown a champion while the CAA, Horizon League, and MAAC crown champions Tuesday, followed by the Patriot, Big Sky, and Southland on Wednesday. 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: Semifinals resume Tuesday
Still Alive: UMBC, Vermont, NJIT, UMass Lowell
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, Rice, East Carolina
Eliminated: None
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: Eastern Washington, Northern Colorado, Montana, Weber State
Still Alive: Portland State, Idaho
Eliminated: 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, Towson, Stony Brook, Campbell
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: 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: 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, Northern Kentucky
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: 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: Championship on Tuesday, March 10th
Still Alive: Merrimack, Siena
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 on Tuesday, March 10 – 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: None
Plays Today: East Tennessee State, Furman
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: Mercer, Wofford, Samford, Western Carolina, UNC Greensboro, The Citadel, Chattanooga, VMI
Southland (March 8-11, Lake Charles, LA)
AQ Clinched: None
Plays Today: UT Rio Grande Valley, Texas A&M Corpus Christie, New Orleans, Nicholls
Still Alive: Stephen F. Austin, McNeese
Eliminated: 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: Alabama State, Alcorn State, Grambling, Mississippi Valley
Still Alive: Bethune-Cookman, Texas Southern, Alabama A&M, Southern, Florida A&M, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Jackson State, Prairie View A&M
Eliminated: None
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: None
Plays Today: Troy, Georgia Southern
Still Alive: Everyone plays today
Eliminated: 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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