March Madness is here.
Conference tournaments are underway, and the 2024-25 NCAA men's basketball tournament will have 31 automatic bids that will be decided before Selection Sunday.
The Ohio Valley Conference championship game on Saturday will be the first of those 31 games. The Atlantic Sun, Big South, MVC and Summit Conference will crown champions on March 9 to kick off conference tournament week.
This year's Final Four is April 5-7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Until the final bracket is released, follow Sporting News' automatic bid tracker here:
Automatic bids for 2025 NCAA Tournament
A total of 31 teams will have automatic bids in the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Here is a look at the conference tournament dates, championship games and television times for those 31games that will determine automatic bids:
NCAA conference tournament schedule
All times Eastern
| CONFERENCE | DATES | CHAMPIONSHIP | TIME | TV |
| America East | March 8-11 | March 15 | 11 a.m. | ESPN2 |
| American Athletic | March 12-16 | March 16 | 3:15 p.m. | ESPN |
| Atlantic 10 | March 12-16 | March 16 | 1 p.m. | CBS |
| ACC | March 11-15 | March 15 | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Atlantic Sun | March 2-9 | March 9 | 1 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Big 12 | March 11-15 | March 15 | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Big East | March 12-15 | March 15 | 6:30 p.m. | Fox |
| Big Sky | March 8-12 | March 12 | 11:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Big South | March 5-9 | March 9 | 12 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Big Ten | March 12-16 | March 16 | 3:30 p.m. | CBS |
| Big West | March 12-15 | March 15 | 9:40 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| CAA | March 7-11 | March 11 | 7 p.m. | CBSSN |
| C-USA | March 11-15 | March 15 | 8:30 p.m. | CBSSN |
| Horizon | March 4-11 | March 11 | 7 p.m. | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Ivy | March 15-16 | March 16 | 12 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| MAAC | March 11-15 | March 15 | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| MAC | March 13-15 | March 15 | 7:40 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| MEAC | March 12-15 | March 15 | 1 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| MVC | March 6-9 | March 9 | 2 p.m. | CBS |
| MWC | March 12-15 | March 15 | 6 p.m. | CBS |
| Northeast | March 5-11 | March 11 | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| OVC | March 5-8 | March 8 | 9 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Patriot | March 4-12 | March 12 | 7 p.m. | CBSSN |
| SEC | March 12-16 | March 16 | 1 p.m. | ESPN |
| Southern | March 7-10 | March 10 | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| Southland | March 9-12 | March 12 | 5 p.m. | ESPN |
| SWAC | March 11-15 | March 15 | 9:30 p.m. | TBD |
| Summit | March 5-9 | March 9 | 9 p.m. | CBSSN |
| Sun Belt | March 4-10 | March 10 | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| WAC | March 11-14 | March 15 | 11:40 p.m. | ESPN |
| West Coast | March 6-11 | March 11 | 9 p.m. | ESPN2 |
March Madness bracket predictions
Here are Sporting News' latest March Madness bracket predictions, according to Bill Bender's March Madness Bracket 5.0:
Projected No. 1 seeds in NCAA men's basketball tournament
| SCHOOL | RECORD |
| Auburn | 27-2 |
| Duke | 27-3 |
| Houston | 26-4 |
| Tennessee | 24-5 |
Last four in the NCAA men's basketball tournament
| SCHOOL | RECORD |
| Ohio State | 16-13 |
| North Carolina | 18-11 |
| Texas | 16-13 |
| Indiana | 18-11 |
Last four out the NCAA men's basketball tournament
| SCHOOL | RECORD |
| Oklahoma | 17-12 |
| Xavier | 19-10 |
| Boise State | 21-8 |
| SMU | 20-7 |
When is the NCAA Men's Selection Show?
The NCAA men's tournament field consists of 68 teams. The 31 automatic bids and 37 at-large bids will be revealed on March 16 at 6 p.m. ET on CBS.