Before the NCAA Tournament selection committee hands out 36 at-large bids on Selection Sunday, 31 conferences will hand out automatic bids via conference tournaments. The Ivy League awards its automatic bid to its regular-season champion.
The conference tournaments make up the two weeks leading into Selection Sunday and is where the first forms of March Madness takes place.
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Before you fill out your NCAA Tournament brackets, be sure to get caught up on the teams that have punched their ticket to the Big Dance.