March Madness 2025, NCAA tournament plan, Final Four Location

How many automatic offers are there for the NCAA tournament? How do teams get in March Madness?

31 masters of the conference tournament receive automatic offers (with tournament champions, if available):

• America to the east (Bryant)))
• American (3:15 p.m. Sunday, March 16)
• Atlantic 10 (A-10, 1 p.m. Sunday, March 16)
• Atlantic coast (ACC, duke)))
• Atlantic sun (A-Sun, Lipscomb)))
• Big 12 (Houston)))
• Big East (St. John's)))
• Big sky (Montana)))
• Large south (Climax)))
• Big Ten (3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16)
• Big West (9:40 p.m. Saturday, March 15th)
• Coast (formerly colonial, UNC-Wilmington)))
• Conference USA (8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15th)
• Horizon (Robert Morris)))
• Ivy (12 p.m. Sunday, March 16)
• U -Bahn -Atlantic (MAAC, Mount St. Mary's)))
• Mid American (Mac, Acron)))
• Mid-Eastern Athletic (Meac, Norfolk State)))
• Missouri Valley (MVC, drake)))
• Mountain vests (Colorado State)))
• Northeast (St. Francis)))
• Ohio Valley (OVC, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville)))
• Patriot (American)))
• Southeasters (second, 1 p.m. Sunday, March 16)
• South (Socon, Wfford)))
• Southland (Mcneese)))
• Southwestern Athletic (Swac, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15th)
• Summit (Omaha)))
• Sun belt (Troy)))
• West coast (WCC, Gonzaga)))
• Western Athletic (WAC, 11:40 p.m. Saturday, March 15)