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Championship Week and March Madness are nearly here. Beginning with the ASUN on Feb. 27 and ending with the Ivy, A-10, SEC, American and Big Ten right up until the bracket is revealed on Selection Sunday (March 12), teams across Division I men’s college basketball will be competing for the chance to cut down the nets in the conference championship — and, along with it, one of the 32 automatic bids to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Which team from each Division I men’s college basketball league is guaranteed a chance to go dancing in March? Bookmark this page, because this is where we’ll be tracking the winners, live, as they punch their tickets.

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NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson Knights

Record: 19-14
Title-clincher: 70-50 over St. Francis (PA)*
Leading scorer: Demetre Roberts (16.7 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 7th appearance (first since 2019)

*Qualified in semifinal because Merrimack is ineligible

Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks

Record: 19-16
Title-clincher: 89-82 (OT) over Tennessee Tech
Leading scorer: Phillip Russell (18.1 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 2nd appearance (first since 2000)

Big South: UNC Asheville Bulldogs

Record: 27-7
Title-clincher: 77-73 over Campbell
Leading scorer: Drew Pember (20.9 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 5th appearance (first since 2016)

Missouri Valley: Drake Bulldogs

Record: 27-7
Title-clincher: 77-51 over Bradley
Leading scorer: Tucker DeVries (18.9 PPG)
NCAA tournament history 6th appearance (second in three seasons; first since 2021)

ASUN: Kennesaw State Owls

Record: 26-8
Title-clincher: 67-66 over Liberty
Leading scorer: Chris Youngblood (14.6 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 1st appearance in program’s Division I era


Sun Belt

Feb. 28, March 2, 4-6
Pensacola Bay Center (Pensacola, Florida)
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Southern

March 3-6
Harrah’s Cherokee Center (Asheville, North Carolina)
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Horizon

Feb. 28, March 2, 6-7
Campus sites/Indiana Farmers Coliseum (Indianapolis)
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CAA

March 3-7
Entertainment & Sports Arena (Washington, D.C.)
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Summit

March 3-7
Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
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West Coast

March 2-4, 6-7
Orleans Arena (Las Vegas)
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Southland

March 5-8
Legacy Center (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
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Patriot League

Feb. 28, March 2, 5, 8
Campus sites
Bracket

Big Sky

March 4-8
Idaho Central Arena (Boise, Idaho)
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America East

March 4, 7, 11
Campus sites
Bracket

MEAC

March 8-11
Norfolk Scope Arena (Norfolk, Virginia)
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SWAC

March 8-11
Bartow Arena (Birmingham, Alabama)
Bracket

Big 12

March 8-11
T-Mobile Center (Kansas City, Missouri)
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Mountain West

March 8-11
Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas)
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Big East

March 8-11
Madison Square Garden (New York City)
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MAAC

March 7-11
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
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MAC

March 9-11
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland)
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Conference USA

March 8-11
Ford Center at the Star (Frisco, Texas)
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ACC

March 7-11
Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)
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Big West

March 7, 9-11
Dollar Loan Center (Henderson, Nevada)
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Pac-12

March 8-11
T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas)
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WAC

March 7, 9-11
Michelob Ultra Arena/Orleans Arena (Las Vegas)
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Ivy

March 11-12
Jadwin Gymnasium (Princeton, New Jersey)
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Atlantic 10

March 7-9, 11-12
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)
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SEC

March 8-12
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)
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American

March 9-12
Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, Texas)
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Big Ten

March 8-12
United Center (Chicago)
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