The road to March Madness starts with the 2023 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments. Championship Week, which spans close to two weeks, is when all 32 men's basketball conferences compete in their conference championships to determine which team punches an automatic bid to March Madness.
The 2022-2023 college basketball season has seen its share of ups and downs. Currently, Houston and Alabama top the AP Top 25 polls with Marquette climbing the ladder and Pitt closing in. Northwestern also broke into the AP Top 25 in the final week, and perennial WCC powerhouse Gonzaga fought back to the top 10 after a big win against No. 17 Saint Mary's.
We're here to help you keep tabs on all of the 2023 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments.
How to watch the 2023 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments
Unlike March Madness, which airs on CBS, TNT and TBS, the NCAA men's basketball conference championships are found around almost all of the networks. Generally speaking, you can find many of them on ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, CBS Sports, Fox and Fox Sports 1.
CBS and Fox are broadcast networks, so they will be available to you in your cable TV package, but if you've cut the cord you can watch them on a number of live TV streaming services including FuboTV, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV.
ESPN is a cable TV channel that's included in many cable TV subscriptions or in one of the streaming services listed above, as well as on Sling TV. Certain games are also available to stream on ESPN Plus.
You can also watch CBS and CBS Sports on Paramount Plus.
You can use the guide below to find the championship you want to watch and see where it's playing.
2023 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments schedule
America East
- America East Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Vermont
American Athletic
- American Athletic Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Memphis
Atlantic 10
- Atlantic 10 Bracket
- Automatic Bid: VCU
ACC
- ACC Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Duke
ASUN
- ASUN Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Kennesaw State
Big 12
- Big 12 Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Texas
Big East
- Big East Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Marquette
Big Sky
- Big Sky Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Montana State
Big South
- Big South Bracket
- Automatic Bid: UNC Asheville
Big Ten
- Big Ten Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Purdue
Big West
- Big West Bracket
- Automatic Bid: UC Santa Barbara
CAA
- CAA Bracket
- Automatic Bid: College of Charleston
Conference USA
- Conference USA Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Florida Atlantic
Horizon League
- Horizon League Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Northern Kentucky
Ivy League
- Ivy League Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Princeton
MAAC
- MAAC Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Iona
MAC
- MAC Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Kent State
MEAC
- MEAC Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Howard
Missouri Valley
- Missouri Valley Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Drake
Mountain West
- Mountain West Bracket
- Automatic Bid: San Diego State
Northeast
- Northeast Bracket
- Championship: March 7, 7 pm ET/4 pm PT
- Automatic Bid: Fairleigh Dickinson (in by default, as Merrimack is not eligible for tournament)
Ohio Valley
- Ohio Valley Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Southeast Missouri State
Pac-12
- Pac-12 Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Arizona
Patriot League
- Patriot League Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Colgate
SEC
- SEC Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Alabama
Southern
- Southern Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Furman
Southland
- Southland Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
SWAC
- SWAC Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Texas Southern
Summit League
- Summit League Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt
- Sun Belt Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Louisiana
West Coast
- West Coast Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Gonzaga
WAC
- WAC Bracket
- Automatic Bid: Grand Canyon
2023 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments FAQs
How many conference tournaments are there?
There are 32 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments. The winners of the tournaments help to shape the field of teams that will compete in March Madness.
How do conference tournaments and automatic bids work?
The winners of the conference championship automatically advance to the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
March Madness consists of 68 teams, which means that the conference tournament automatic qualifiers make up just under half of the teams in the field. The remaining 36 teams are at-large selections by the tournmanet committee based on their rankings, win-loss records and strength of schedule.
When does March Madness begin?
The 2023 Selection Sunday show where March Madness teams are announced is on Sunday, March 12. From there, the First Four games are March 14-15, with the First Round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament taking place March 16-17.
The NCAA national championship game is April 3.
You can print a blank March Madness bracket here.
