The final automatic bids for the 2024 NCAA Tournament were distributed Sunday in the hours leading up to the Selection Show. With No. 1 seeds going down across the country in their conference tournaments, the Big Dance is going to include some surprise participants.
Among them is Duquesne, which won the A-10 Tournament as the No. 6 seed by edging No. 5 seed VCU 57-51 in Sunday's title game. The Dukes nearly squandered an 18-point lead but survived to reach their first NCAA Tournament since 1977.
Yale also joined the flood of tournament-bound teams on Sunday with a remarkable rally in the final 30 seconds to edge Brown 62-61 in the Ivy League final on a buzzer-beater from Matt Knowling. The Bulldogs trailed by six before the Bears missed three of their final four free throw attempts to leave the door open for Yale to make its second NCAA Tournament appearance of the last three years.
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One of the final automatic bids went to UAB, which won the AAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed by blasting Temple 85-69. The Blazers will be making their second Big Dance appearance of the last three seasons after a successful debut campaign in the AAC. Finally, Illinois punched its ticket by outlasting Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament title game.
Here is the full list of teams that secured automatic bids in the 2024 NCAA Tournament by winning their conference tournaments.
Sunday's conference tournament scoreboard
Ivy League: Championship
(2) Yale 62, (4) Brown 61 | Recap
Atlantic 10: Championship
(6) Duquesne 57, (5) VCU 51 | Recap
SEC: Championship LIVE updates
(4) Auburn 86, (6) Florida 67
AAC: Championship
(4) UAB 85, (11) Temple 69 | Recap
Big Ten: Championship LIVE updates
(2) Illinois 93, (5) Wisconsin 87
2024 conference tournament schedules, champions
All times ET
| Conference | City | Dates | Champion |
| ACC | Washington D.C. | March 12-16 | NC State (22-14) |
| America East | Campus Sites | March 9, 12, 16 | Vermont (28-6) |
| American | Fort Worth, Texas | March 13-17 | UAB (23-11) |
| ASUN | Campus Sites | March 4-5, 7, 10 | Stetson (22-12) |
| Atlantic 10 | Brooklyn | March 12-14, 16-17 | Duquesne (24-11) |
| Big 12 | Kansas City | March 12-16 | Iowa State (27-7) |
| Big East | New York City | March 13-16 | UConn (31-3) |
| Big Sky | Boise, Idaho | March 9, 10-13 | Montana State (17-17) |
| Big South | High Point, North Carolina | March 6, 8-10 | Longwood (21-13) |
| Big Ten | Minneapolis | March 13-17 | Illinois (26-8) |
| Big West | Henderson, Nevada | March 13-16 | Long Beach State (20-14) |
| Coastal Athletic | Washington, D.C. | March 8-12 | Charleston (27-7) |
| Conference USA | Huntsville, Alabama | March 12-16 | Western Kentucky (21-11) |
| Horizon League | Campus sites | Indianapolis | March 5, 7, 11-12 | Oakland (23-11) |
| Ivy | New York City | March 16-17 | Yale (22-9) |
| MAAC | Atlantic City, New Jersey | March 12-16 | Saint Peter's (19-13) |
| MAC | Cleveland | March 14-16 | Akron (23-10) |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Virginia | March 13-16 | Howard (18-16) |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 7-10 | Drake (28-6) |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | New Mexico (26-9) |
| Northeast | Campus Sites | March 6, 9, 12 | Wagner (16-15) |
| Ohio Valley | Evansville, Indiana | March 6-9 | Morehead State (26-8) |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | Oregon (75-68) |
| Patriot | Campus Sites | March 5, 7, 10, 13 | Colgate (25-9) |
| SEC | Nashville | March 13-17 | Auburn (27-7) |
| Southern | Asheville, North Carolina | March 8-11 | Samford (29-5) |
| Southland | Lake Charles, Louisiana | March 10-13 | McNeese (30-3) |
| Summit | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | March 8-12 | South Dakota State (22-12) |
| Sun Belt | Pensacola, Florida | March 5, 7, 9, 10-11 | James Madison (31-3) |
| SWAC | Birmingham, Alabama | March 13-16 | Grambling (19-14) |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | Grand Canyon (29-4) |
| WCC | Las Vegas | March 7-9, 11-12 | Saint Mary's (26-7) |
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