The 2022 men’s basketball NCAA tournament will feature 68 teams, with 32 spots coming from programs who earned an automatic bid by winning their conference tournament. While almost half the field is already set, no one knows what their potential path through the bracket will look like just yet. It will all be announced on Selection Sunday at 6 p.m. ET on CBS.
Conference tournament season has already shaken up the bracket. Virginia Tech was sitting on the outside edges of the bubble just a few weeks ago before going on a Cinderella run to win the ACC tournament and clinch their spot. Texas A&M also enjoyed a shocking run through the SEC tournament as a No. 9 seed, and will play for its automatic bid just before the bracket is revealed.
While plenty of potential at-large teams can already confidently say they’re in the big dance, the matchups are often more important than the seeding. We’ll see what the entire field looks like for the 2022 men’s NCAA tournament when the bracket is unveiled. Here’s how you can watch the announcement.
What teams have an auto bid to the 2022 men’s NCAA tournament?
Going into Selection Sunday, these are the teams that already clinched their spot:
- America East: Vermont
- ACC: Virginia Tech
- Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville State
- Big 12: Kansas
- Big South: Longwood
- Big West: CSU Fullerton
- CAA: Delaware
- Conference USA: UAB
- MAAC: Saint Peter’s
- MAC: Akron
- MEAC: Norfolk State
- MVC: Loyola Chicago
- Mountain West: Boise State
- Northeast: Bryant
- Ohio Valley: Murray State
- Pac-12: Arizona
- Patriot League: Colgate
- Southern: Chattanooga
- Southland: Texas A&M Corpus Christi
- SWAC: Texas Southern
- Summit League: South Dakota State:
- Sun Belt: Georgia State
- West Coast: Gonzaga
- WAC: New Mexico State
The American, Atlantic-10, Big Ten, Ivy League, and SEC will crown their conference tournament champion before the bracket is revealed.