11 Automatic Bids Taken to Big Dance, 2 More Today | IXGAMES
Of the 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament – remember, it’s 68 this year, not 65 – 31 get automatic bids for winning their conference. Thirty of those are via conference tournaments while one, the Ivy League, goes to the regular-season champion. The Ivy is the only conference that doesn’t have a conference tournament. Harvard and Princeton will face off in a one-game playoff this weekend for that berth. Tonight two more conference tournament champions will be crowned. In the Big Sky title game, Montana faces Northern Colorado and in the Northeast Tournament Robert Morris faces Long Island. LIU is a sizable favorite in the Northeast as the Blackbirds (26-5, 16-2) won the regular season title by three games and beat Robert Morris (18-13, 12-6) 83-67 earlier this season. In the Big Sky, Northern Colorado (20-10, 13-3) won the regular-season title by a game over Montana (21-9, 12-4) but the teams split two meetings during the season. Here are the bids that have been claimed so far: School Record Last NCAA Conference Arkansas-Little Rock 19-16 1990 Sun Belt Belmont 30-4 2008 Atlantic Sun Butler 23-9 2010 Horizon Gonzaga 24-9 2010 West Coast Indiana State 20-13 2001 Missouri Valley Morehead State 24-9 2009 Ohio Valley Oakland 25-9 2010 Summit Old Dominion 27-6 2010 Colonial St. Peter’s 20-13 1995 Metro Atlantic Athletic UNC Asheville 19-13 2003 Big South Wofford 21-12 2010 Southern It would be Madness to miss betting on the NCAA Tournament at Bodog Sportsbook!