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Men’s Champ Week 2026: Schedule, brackets, auto-bids, more

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Men’s Champ Week 2026: Schedule, brackets, auto-bids, more

The 2025-26 men’s college basketball regular season is over for a number of conferences, which means Champ Week is officially here. Approximately half of the 31 leagues will begin their tournaments, pitting their member schools against each other for a conference trophy — and the right to represent their league as the automatic qualifier in the 2026 men’s NCAA tournament.

Things tip off March 2 with the Horizon League tournament. The first conference to set its automatic qualifier will be the Ohio Valley Conference on Saturday, March 7 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2).

Champ Week ends with the Big Ten tournament on Sunday, March 15 (3:30 p.m. ET), just before the full 68-team field for March Madness is revealed.

We’re tracking all 31 conference tournaments right here. Find the schedule below, in order of when each ticket will be punched. Brackets for each Champ Week tournament will be added as they are set.

The men’s NCAA tournament bracket will be unveiled on March 15 (6 p.m. ET).

More coverage:
NCAA tournament schedule | Bracketology | Bubble Watch

Ohio Valley Conference

March 4-7
Ford Center (Evansville, Indiana)
Bracket


Big South Conference

March 4, 6-8
Freedom Hall Civic Center (Johnson City, Tennessee)
Bracket


Missouri Valley Conference

March 5-8
Enterprise Center (St. Louis)
Bracket


ASUN Conference

March 4, 6-8
Campus sites; VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville, Florida)
Bracket


Summit League

March 4-8
Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Bracket


Sun Belt Conference

March 3-9
Pensacola Bay Center (Pensacola, Florida)
Bracket


Southern Conference

March 6-9
Harrah’s Cherokee Center (Asheville, North Carolina)
Bracket


Horizon League

March 2, 4, 8-10
Campus sites; Corteva Coliseum (Indianapolis)
Bracket


Northeast Conference

March 4, 7, 10
Campus sites
Bracket


Coastal Athletic Association

March 6-10
CareFirst Arena (Washington, D.C.)
Bracket


West Coast Conference

March 5-10
Orleans Arena (Las Vegas)
Bracket


Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

March 5-10
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Bracket


Southland Conference

March 8-11
The Legacy Center (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
Bracket


Patriot League

March 3, 5, 8, 11
Campus sites
Bracket


Big Sky Conference

March 7-11
Idaho Central Arena (Boise, Idaho)
Bracket


America East Conference

March 7, 10, 14
Campus sites
Bracket


Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

March 11-14
Norfolk Scope Arena (Norfolk, Virginia)
Bracket


Mountain West Conference

March 11-14
Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas)
Bracket


Big 12 Conference

March 10-14
T-Mobile Center (Kansas City, Missouri)
Standings


Big East Conference

March 11-14
Madison Square Garden (New York)
Standings


Southwestern Athletic Conference

March 9-14
Gateway Center Arena (Atlanta)
Bracket


Mid-American Conference

March 12-14
Rocket Arena (Cleveland)
Bracket


Conference USA

March 10-14
Propst Arena (Huntsville, Alabama)
Bracket


Atlantic Coast Conference

March 10-14
Spectrum Center (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Standings


Big West Conference

March 11-14
Lee’s Family Forum (Henderson, Nevada)
Standings


Western Athletic Conference

March 11-14
Orleans Arena (Las Vegas)
Standings


Ivy League

March 14-15
Newman Arena at Bartels Hall (Ithaca, New York)
Bracket


Atlantic 10 Conference

March 11-15
PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh)
Standings


Southeastern Conference

March 11-15
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)
Standings


American Conference

March 11-15
Legacy Arena at the BJCC (Birmingham, Alabama)
Bracket


Big Ten Conference

March 10-15
United Center (Chicago)
Standings

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