the unveiling of the full 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket on CBS, there are 14 conference tournaments hosting semifinal action during Friday's loaded slate of college hoops. Among them are several conferences that are expected to be one-bid leagues for the Big Dance.
Several squads have already clinched their spots in the field by winning their conference tournaments over the last several days. By Friday's end, leagues like the Big Sky, Big West, Conference USA, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, Southland, SWAC and WAC will be one step closer to doing the same over the weekend.
The MAC is one of the conferences that could have a particularly compelling ending to its league tournament as the top four seeds each advanced to the semifinals on CBS Sports Network. No one from the conference is in position for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, but whoever emerges from the conference could be a potential Cinderella to watch next week.
Thursday's conference tournaments in action
AAC: First round
ACC: Quarterfinals
Atlantic 10: Second round
Big East: Quarterfinals
Big Sky: Quarterfinals
Big Ten: Second round
Big 12: Quarterfinals
Big West: Quarterfinals
Conference USA: Quarterfinals
MAAC: Quarterfinals
MAC: First round
MEAC: Quarterfinals
Mountain West: Quarterfinals
Pac-12: Quarterfinals
SEC: Second round
Southland: Second round
SWAC: Quarterfinals
WAC: Third round
2022 conference tournament schedules
Conference Tournament site Dates (Final TV) 2022 Champion
AAC Fort Worth, Texas March 10-13 (ESPN)
ACC Brooklyn, N.Y. March 8-12 (ESPN)
America East Campus sites March 6, 9 & 12 (ESPN2)
Atlantic 10 Washington D.C. March 9-13 (CBSSN)
ASUN Campus sites March 1, 3, 5 & 8 (ESPN) Bellarmine (20-13) - x
Big East New York March 9-12 (Fox)
Big Sky Boise, Idaho March 9-12 (ESPNU)
Big South Charlotte, N.C. March 2, 4-6 (ESPN2) Longwood (26-6)
Big Ten Indianapolis March 9-13 (CBS)
Big 12 Kansas City March 9-12 (ESPN)
Big West Henderson, Nev. March 8, 10-12 (ESPN2)
Colonial Washington D.C. March 5-8 (CBSSN) Delaware (22-12)
Conference USA Frisco, Texas March 8-12 (CBSSN)
Horizon League Indianapolis March 1, 3, 7 & 8 (ESPN) Wright State (21-13)
Ivy League Cambridge, Mass. March 12-13 (ESPN2)
MAAC Atlantic City, N.J. March 8-12 (ESPNU)
MAC Cleveland, Ohio March 10-12 (ESPN2)
MEAC Norfolk, Va. March 9-12 (ESPN2)
Missouri Valley St. Louis March 3-6 (CBS) Loyola-Chicago (25-7)
Mountain West Las Vegas March 9-12 (CBS)
Northeast Campus sites Feb. 28, March 2, 5 & 8 (ESPN) Bryant (22-9)
Ohio Valley Evansville, Ind. March 2-5 (ESPN2) Murray State (30-2)
Pac-12 Las Vegas March 9-12 (Fox)
Patriot Campus sites March 1, 3, 6 & 9 (CBSSN) Colgate (23-11)
SEC Tampa March 9-13 (ESPN)
Southern Asheville, N.C March 4-7 (ESPN) Chattanooga (27-7)
Southland Katy, Texas March 9-12 (ESPN2)
Summit Sioux Falls, S.D. March 5-8 (ESPN2) S. Dakota State (30--4)
Sun Belt Pensacola, Fla. March 3, 5-7 (ESPN2) Georgia State (18-10)
SWAC Birmingham, Ala. March 9-12 (ESPNU)
WAC Las Vegas March 8-12 (ESPNU)
West Coast Las Vegas March 3-5 & 7-8 (ESPN) Gonzaga (26-3)
