2016 Tournament Schedule

Pre-Tournament Events
March 13 - Selection Sunday @ 5:00 CST on CBS

First Week Of Games
March 15-16: 4 Play-In Games
March 17-18: Round One Games
March 19-20: Round Two Games

Second Weekend Of Games
March 24-25: Round Three Games
March 26-27: Round Four Games

Final Weekend Of Games
April 2: Round Five - Semi-Finals
April 4: Round Six - Championship Game

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Dates (2016). Retrieved from http://www.ncaa.com/FutureFinalFour

Automatic Bids - Conference Tournaments

Before the pairings are announced from the selected 68 teams on Sunday, March 16, there are 32 teams that will earn an automatic bid via their conference tournament or by winning the regular season outright. Here is a list of all 32 conferences with tournament dates. When the winner is determined, I'll update this post with the teams receiving automatic bid in place of the tournament dates.

Conference	Winner [Record]
AAC	Connecticut Huskies (24-10)
ACC	North Carolina Tar Heals (27-6)
American East	Stony Brook Seawolves (26-6)
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (20-13)
Atlantic 10	St Joseph's Hawks (27-7)
Big East	Seton Hall Pirates (25-8)
Big Sky	Weber State Wildcats (26-8)
Big South	NC Asheville Bulldogs (22-11)
Big Ten	Michigan State Spartans (29-5)
Big 12	Kansas Jayhawks (30-4)
Big West	Hawaii Warriors (27-5)
Colonial	UNC-Wilmington Seahawks (25-7)
Conference USA	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (24-9)
Horizon League	Green Bay Phoenix (23-12)
Ivy League	Yale Bulldogs (22-6)
MAAC	Iona Gaels (22-10)
MAC	Buffalo Bulls (20-14)
MEAC	Hampton Pirates (21-10)
Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa Panthers (22-12)
Mountain West	Fresno State Bulldogs (25-9)
Northeast	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (18-14)
Ohio Valley	Austin Peay Governors (18-17)
Pac 12	Oregon Ducks (28-6)
Patriot	Holy Cross Crusaders (14-19)
SEC	Kentucky Wildcats (26-8)
Southern	Chattanooga Mocs (29-6)
Southland	Steven F Austin Lumberjacks (27-5)
Summit	South Dakota State Jackrabbits (26-7)
Sun Belt	Little Rock Trojans (29-4)
SWAC	Southern U Jaguars (22-12)
WAC	Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (24-8)
West Coast	Gonzaga Bulldogs (26-7)

NCAA Division I Men's Conference Tournament Dates (2016). Retrieved from http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/schedules/conference-tournament