Selection Sunday: List of Teams Guaranteed a Spot
Posted: Mar 13, 2016 6:19 PM CST
The 2016 NCAA Tournament bracket will come out on the Selection Sunday show starting at 4:30 PM on CBS 58. Here is the list of teams already guaranteed a spot in the tournament by winning their conference tournaments.
| CONFERENCE | TOURNAMENT SITE | DATES (TV FOR CHAMPIONSHIP) | 2016 CHAMPION |
| AAC | Orlando, Fla. | March 10-13 (ESPN) | UConn (24-10) |
| ACC | Washington D.C. | March 8-12 (ESPN) | North Carolina (27-6) |
| America East | Campus sites | March 2, 7 & 12 (ESPN2) | Stony Brook (26-6) |
| Atlantic 10 | Brooklyn | March 9-13 (CBS) | St. Joseph's (27-7) |
| Atlantic Sun | Campus sites | March 1, 3 & 6 (ESPN2) | Fla. Gulf Coast (20-13) |
| Big East | New York | March 9-12 (FOX) | Seton Hall (25-8) |
| Big Sky | Reno, Nev. | March 8, 10-12 (ESPNU) | Weber State (26-8) |
| Big South | Buies Creek, N.C. | March 3-6 (ESPN) | NC-Asheville (22-11) |
| Big Ten | Indianpolis | March 9-13 (CBS) | Michigan State (30-5) |
| Big 12 | Kansas City | March 9-12 (ESPN) | Kansas (30-4) |
| Big West | Anaheim | March 10-12 (ESPN2) | Hawaii (27-5) |
| Colonial | Baltimore | March 4-7 (NBCSN) | UNC-Wilmington (25-7) |
| Conference USA | Birmingham, Ala. | March 8-12 (FS1) | Middle Tennessee (24-9) |
| Horizon League | Detroit | March 5-8 (ESPN/ESPN2) | Green Bay (23-12) |
| Ivy League | No conference tournament | Yale (22-6) | |
| MAAC | Albany, N.Y. | March 3-7 (ESPN) | Iona (22-10) |
| MAC | Cleveland, Ohio | March 7, 10-12 (ESPN2) | Buffalo (20-14) |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Va. | March 7-12 (ESPN2) | Hampton (21-10) |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 3-6 (CBS) | Northern Iowa (22-12) |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 9-12 (CBS) | Frenso State (25-9) |
| Northeast | Campus sites | March 2, 5, 8 (ESPN/ESPN2) | F. Dickinson (18-14) |
| Ohio Valley | Nashville | March 2-5 (ESPN2) | Austin Peay (18-17) |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 9-12 (FS1) | Oregon (27-6) |
| Patriot | Campus sites | March 1, 3, 6, 9 (CBS Sports Net) | Holy Cross (14-19) |
| SEC | Nashville | March 9-13 (ESPN) | Kentucky (26-8) |
| Southern | Asheville, N.C | March 4-7 (ESPN2) | Chattanooga (29-5) |
| Southland | Katy, Texas | March 8-12 (ESPN2) | S.F. Austin (27-5) |
| Summit | Sioux Falls, S.D. | March 5-8 (ESPN2) | S. Dakota State (26-7) |
| Sun Belt | New Orleans | March 10-13 (ESPN2) | Little Rock (29-4) |
| SWAC | Houston | March 8-12 (ESPNU) | Southern (22-12) |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 10-12 (ESPNU) | Cal St. Bakersfield (24-8) |
| West Coast | Las Vegas | March 4-5 & 7-8 (ESPN) | Gonzaga (26-7)sa |