2026 men’s basketball conference tourney tracker

It’s all smiles for the Keuka men’s basketball team, which went from conference No. 7 seed to the NCAA Tournament, winning the Empire 8 tournament. Keuka athletics photo

In Division III basketball, “March Madness” starts in late February. There are 43 automatic qualifying bids into the 64-team NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament and 42 of those AQs are awarded to conference tournament winners.

Conference playoffs start as early as Wednesday, Feb. 18 and run through Sunday, March 1. You can get the lowdown on all the tournaments here, including links to live stats, game broadcasts, box scores and recaps as they are posted by participating schools.

Details about at-large candidates with the help of D3 Datacast — check out their conference-by-conference NPI ratings for the latest.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

Top six of nine teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host first round games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.

Seedings: 1 Penn State-Behrend, 2 Pitt-Greensburg, 3 La Roche, 4 Hilbert, 5 Penn State-Altoona, 6 Alfred State

Feb. 24	Penn State-Altoona	77	Hilbert	92	Final	BX
	Alfred State	61	La Roche	74	Final	BX
Feb. 27	Hilbert	55	Penn State-Behrend	75	Final	BX
	La Roche	65	Pitt-Greensburg	82	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Pitt-Greensburg	61	Penn State-Behrend	66	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Penn State-Behrend (20-7)
At-large candidate: None.

American Rivers Conference

The top six of nine qualify. Top two seeds get byes to the semifinals. Higher seed hosts each round. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Nebraska Wesleyan, 2 Loras, 3 Coe, 4 Dubuque, 5 Buena Vista, 6 Wartburg

Feb. 24	Wartburg	50	Coe	66	Final
	Buena Vista	53	Dubuque	76	Final	BX
Feb. 26	Coe	71	Loras	72	Final
	Dubuque	93	Nebraska Wesleyan	85	Final	BX P
Feb. 28	Dubuque	62	Loras	83	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Loras (20-7)
At-large candidate: None.

American Southwest Conference

All four teams. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Hardin-Simmons, 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 3 East Texas Baptist, 4 Howard Payne

Feb. 27	East Texas Baptist	84	Mary Hardin-Baylor	89	Final	BX
	Howard Payne	93	Hardin-Simmons	98	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Mary Hardin-Baylor	90	Hardin-Simmons	81	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Mary Hardin-Baylor (20-7)
At-large candidate: None.

Atlantic East Conference

Top five of eight qualify. Highest seed hosts all three rounds. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Marymount, 2 Gwynedd Mercy, 3 Centenary (N.J.), 4 Neumann, 5 Marywood

Feb. 24	Marywood	66	Neumann	84	Final
Feb. 26	Centenary (N.J.)	77	Gwynedd Mercy	96	Final	BX RC
	Neumann	75	Marymount	68	Final
Feb. 28	Neumann	66	Gwynedd Mercy	65	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Neumann (19-9)
At-large candidate: None.

Centennial Conference

Top six of ten qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Gettysburg, 2 Johns Hopkins, 3 Ursinus, 4 Franklin & Marshall, 5 Swarthmore, 6 McDaniel

Feb. 24	McDaniel	62	Ursinus	81	Final
	Swarthmore	59	Franklin and Marshall	80	Final
Feb. 27	Ursinus	71	Johns Hopkins	83	Final	BX RC
	Franklin and Marshall	45	Gettysburg	69	Final
Mar. 1	Johns Hopkins		Gettysburg		2:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: F&M is a lock after its first-round win. Johns Hopkins might need to get to the finals to feel truly secure as an at-large.

City University of New York Athletic Conference

Top six of eight qualify. Home sites for quarterfinals and semifinals, championship at Hunter. Games played Saturday-Tuesday-Thursday.
Seedings: 1 Lehman, 2 Brooklyn, 3 Baruch, 4 York (N.Y.), 5 John Jay, 6 CCNY

Feb. 21	CCNY	72	Baruch	70	Final	BX
	John Jay	86	York (N.Y.)	84	Final	BX
Feb. 25	John Jay	60	Lehman	85	Final
	CCNY	76	Brooklyn	72	Final – 2OT
Feb. 26	CCNY	56	Lehman	101	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Lehman (21-6)
At-large candidate: None.

Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference

Top five qualify. Top three get first-round bye. Seeded via Massey. Games played Thursday-Friday-Saturday. Hosted at UC Santa Cruz.
Seedings: 1 Mary Washington, 2 Christopher Newport, 3 UC Santa Cruz, 4 Salisbury, 5 Warren Wilson

Feb. 26	Warren Wilson	72	Salisbury	83	Final	BX
Feb. 27	Salisbury	46	Mary Washington	55	Final	BX
	UC Santa Cruz	74	Christopher Newport	77	Final – OT	BX RC
Feb. 28	Christopher Newport	58	Mary Washington	88	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Mary Washington (24-3)
At-large candidate: Christopher Newport is safely in the NCAA Tournament.

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Top six of nine qualify. First round hosted by higher seed, reseeded for semifinals. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Illinois Wesleyan, 2 Carthage, 3 Elmhurst, 4 North Park, 5 Wheaton, 6 Carroll

Feb. 24	Wheaton (Ill.)	100	North Park	107	Final – 2OT	BX
	Carroll	85	Elmhurst	95	Final	BX
Feb. 27	Elmhurst	82	Carthage	80	Final	BX
	North Park	70	Illinois Wesleyan	80	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Elmhurst	59	Illinois Wesleyan	69	Final – OT	BX BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Illinois Wesleyan (23-4)
At-large candidate: Elmhurst is right on the cut line.

Collegiate Conference of the South

Top six of seven qualify. Higher seed hosts first round, top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Maryville, 2 Huntingdon, 3 Belhaven, 4 LaGrange, 5 Asbury, 6 Covenant

Feb. 24	Covenant	77	Belhaven	113	Final	BX
	Asbury	80	LaGrange	91	Final	BX
Feb. 27	Belhaven	85	Huntingdon	73	Final	BX
	LaGrange	82	Maryville (Tenn.)	71	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Belhaven	92	LaGrange	73	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Belhaven (16-12)
At-large candidate: None.

Conference of New England

Top six of 11 qualify, higher seed hosts throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Endicott, 2 Western New England, 3 Suffolk, 4 Nichols, 5 Roger Williams, 6 University of New England

Feb. 25	University of New England	67	Suffolk	75	Final	BX
	Roger Williams	91	Nichols	104	Final	BX RC
Feb. 27	Suffolk	58	Western New England	77	Final	BX
	Nichols	75	Endicott	78	Final	BX
Mar. 1	Western New England		Endicott		1:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: Call Endicott a lock, but nobody else has a clear path to an at-large bid.

Empire 8

Top eight of 12 qualify. All games at higher seed. Games played Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Sage, 2 Nazareth, 3 SUNY Geneseo, 4 SUNYIT, 5 Brockport, 6 Utica, 7 Keuka, 8 St. John Fisher

Feb. 21	St. John Fisher	77	Sage	72	Final	BX
	Brockport	84	SUNYIT	75	Final
	Keuka	96	Nazareth	89	Final – OT	BX RC
	Utica	62	SUNY Geneseo	68	Final
Feb. 25	St. John Fisher	57	Brockport	74	Final	BX
	Keuka	55	SUNY Geneseo	53	Final	BX RC
Feb. 28	Keuka	83	Brockport	80	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Keuka (15-13)
At-large candidate: None.

Great Northeast Athletic Conference

Top eight of 13. Top seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 St. Joseph’s (Maine), 2 St. Joseph (Conn.), 3 Albertus Magnus, 4 Lasell, 5 Emmanuel, 6 Regis (Mass.), 7 Dean, 8 Norwich
Note: Seedings were adjusted/corrected after their initial release.

Feb. 25	Dean	79	St. Joseph (Conn.)	92	Final	BX P
	Regis (Mass.)	57	Albertus Magnus	96	Final	BX
	Emmanuel	76	Lasell	74	Final	BX
	Norwich	62	St. Joseph’s (Maine)	85	Final	BX
Feb. 27	Albertus Magnus	72	St. Joseph (Conn.)	73	Final	BX P P
	Emmanuel	61	St. Joseph’s (Maine)	69	Final	BX
Mar. 1	St. Joseph (Conn.)		St. Joseph’s (Maine)		3:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: None.

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Top eight of 10 qualify. Highest seeds host quarterfinals. Top remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship games. Games played Saturday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Transylvania, 2 Anderson, 3 Rose-Hulman, 4 Mount St. Joseph, 5 Franklin, 6 Hanover, 7 Bluffton, 8 Berea

Feb. 21	Hanover	62	Rose-Hulman	71	Final	BX
	Franklin	80	Mount St. Joseph	51	Final
	Bluffton	89	Anderson	103	Final	BX
	Berea	79	Transylvania	88	Final	BX
Feb. 27	Franklin	75	Transylvania	86	Final
	Rose-Hulman	73	Anderson	74	Final	BX RC
Feb. 28	Anderson	79	Transylvania	91	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Transylvania (20-8)
At-large candidate: None.

Landmark Conference

Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Catholic, 2 Drew, 3 Scranton, 4 Wilkes, 5 Elizabethtown, 6 Susquehanna

Feb. 24	Elizabethtown	70	Wilkes	74	Final	BX
	Susquehanna	85	Scranton	78	Final	BX RC
Feb. 26	Susquehanna	93	Drew	87	Final	BX
	Wilkes	79	Catholic	70	Final
Feb. 28	Susquehanna	76	Wilkes	72	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Susquehanna (16-12)
At-large candidate: Catholic is still a lock to get into the tournament, which means somebody’s bubble popped. Bid thief No. 1 in the Landmark.
Drew needed to get to the finals to have any chance.
Scranton played its way out over the past week-plus.

Liberty League

Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 RPI, 2 Union, 3 Vassar, 4 St. Lawrence, 5 Ithaca, 6 Skidmore

Feb. 24	Skidmore	64	Vassar	67	Final	BX
	Ithaca	64	St. Lawrence	72	Final	BX
Feb. 27	St. Lawrence	58	RPI	62	Final
	Vassar	72	Union	67	Final	BX BX
Mar. 1	Vassar		RPI		2:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: None.

Little East Conference

Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Western Connecticut, 2 Mass-Boston, 3 Keene State, 4 Southern Maine, 5 Eastern Connecticut, 6 Rhode Island College

Feb. 25	Eastern Connecticut	93	Southern Maine	83	Final	BX RC
	Rhode Island College	81	Keene State	101	Final	BX RC
Feb. 27	Eastern Connecticut	59	Western Connecticut	60	Final – OT	BX
	Keene State	75	Mass-Boston	72	Final	BX RC
Mar. 1	Keene State		Western Connecticut		1:00 PM

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: None.

MAC Commonwealth Conference

Top four of eight qualify. Higher seeds hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Hood, 2 Albright, 3 York (Pa.), 4 Alvernia

Feb. 25	York (Pa.)	95	Albright	83	Final – 2OT
	Alvernia	93	Hood	109	Final	BX RC
Feb. 28	York (Pa.)	98	Hood	103	Final – 2OT	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Hood (24-3)
At-large candidate: None.

MAC Freedom Conference

Top four of eight qualify. Higher seeds hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Arcadia, 2 Stevens, 3 DeSales, 4 Misericordia

Feb. 25	DeSales	60	Stevens	81	Final	BX
	Misericordia	58	Arcadia	57	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Misericordia	59	Stevens	68	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Stevens (18-9)
At-large candidate: None.

Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference

Top six of eight teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Westfield State, 2 Worcester State, 3 Salem State, 4 Framingham State, 5 Bridgewater State, 6 Massachusetts College

Feb. 25	Bridgewater State	86	Framingham State	87	Final	BX
	Massachusetts College	76	Salem State	73	Final	BX
Feb. 27	Framingham State	62	Worcester State	71	Final	BX
	Massachusetts College	68	Westfield State	95	Final	BX RC
Mar. 1	Worcester State		Westfield State		1:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: None.

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Top six of eight qualify. All games at higher seeds. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Olivet, 2 Hope, 3 Calvin, 4 Trine, 5 Albion, 6 Adrian

Feb. 24	Albion	77	Trine	94	Final	BX RC
	Adrian	63	Calvin	105	Final	BX
Feb. 27	Calvin	63	Hope	73	Final	BX
	Trine	86	Olivet	69	Final	BX RC
Feb. 28	Trine	65	Hope	72	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Hope (18-9)
At-large candidate: None.

Midwest Conference

Top four of nine qualify. Semifinals and finals at highest seed. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Grinnell, 2 Monmouth, 3 Lake Forest, 4 Illinois College

Feb. 27	Illinois College	73	Grinnell	94	Final	BX RC
	Lake Forest	84	Monmouth	93	Final
Feb. 28	Monmouth	56	Grinnell	85	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Grinnell (22-3)
At-large candidate: None.

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Top six of 11 teams qualify. Top two seeds get bye to semifinals. Higher seeds host. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Gustavus Adolphus, 2 St. John’s, 3 St. Olaf, 4 Concordia-Moorhead, 5 Carleton, 6 Augsburg

Feb. 24	Carleton	52	Concordia-Moorhead	74	Final	BX P
	Augsburg	69	St. Olaf	68	Final	BX
Feb. 26	Concordia-Moorhead	68	St. John’s	75	Final	BX
	Augsburg	68	Gustavus Adolphus	84	Final
Feb. 28	St. John’s	66	Gustavus Adolphus	75	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Gustavus Adolphus (25-2)
At-large candidate: None.

New England Small College Athletic Conference

Top eight of 11 teams qualify. Higher seeds host quarterfinals. Reseeded for semifinals. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and final. Games played Saturday-Saturday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Wesleyan, 2 Tufts, 3 Trinity (Conn.), 4 Amherst, 5 Bates, 6 Bowdoin, 7 Colby, 8 Connecticut College

Feb. 21	Bates	70	Amherst	59	Final	BX
	Colby	84	Tufts	99	Final
	Bowdoin	63	Trinity (Conn.)	64	Final
	Connecticut College	78	Wesleyan	87	Final
Feb. 28	Bates	49	Wesleyan	66	Final	P
	Trinity (Conn.)	80	Tufts	70	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: The NESCAC is trending toward four at-large teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Amherst, Bates should all be in, although Bates might well need to beat Amherst in the quarters to secure that slot.

New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference

Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 WPI, 2 Babson, 3 Salve Regina, 4 Wheaton (Mass.), 5 Springfield, 6 Clark

Feb. 25	Springfield	52	Wheaton (Mass.)	60	Final
Feb. 26	Clark	61	Salve Regina	67	Final	BX RC
Feb. 27	Wheaton (Mass.)	82	WPI	60	Final	BX RC RC
	Salve Regina	58	Babson	78	Final	BX
Mar. 1	Wheaton (Mass.)		Babson		1:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: WPI and Babson are both near-locks, especially if they make the conference final.

New Jersey Athletic Conference

Top six of 10 teams qualify. Top two get byes. Highest seed hosts throughout. Games played Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Montclair State, 2 TCNJ, 3 Stockton, 4 New Jersey City, 5 Rowan, 6 Kean

Feb. 21	Rowan	73	New Jersey City	61	Final	BX RC
	Kean	72	Stockton	78	Final	BX
Feb. 25	Rowan	75	Montclair State	89	Final	BX RC
	Stockton	66	TCNJ	76	Final
Feb. 28	TCNJ	83	Montclair State	81	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: TCNJ (21-6)
At-large candidate: Montclair State is a lock, so this is now a two-bid league.

North Atlantic Conference

Top six of 10 teams qualify. Top two get byes. Highest seed hosts throughout. Games played Thursday-Sunday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Maine-Farmington, 2 Husson, 3 Maine-Presque Isle, 4 Maine Maritime, 5 SUNY Cobleskill, 6 Thomas

Feb. 19	SUNY-Cobleskill	75	Maine Maritime	71	Final	BX
	Thomas	79	Maine-Presque Isle	88	Final
Feb. 22	Maine-Presque Isle	78	Husson	74	Final – OT	BX
	SUNY-Cobleskill	63	Maine-Farmington	94	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Maine-Presque Isle	58	Maine-Farmington	84	Final	BX RC RC RC RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Maine-Farmington (22-5)
At-large candidate: None.

North Coast Athletic Conference

Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host first-round games. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship game. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Denison, 2 DePauw, 3 John Carroll, 4 Wittenberg, 5 Wabash, 6 Oberlin

Feb. 24	Oberlin	73	John Carroll	77	Final
	Wabash	53	Wittenberg	77	Final	BX
Feb. 27	John Carroll	81	DePauw	71	Final	BX
	Wittenberg	61	Denison	75	Final	BX
Feb. 28	John Carroll	84	Denison	66	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: John Carroll (21-6)
At-large candidate: None.

Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

Top eight of 13 teams qualify. Higher seed hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 MSOE, 2 St. Norbert, 3 Aurora, 4 Concordia (Wis.), 5 Marian, 6 Benedictine, 7 Rockford, 8 Lakeland

Feb. 24	Rockford	61	St. Norbert	75	Final	BX
	Marian	72	Concordia (Wis.)	52	Final	BX
	Lakeland	82	MSOE	99	Final
	Benedictine	82	Aurora	94	Final	BX
Feb. 26	Marian	85	MSOE	74	Final	BX
	Aurora	65	St. Norbert	59	Final
Feb. 28	Marian	66	Aurora	67	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Aurora (23-5)
At-large candidate: None.

Northwest Conference

Top four of nine teams qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and final. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Whitworth, 2 Puget Sound, 3 Willamette, 4 Lewis and Clark

Feb. 27	Willamette	80	Puget Sound	75	Final	BX
	Lewis and Clark	60	Whitworth	76	Final	BX RC
Feb. 28	Willamette	87	Whitworth	97	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Whitworth (22-5)
At-large candidate: None. 

Ohio Athletic Conference

T
op six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Mount Union, 2 Otterbein, 3 Ohio Northern, 4 Muskingum, 5 Heidelberg, 6 Wilmington

Feb. 24	Heidelberg	84	Muskingum	67	Final	BX P P
	Wilmington	69	Ohio Northern	88	Final	BX P
Feb. 26	Ohio Northern	51	Otterbein	53	Final	BX P
	Heidelberg	84	Mount Union	82	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Heidelberg	82	Otterbein	75	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Heidelberg (16-12)
At-large candidate: Mount Union and Otterbein are both in good shape to make the NCAA Tournament, and Heidelberg winning means the OAC is a bid thief.

Old Dominion Athletic Conference

Top eight of 12 teams qualify. Top six get byes to quarterfinals. First round on campus; semis and final at Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Randolph-Macon, 2 Virginia Wesleyan, 3 Roanoke, 4 Hampden-Sydney, 5 Lynchburg, 6 Washington and Lee, 7 Averett, 8 Guilford

Feb. 24	Guilford	73	Randolph-Macon	94	Final	BX
	Averett	65	Virginia Wesleyan	71	Final
	Lynchburg	70	Hampden-Sydney	82	Final	BX RC
	Washington and Lee	68	Roanoke	92	Final
Feb. 27	Hampden-Sydney	41	Randolph-Macon	69	Final	BX RC
	Roanoke	78	Virginia Wesleyan	69	Final – OT
Feb. 28	Roanoke	59	Randolph-Macon	58	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Roanoke (22-6)
At-large candidate: Randolph-Macon is a lock. The Virginia Wesleyan-Roanoke winner is essentially a lock as well, but Virginia Wesleyan has a much better chance at an at-large if it loses in the semifinals.

Presidents’ Athletic Conference

Top eight of 12 teams qualify, four in each division. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 North Westminster (Pa.), 1 South Washington & Jefferson, 2N Allegheny, 2S Chatham, 3N Grove City, 3S Franciscan, 4N Geneva, 4S St. Vincent

Feb. 24	St. Vincent	76	Westminster (Pa.)	80	Final	BX
	Grove City	60	Chatham	69	Final
	Geneva	59	Washington and Jefferson	85	Final	BX RC
	Franciscan (Ohio)	66	Allegheny	62	Final
Feb. 26	Chatham	79	Westminster (Pa.)	81	Final	BX RC
	Franciscan (Ohio)	65	Washington and Jefferson	75	Final	BX RC
Feb. 28	Westminster (Pa.)	61	Washington and Jefferson	68	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Washington & Jefferson (22-6)
At-large candidate: None.

Skyline Conference

Top eight of 12 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Yeshiva, 2 Farmingdale, 3 Sarah Lawrence, 4 SUNY-Maritime, 5 Purchase, 6 Manhattanville, 7 St. Joseph’s (L.I.), 8 Old Westbury

Feb. 25	Manhattanville	44	Sarah Lawrence	59	Final
	SUNY-Purchase	89	SUNY-Maritime	65	Final	BX
	St. Joseph’s (L.I.)	62	Farmingdale State	83	Final	BX
	SUNY-Old Westbury	52	Yeshiva	91	Final
Feb. 27	SUNY-Purchase	71	Yeshiva	86	Final
	Sarah Lawrence	75	Farmingdale State	82	Final
Mar. 1	Farmingdale State		Yeshiva		2:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.

Southern Athletic Association

Top six of eight teams qualify. All games hosted at Berry. Games played Thursday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Rhodes, 2 Trinity (Texas), 3 Centre, 4 Millsaps, 5 Southwestern, 6 Sewanee

Feb. 26	Southwestern	89	Millsaps	79	Final
	Sewanee	79	Centre	87	Final
Feb. 27	Southwestern	70	Rhodes	83	Final
	Centre	57	Trinity (Texas)	83	Final
Feb. 28	Trinity (Texas)	76	Rhodes	79	Final	RC RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Rhodes (23-4)
At-large candidate: Trinity (Texas) is in regardless, and the SAA is a bid thief in 2026.

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Top five of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host each round. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Redlands, 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 3 Chapman, 4 Occidental, 5 Cal Lutheran

Feb. 25	Cal Lutheran	84	Occidental	88	Final
Feb. 27	Occidental	76	Redlands	100	Final	BX RC
	Chapman	79	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	68	Final
Mar. 1	Chapman		Redlands		5:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Redlands are both safely in the tournament.

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Top three teams in each division qualify. Top team in each division gets byes into semifinals. First round, semifinals, and championship game host pre-determined, at Hendrix. Games played Friday-Saturday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Blue Letourneau, 1 Gold St. Thomas (Texas), 2B Centenary (La.), 2G Concordia (Texas), 3B Austin, 3G Colorado College

Feb. 27	Colorado College	53	Centenary (La.)	65	Final	BX RC
	Austin	71	Concordia (Texas)	74	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Centenary (La.)	34	St. Thomas (Texas)	64	Final	BX
	Concordia (Texas)	94	LeTourneau	87	Final	BX
Mar. 1	Concordia (Texas)		St. Thomas (Texas)		1:00 PM	V LS

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: 
At-large candidate: St. Thomas (Texas) is safely in the tournament, and Concordia (Texas) has a chance if it can make the conference final.

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Top six of nine teams qualify. Highest seeds host throughout. Reseeded after first round. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Webster, 2 MUW, 3 Lyon, 4 Spalding, 5 Greenville, 6 Blackburn

Feb. 24	Greenville	74	Spalding	93	Final	BX
	Blackburn	48	Lyon	75	Final	BX
Feb. 26	Lyon	58	MUW	80	Final	BX
	Spalding	43	Webster	79	Final
Feb. 28	MUW	77	Webster	76	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: MUW (17-10)
At-large candidate: None.

State University of New York Athletic Conference

Top six of ten teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host first round games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Cortland, 2 Oneonta, 3 Osweggo, 4 New Paltz, 5 Plattsburg, 6 Morrisville

Feb. 24	Morrisville State	66	Oswego State	87	Final	BX
	Plattsburgh State	97	SUNY New Paltz	88	Final – OT	BX RC
Feb. 27	Oswego State	83	SUNY Oneonta	69	Final	BX
	Plattsburgh State	71	Cortland	96	Final	BX RC
Feb. 28	Oswego State	51	Cortland	84	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Cortland (23-4)
At-large candidate: None.

United East Conference

Top 10 of 14 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Lancaster Bible, 2 Penn State-Brandywine, 3 Cairn, 4 Penn State-Harrisburg, 5 Notre Dame (Md.), 6 Penn State-Abington, 7 St. Mary’s (Md.), 8 Wilson, 9 Penn State-Berks, 10 Keystone

Feb. 18	Keystone	80	St. Mary’s (Md.)	71	Final	BX
	Penn State-Berks	80	Wilson	92	Final
Feb. 21	Notre Dame (Md.)	70	Penn State-Harrisburg	85	Final	BX
	Penn State-Abington	73	Cairn	105	Final	BX
	Wilson	72	Lancaster Bible	117	Final
	Keystone	63	Penn State-Brandywine	69	Final	BX
Feb. 24	Penn State-Harrisburg	72	Lancaster Bible	58	Final
	Cairn	81	Penn State-Brandywine	77	Final	BX
Feb. 28	Penn State-Harrisburg	72	Cairn	71	Final	BX

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Penn State-Harrisburg (17-10)
At-large candidate: None.

University Athletic Association

No conference tournament. The UAA is the only conference in Division III basketball with its automatic bid decided on the outcome of regular season play.

Automatic bid: Emory 
At-large candidate: Emory and Chicago are locks, as is WashU. NYU is still a strong candidate. Brandeis is now on the wrong side of everything bubble.

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

Top four teams of seven teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 North Central (Minn.), 2 Minnesota-Morris, 3 Crown, 4 Bethany Lutheran

Feb. 25	Bethany Lutheran	92	North Central (Minn.)	78	Final	BX
	Crown	79	Minnesota-Morris	85	Final
Feb. 28	Bethany Lutheran	76	Minnesota-Morris	75	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: Bethany Lutheran (16-11)
At-large candidate: None.

USA South Athletic Conference

Top six of eight qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Pfeiffer, 2 N.C. Wesleyan, 3 Southern Virginia, 4 Greensboro, 5 Methodist, 6 Mary Baldwin

Feb. 24	Methodist	82	Greensboro	70	Final	BX
	Mary Baldwin	73	Southern Virginia	89	Final	BX
Feb. 26	Southern Virginia	81	N.C. Wesleyan	84	Final	BX
	Methodist	72	Pfeiffer	93	Final
Feb. 28	N.C. Wesleyan	84	Pfeiffer	76	Final

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: N.C. Wesleyan (21-6)
At-large candidate: None.

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Top six of eight teams qualify. Reseeded after first round. Top two get byes and host semifinals, championship on higher seed’s floor. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 UW-Whitewater, 2 UW-Stevens Point, 3 UW-La Crosse, 4 UW-Platteville, 5 UW-Oshkosh, 6 UW-Stout

Feb. 24	UW-Stout	83	UW-La Crosse	87	Final	BX RC
	UW-Oshkosh	72	UW-Platteville	79	Final	BX
Feb. 26	UW-Platteville	56	UW-Whitewater	66	Final
	UW-La Crosse	82	UW-Stevens Point	63	Final	BX RC
Feb. 28	UW-La Crosse	81	UW-Whitewater	78	Final	BX RC

All times Eastern

Automatic bid: UW-La Crosse (22-6)
At-large selection: UW-Stevens Point, UW-La Crosse, UW-Whitewater and UW-Platteville are in comfortably. UW-Oshkosh is right on the bubble after being eliminated from the WIAC tournament.