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2017 conference tournament schedules, brackets: All 32, all in one place

Wichita State locked of its NCAA tournament bid on Sunday, but 28 conference titles are yet to be decided heading into Championship Week. (Getty)
Wichita State locked of its NCAA tournament bid on Sunday, but 28 conference titles are yet to be decided heading into Championship Week. (Getty)

It’s that time of year again. College basketball conference tournaments get underway Monday, Feb. 27, and continue every day throughout the next two weeks. The first champion is crowned this Saturday, March 4, with the final six of the 32 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament handed out on March 12, Selection Sunday.

Below is everything you need to be able to keep track of the 32 tournaments, starting with the dates for each, and concluding with the schedule and bracket for every single tournament. As of Monday night, 13 brackets have been set. As more get released, starting Monday, they will be added to this page.

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Conference tournament dates

Already completed: Ohio Valley, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Missouri Valley

MAAC: Final on March 6
Colonial: Final on March 6
Southern: Final on March 6
Northeast: Final on March 7
Patriot: Final on March 8
America East: March 1, 6, 11
Horizon: March 3-7
West Coast: March 3-7
Summit: March 4-7
MEAC: March 6-11
ACC: March 7-11
Big Sky: March 7, 9-11
SWAC: March 7, 10-11
Big East: March 8-11
Big 12: March 8-11
Conference USA: March 8-11
Mountain West: March 8-11
Pac-12: March 8-11
Southland: March 8-11
Big Ten: March 8-12
Atlantic 10: March 8-12
SEC: March 8-12
Sun Belt: March 8, 10-12
Big West: March 9-11
MAC: March 9-11
WAC: March 9-11
AAC: March 9-12
Ivy League: March 11-12

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Day-by-day schedule

Patrick Stevens (@D1scourse on Twitter) put together this useful chart to show what’s happening in conference tournament land every day over the next two weeks:

For a more detailed schedule, this Google Sheet, compiled by a Reddit user, has a day-by-day, game-by-game list that is being constantly updated with results. It also includes TV and online streaming information, and game location.

Below are the brackets and schedules for each conference. All times are Eastern unless otherwise noted on the bracket. This page will be updated as every conference finishes up regular season play, sets its seeding and releases its bracket.

ATLANTIC SUN

Champion: No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast beat No. 3 North Florida

BIG SOUTH

Champion: No. 1 Winthrop beat No. 7 Campbell

OHIO VALLEY

Champion: No. 4 Jacksonville State beat No. 2 UT-Martin

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE

Championship — Tuesday, March 7 — ESPN2
No. 1 Mount St. Mary’s vs. No. 4 Saint Francis U, 7 p.m.

AMERICA EAST

Monday, March 6 – Semifinals
No. 4 New Hampshire at No. 1 Vermont, 7 p.m. – ESPN3
No. 3 Albany at No. 2 Stony Brook, 7:30 p.m. – ESPN3

Saturday, March 11 – Title Game
Semifinal winners – 11 a.m. – ESPN2

MISSOURI VALLEY

Champion: No. 2 Wichita State beat No. 1 Illinois State

MAAC

Championship – Tuesday, March 7 – ESPN2
No. 4 Siena vs. No. 3 Iona, 9 p.m.

PATRIOT

Championship – March 8 – CBS Sports Network
No. 3 Lehigh at No. 1 Bucknell, 7:30 p.m.

COLONIAL

Monday, March 6 – Championship
No. 1 UNC-Wilmington vs. No. 2 College of Charleston – 7 p.m.

SOUTHERN

Final – Monday, March 6 – ESPN2
No. 1 UNC-Greensboro vs. No. 3 East Tennessee State – 7:00 p.m.

HORIZON

Semifinals – Monday, March 6 – ESPNU
Game 7: No. 9 Youngstown State vs. No. 4 Northern Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Game 8: No. 10 UW-Milwaukee vs. Illinois-Chicago, 9:30 p.m.

Championship – Tuesday, March 7 – ESPN
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7 p.m.

WEST COAST

Monday, March 6
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 Santa Clara, 9 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 2 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 3 BYU, 11:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Tuesday, March 7
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

SUMMIT LEAGUE

Semifinals – Monday, March 6 – ESPN3
Game 5: No. 1 South Dakota vs. No. 4 South Dakota State, 7 p.m.
Game 6: No. 7 IUPUI vs. No. 3 Omaha, 9:30 p.m.

Championship – Tuesday, March 7 – ESPN2
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 9 p.m.

MEAC

Monday, March 6 – Opening Round
Game 4 – No. 5 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 12 North Carolina A&T State, 5 p.m.
Game 5 – No. 6 Coppin State vs. No. 11 Howard, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 7 – Opening Round
Game 8 – No. 8 Delaware State vs. No. 9 Bethune-Cookman, 4 p.m.
Game 9 – No. 7 South Carolina State vs. No. 10 Florida A&M, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 8 – Quarterfinals
Game 12 – No. 1 North Carolina Central vs. Winner of Delaware State/Bethune-Cookman, 6 p.m.
Game 13 – No. 2 Norfolk State vs. Winner of South Carolina State/Florida A&M, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 9 – Quarterfinals
Game 16 – No. 3 Morgan State vs. Winner of Coppin State/Howard, 6 p.m.
Game 17 – No. 4 Hampton vs. Winner of Maryland Eastern Shore/North Carolina A&T State, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, March 10 – Semifinals
Game 20 – Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 17, 6 p.m.
Game 21 – Winner of Game 13 vs. Winner of Game 16, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 11 – Final – ESPN2
Game 22 – Winner of Game 20 vs. Winner of Game 21, 1 p.m.

ACC

Tuesday, March 7 | First round
No. 12 Clemson vs. No. 13 NC State — Noon, ESPN2
No. 11 Georgia Tech vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh — 2:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 10 Wake Forest vs. No. 15 Boston College — 7 p.m., ESPNU

Wednesday, March 8 | Second round
No. 8 Syracuse vs. No. 9 Miami — Noon, ESPN
No. 5 Duke vs. No. 12 Clemson/No. 13 NC State — 2:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. No. 10 Wake Forest/No. 15 Boston College — 7 p.m., ESPN2
No. 6 Virginia vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech/No. 14 Pittsburgh — 9:30 p.m., ESPN2

Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 8 Syracuse/No. 9 Miami — Noon, ESPN
No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 5 Duke/No. 12 Clemson/No. 13 NC State — 2:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech/No. 10 Wake Forest/No. 15 Boston College — 7 p.m., ESPN
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Virginia/No. 11 Georgia Tech/No. 14 Pittsburgh — 9:30 p.m., ESPN

Friday, March 10 | Semifinals
Winners of quarterfinals 1 and 2 — 7 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Winners of quarterfinals 3 and 4 — 9:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2

Saturday, March 11 | Final
Semifinal winners — 9 p.m., ESPN

BIG SKY

SWAC

BIG EAST

Wednesday, March 8 | First round
No. 8 St. John’s vs. No. 9 Georgetown — 7 p.m., FS1
No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 10 DePaul — 9:30 p.m., FS1

Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 8 St. John’s/No. 9 Georgetown — Noon, FS1
No. 4 Marquette vs. No. 5 Seton Hall — 2:30 p.m., FS1
No. 2 Butler vs. No. 7 Xavier/No. 10 DePaul — 7 p.m., FS1
No. 3 Providence vs. No. 6 Creighton — 9:30 p.m., FS1

Friday, March 10 | Semifinals
Winners of quarterfinals 1 and 2 — 6:30 p.m., FS1
Winners of quarterfinals 3 and 4 — 9 p.m., FS1

Saturday, March 11 | Final
Semifinal winners — 5:30 p.m., FOX

BIG 12

Wednesday, March 8 | First round
No. 8 TCU vs. No. 9 Oklahoma — 7 p.m., ESPNU
No. 7 Texas Tech vs. No. 10 Texas — 9:30 p.m., ESPNU

Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals
No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State — 12:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 8 TCU/No. 9 Oklahoma — 3 p.m., ESPN2
No. 2 West Virginia vs. No. 7 Texas Tech/No. 10 Texas — 7 p.m., ESPNU
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 6 Kansas State — 9:30 p.m., ESPNU

Friday, March 10 | Semifinals
Winners of quarterfinals 1 and 2 — 7 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Winners of quarterfinals 3 and 4 — 9:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2

Saturday, March 11 | Final
Semifinal winners — 6 p.m., ESPN

CONFERNCE USA

Wednesday, March 8 – First Round
(8) WKU vs. (9) UTSA (Campus Insiders) – 12:30p
(12) Southern Miss vs. (5) Rice (Campus Insiders) – 3:00p
(10) Charlotte vs. (7) UAB (Campus Insiders) – 6:30p
(11) Florida Atlantic vs. (6) Marshall (Campus Insiders) – 9:00p

Thursday, March 9 – Quarterfinals
WKU/UTSA vs. (1) Middle Tennessee (ASN) – 12:30p
USM/Rice vs. (4) UTEP (ASN) – 3:00p
CHA/UAB vs. (2) Louisiana Tech (ASN) – 6:30p
FAU/MAR vs. (3) Old Dominion (ASN) – 9:00p

Friday, March 10 – Semifinals
Semifinal 1 (CBS Sports Network) – 12:30p
Semifinal 2 (CBS Sports Network) – 3:00p

Saturday, March 12 – Final
Semifinal winners (CBS Sports Network) – 8:30p

MOUNTAIN WEST

PAC-12

Wednesday, March 8 | First round
No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 9 Stanford — 3 p.m., Pac-12 Network
No. 5 Cal vs. No. 12 Oregon State — 5:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network
No. 7 Colorado vs. No. 10 Washington State — 10 p.m., Pac-12 Network
No. 6 USC vs. No. 11 Washington — 12:30 a.m., Pac-12 Network

Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals
No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Arizona State/No. 9 Stanford — 3 p.m., Pac-12 Network
No. 4 Utah vs. No. 5 Cal/No. 12 Oregon State — 5:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 7 Colorado/No. 10 Washington State — 10 p.m., Pac-12 Network
No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 6 USC/No. 11 Washington — 12:30 a.m., ESPN

Friday, March 10 | Semifinals
Winners of quarterfinals 1 and 2 — 9 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Winners of quarterfinals 3 and 4 — 11:30 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, March 11 | Final
Semifinal winners — 11 p.m., ESPN

SOUTHLAND

First Round – Wednesday, March 8, 2017
5:00 PM – Game 1 – No. 8 Central Arkansas vs. No. 5 Sam Houston State
7:30 PM – Game 2 – No. 7 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 6 Lamar

Second Round – Thursday, March 9, 2017
5:00 PM – Game 3 – Winner Game 1 vs. No. 4 Houston Baptist
7:30 PM – Game 4 – Winner Game 2 vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin

Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2017
5:00 PM – Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. No. 1 New Orleans
7:30 PM – Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. No. 2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2017
8:30 PM – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6

ATLANTIC 10

SEC

Wednesday, March 8 | First round
No. 12 Mississippi State vs. No. 13 LSU — 7 p.m., SEC Network
No. 11 Auburn vs. No. 14 Missouri — 9:30 p.m., SEC Network

Thursday, March 9 | Second round
No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 9 Tennessee — 1 p.m., SEC Network
No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 12 Mississippi State/No. 13 LSU — 3:30 p.m., SEC Network
No. 7 Vanderbilt vs. No. 10 Texas A&M — 7 p.m., SEC Network
No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 Auburn/No. 14 Missouri — 9:30 p.m., SEC Network

Friday, March 10 | Quarterfinals
No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 8 Georgia/No. 9 Tennessee — 1 p.m., SEC Network
No. 4 South Carolina vs. No. 5 Alabama/No. 12 Mississippi State/No. 13 LSU — 3:30 p.m., SEC Network
No. 2 Florida vs. No. 7 Vanderbilt/No. 10 Texas A&M — 7 p.m., SEC Network
No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 6 Ole Miss/No. 11 Auburn/No. 14 Missouri — 9:30 p.m., SEC Network

Saturday, March 11 | Semifinals
Winners of quarterfinals 1 and 2 — 1 p.m., ESPN
Winners of quarterfinals 3 and 4 — 3:30 p.m., ESPN

Sunday, March 12 | Final
Semifinal winners — 1 p.m., ESPN

SUN BELT

Wednesday, March 8 (First Round)
G1: No. 8 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 9 South Alabama, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN3)
G2: No. 5 Arkansas State vs. No. 12 ULM, 3 p.m. (ESPN3)
G3: No. 7 Louisiana vs. No. 10 Little Rock, 6 p.m. (ESPN3)
G4: No. 6 Troy vs. No. 11 Appalachian State, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN3)

Friday, March 10 (Quarterfinals)
G5: No. 1 UTA vs. Winner G1, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN3)
G6: No. 4 Texas State vs. Winner G2, 3 p.m. (ESPN3)
G7: No. 2 Georgia State vs. Winner G3, 6 p.m. (ESPN3)
G8: No. 3 Georgia Southern vs. Winner G4, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN3)

Saturday, March 11 (Semifinals)
G9: Winner G5 vs. Winner G6, 11:30 a.m. (ESPN3)
G10: Winner G7 vs. Winner G8, 2 p.m. (ESPN3)

Sunday, March 12 (Championship Game)
G11: Winner G9 vs. Winner G10, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN2)

BIG WEST

Schedule
Thursday, March 9 – Quarterfinals (Fox Sports #PrimeTicket)
Game 1: No. 2 UC Davis vs. No. 7 Cal Poly, 3:00 p.m.
Game 2: No. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 6 CSUN, 5:30 p.m. or 30 minutes after Game 1
Game 3: No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 UC Riverside, 9:00 p.m.
Game 4: No. 4 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 Hawai’i, 11:30 p.m. or 30 minutes after Game 3

Friday, March 10 – Semifinals (ESPNU and ESPN3)
Game 5: TBD, 9:30 p.m.
Game 6: TBD, Midnight

Saturday, March 11 Final (ESPN2)
Game 7: TBD, 11:30 p.m.

MAC

Monday, March 6th – First Round (High Seed Campus Sites)
Game 1: No. 9 Northern Illinois at No. 8 Eastern Michigan
Game 2: No. 12 Miami at No. 5 Western Michigan
Game 3: No. 10 Bowling Green at No. 7 Toledo
Game 4: No. 11 Central Michigan at No. 6 Kent State

Thursday, March 9th – Quarterfinals
Game 5: Game 1 Winner vs. No. 1 Akron
Game 6: Game 2 Winner vs. No. 4 Ball State
Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. No. 2 Ohio
Game 8: Game 4 Winner vs. No. 3 Buffalo

Friday, March 10th – Semifinals
Game 9: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner
Game 10: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner

Saturday, March 11th – Championship
Game 11: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

WAC

IVY LEAGUE

BIG TEN

Wednesday, March 8 | First round
No. 12 Nebraska vs. No. 13 Penn State — 4:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 11 Ohio State vs. No. 14 Rutgers — 7 p.m., Big Ten Network

Thursday, March 9 | Second round
No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 9 Illinois — Noon, BTN
No. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Nebraska/No. 13 Penn State — 2:30 p.m., BTN
No. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 Indiana — 6:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 6 Northwestern vs. No. 11 Ohio State/No. 14 Rutgers — 9 p.m., ESPN2

Friday, March 10 | Quarterfinals
No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 8 Michigan/No. 9 Illinois — Noon, ESPN
No. 4 Minnesota vs. No. 5 Michigan State/No. 12 Nebraska/No. 13 Penn State — 2:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 7 Iowa/No. 10 Indiana — 6:30 p.m., BTN
No. 3 Maryland vs. No. 6 Northwestern/No. 11 Ohio State/No. 14 Rutgers — 9 p.m., BTN

Saturday, March 11 | Semifinals
Winners of quarterfinals 1 and 2 — 1 p.m., CBS
Winners of quarterfinals 3 and 4 — 3:30 p.m., CBS

Sunday, March 12 | Final
Semifinal winners — 3 p.m., CBS

AAC

First Round – Thursday, March 9
Game 1: No. 9 East Carolina vs. No. 8 Temple – 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 2: No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 Tulsa – 6 p.m. (ESPNews)
Game 3: No. 11 USF vs. No. 6 UConn – 8 p.m. (ESPNews)

Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 SMU- Noon (ESPN2)
Game 5: No. 5 Memphis vs. No. 4 UCF – 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 2 Cincinnati – 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 3 Houston – 9 p.m. (ESPNU)

Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner – 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner – 5 p.m. (ESPN2)

Championship Game – Sunday, March 12
Game 10: Semifinal winners – 3:15 p.m. (ESPN)