There will be 31 automatic bids handed for the upcoming NCAA Championships with the winners of the below conferences each getting 1 of those 31. The list of winners will be at the very bottom of this page.
2016 Conference Tournament Central
How is seeding done at most conferences?
There are some conferences that play a round robin format during the regular season and some that do not. The ones that do not play a full round robin format usually seed the conference tournament based off the most recent ITA rankings. The next thing you’re probably wondering is what if there aren’t any teams ranked in the ITA top 50 – then what? The conferences and schools are able to see the unpublished rankings so that way they can seed accordingly.
2017 Conference Tournament Dates/Sites
M-Conference |
Dates |
Location |
Host School |
2016 Champion |
SWAC |
4/14 – 4/16 |
New Orleans |
– |
Jackson State |
Big South |
4/19 – 4/22 |
Winston-Salem |
– |
Coastal Carolina |
MEAC |
4/20 – 4/22 |
Norfolk |
Norfolk State |
South Carolina State |
AAC |
4/20 – 4/23 |
Lake Nona, FL |
Central Florida |
South Florida |
Patriot |
4/20 – 4/23 |
Annapolis, MD |
Navy |
Army |
Sun Belt |
4/20 – 4/23 |
New Orleans |
– |
UT Arlington |
Atlantic Sun |
4/21 – 4/23 |
Naples, FL |
Florida Gulf Coast |
North Florida |
Colonial |
4/21 – 4/23 |
Elon, NC |
Elon |
College of Charleston |
Conference USA |
4/21 – 4/23 |
Murfreesboro |
Middle Tennessee State |
Rice |
Northeast |
4/21 – 4/23 |
West Windsor, NJ |
– |
Bryant |
Ohio Valley |
4/21 – 4/23 |
Nashville, TN |
Belmont/Tenn State |
Tennessee Tech |
Southern |
4/21 – 4/23 |
Greenville, SC |
Furman |
East Tennessee State |
ACC |
4/26 – 4/30 |
Rome, Georgia |
– |
Wake Forest |
Pac-12 |
4/26 – 4/30 |
Ojai, CA |
– |
UCLA |
SEC |
4/26 – 4/30 |
Knoxville |
Tennessee |
Florida |
WCC |
4/27 – 4/29 |
Claremont, CA |
– |
San Diego |
Atlantic 10 |
4/27 – 4/30 |
Lake Nona, FL |
– |
George Washington |
Big 12 |
4/27 – 4/29 |
Norman |
Oklahoma |
TCU |
Big East |
4/27 – 4/30 |
Cayce, SC |
– |
St. John’s |
Big Sky |
4/27 – 4/30 |
Phoenix |
– |
Weber State |
Big Ten |
4/27 – 4/30 |
West Lafayette |
Purdue |
Ohio State |
Big West |
4/27 – 4/30 |
Indian Wells |
– |
UC Santa Barbara |
Mid-American |
4/28 – 4/29 |
Kalamazoo |
Western Michigan |
Western Michigan |
Summit |
4/28 – 4/29 |
Indianapolis, IN |
IUPUI |
Denver |
Horizon |
4/28 – 4/30 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
Detroit |
Valparaiso |
Missouri Valley |
4/28 – 4/30 |
Normal, IL |
Illinois State |
Wichita State |
Mountain West |
4/28 – 4/30 |
Boise, ID |
Boise State |
UNLV |
Southland |
4/28 – 4/30 |
Beaumont, TX |
Lamar |
Lamar |
WAC |
4/28 – 4/30 |
Las Cruces, NM |
New Mexico State |
New Mexico State |
MAAC |
4/29 – 4/30 |
West Windsor, NJ |
– |
Monmouth |
Week of April 25th-May 1
2016 Champion: Wake Forest
Participants: Virginia, Virginia Tech, Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Louisville, Florida State, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, NC State, Miami, Clemson, Boston College.
ESPN3 (Semis/Finals)
Thursday (Second Round)
#6 Florida State def. #11 Clemson 4-2 –
Live Scoring
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#3 North Carolina def. #6 Florida State 4-2 –
Live Scoring
Saturday (Semifinals)
Pac-12 Conference – Ojai, Ca – April 26-30
2016 Champion: UCLA
Participants: USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona
Wednesday (First Round)
#5 Stanford def. #8 Arizona 4-1 –
Live Scoring
Thursday (Second Round)
#5 Stanford def. #4 Oregon 4-2
#3 USC def. #6 Utah 4-0
Friday (Semifinals)
#1 UCLA def. #5 Stanford 4-0
#3 USC def. #2 California 4-1
Saturday (Championship)
2016 Champion: Florida
Participants: Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee (host), Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Wednesday (First Round)
#12 Vanderbilt def. #13 Alabama 4-2
Thursday (Second Round)
#6 Ole Miss def. #11 Auburn 4-1
#7 Arkansas def. #10 LSU 4-2
#9 Tennessee def. #8 Kentucky 4-2
#5 Mississippi State def. #12 Vanderbilt 4-1
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#3 Florida def. #6 Ole Miss 4-0
#2 Georgia def. #7 Arkansas 4-1
#1 Texas A&M def. #9 Tennessee 4-1
#5 Mississippi State def. #4 South Carolina 4-1
Saturday (Semifinals)
#2 Georgia def. #3 Florida 4-3
#5 Mississippi State def. #1 Texas A&M 4-3
Sunday (Finals)
2016 Champion: Ohio State
Participants: Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan St, Penn St, Wisconsin, Michigan, Purdue.
Thursday (First Round)
#8 Minnesota def. #9 Indiana 4-2
#5 Northwestern def. #12 Michigan State 4-0
#7 Penn State def. #10 Iowa 4-0
#6 Purdue def. #11 Nebraska 4-1
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#1 Ohio State def. #8 Minnesota 4-0
#4 Wisconsin def. #5 Northwestern 4-2
#2 Michigan def. #7 Penn State 4-0
#3 Illinois def. #6 Purdue 4-1
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 Ohio State def. #4 Wisconsin 4-0
2016 Champion: TCU
Participants: Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, TCU, Texas Tech
#6 Texas Tech def. #3 Baylor 4-2
Friday (Semifinals)
#1 TCU def. #5 Oklahoma 4-1
#6 Texas Tech def. #2 Oklahoma State 4-3
Saturday (Finals) – 11 a.m. CT
2016 Champion: George Washington
Participants: Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, St. Joseph’s, St. Louis, VCU
Thursday (First Round)
#9 Duquesne def. #8 George Mason 4-0
#5 Dayton def. #12 La Salle 4-0
#6 St. Louis def. #11 Fordham 4-1
#7 St. Joseph’s def. #10 St. Bonaventure 4-1
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#1 Richmond def. #9 Duquesne 4-1
#5 Dayton def. #4 Davidson 4-3
#3 VCU def. #6 St. Louis 4-3
#2 George Washington def. #7 St. Joseph’s 4-0
Saturday (Semfinals)
#1 Richmond def. #5 Dayton 4-1
#3 VCU def. #2 George Washington 4-3
2016 Champion: St John’s
Participants: Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, St. John’s, Villanova, Xavier
#7 Georgetown def. #2 St. John’s 4-2
#3 Butler def. #6 Villanova 4-3
#5 Marquette def. #4 Xavier 4-0
Saturday (Semifinals)
#5 Marquette def. #1 DePaul 4-3
#3 Butler def. #7 Georgetown 4-3
Sunday (Finals)
#3 Butler def. #5 Marquette 4-3 –
Live Scoring
2016 Champion: Weber State
Participants are top 6 out these 12: Weber St, Idaho, Sacramento St, Montana, Northern Arizona, Montana State-Bozeman, Eastern Washington, Idaho St, Northern Colorado, Portland St, North Dakota, Southern Utah.
Scoring Updates:
Big Sky Twitter
Thursday (Quarterfinals)
#3 Sacramento State def. #6 Montana State 4-1
#4 Montana def. #5 Idaho State 4-0
Friday (Semifinals)
#4 Montana def. #1 Northern Arizona 4-3
#2 Idaho def. #3 Sacramento State 4-0
Saturday (Finals)
#2 Idaho def. #4 Montana 4-0
2016 Champion: UC Santa Barbara
Participants: Cal Poly, Hawaii, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara.
Scoring Updates:
Big West Twitter
Thursday (Quarterfinals)
#3 Cal Poly def. #6 UC Riverside 4-0
#4 UC Irvine def. #5 Hawaii 4-0
Friday (Semifinals)
#1 UC Santa Barbara def. #4 UC Irvine 4-0 – Live Scoring
2016 Champion: Valparaiso
Participants are top 6 out of these 8: Cleveland State, Detroit, Green Bay, Illinois-Chicago, Northern Kentucky, Valparaiso, Wright St, Youngstown St
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#6 Cleveland State def. #3 Green Bay 4-3
#4 Youngstown State def. #5 Northern Kentucky 4-0
Saturday (Semifinals)
2016 Champion: Monmouth
Participants are top 4 of these 8: Quinnipiac, Monmouth, Marist, Fairfield, Niagara, Rider, Siena, St. Peter’s
Scoring Updates:
MAAC Twitter
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 Monmouth def. #4 Fairfield 4-0
#2 Marist def. #3 Quinnipiac 4-0
Sunday (Finals)
2016 Champion: Western Michigan
Participants are top 4 out of these 6: Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Binghamton, Toledo, Ball State, Buffalo.
Friday (Semifinals)
#1 Buffalo def. #4 Northern Illinois 4-1
Live Scoring
#2 Western Michigan def. #3 Ball State 4-2 –
Live Scoring
2016 Champion: UNLV
Participants: Utah St, New Mexico, San Diego St, Boise St, UNLV, Fresno St, Nevada, Air Force
Live Scoring
#2 Fresno State def. #7 Air Force 4-0
#5 San Diego State def. #4 New Mexico 4-2
#1 Utah State def. #8 Boise State 4-0
Saturday (Semifinals)
#3 UNLV def. #2 Fresno State 4-3 – Live Scoring/Video
2016 Champion: Wichita State
Participants: Drake, Illinois State, Southern Illinois, Wichita State, Stony Brook
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#4 Illinois State def. #5 Stony Brook 4-3 – Results
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 Drake def. #4 Illinois State 4-0 – Live Scoring
#2 Southern Illinois def. #3 Wichita State 4-2 –
Live Scoring
Sunday (Finals)
2016 Champion: Lamar
Participants: Lamar, New Orleans, Nicholls State, Texas A&M Corpus Christi – Abilene Christian & Incarnate Word are ineligible due to transition from D2 to D1
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 Texas A&M Corpus Christi def. #4 Nicholls 4-0
#2 Lamar def. #3 New Orleans 5-0
2016 Champion: Denver
Participants are four of these five: Denver, IUPUI, Nebraska-Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota St.
Friday (Semifinals)
#1 Denver def. #4 IUPUI 5-0 – Live Scoring
2016 Champion: San Diego
Participants: San Diego, Portland, Pepperdine, Pacific, BYU, San Francisco, Loyola Marymount, St. Mary’s, Gonzaga, Santa Clara.
Live Scoring
Thursday (Quarterfinals)
#6 Santa Clara def. #3 BYU 4-3
#4 San Diego def. #5 San Francisco 5-0
Friday (Semifinals)
#4 San Diego def. #1 Portland 4-2
#2 Pepperdine def. #6 Santa Clara 4-1
Saturday (Finals)
#4 San Diego def.#2 Pepperdine 4-3 – Live Scoring/Video
2016 Champion: New Mexico State
Participants: Chicago State, Missouri-Kansas City, New Mexico State, Seattle, Texas Rio Grande Valley. Grand Canyon ineligible due to transition from D2 to D1.
Scoring Updates:
WAC Twitter/
New Mexico State Twitter
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#4 Chicago State def. #5 Seattle 4-0
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 New Mexico State def. #4 Chicago State 4-0
Week of April 17th-23rd
Big South – Winston-Salem, NC – April 19-21
2016 Champion: Coastal Carolina (now in Sun Belt)
Participants: Campbell, Gardner-Webb, Liberty, Longwood, Presbyterian, Radford, UNC Asheville, Winthrop
Wednesday (Quarterfinals):
#7 UNC Asheville def. #2 Gardner-Webb 4-3
#3 Campbell def. #6 Radford 4-2
#5 Winthrop def. #4 Longwood 4-1
Thursday (Semifinals)
#1 Presbyterian def. #5 Winthrop 4-1
#3 Campbell vs. #7 UNC Asheville 4-2
Saturday (Finals)
#1 Presbyterian def. #3 Campbell 4-3
2016 Champion: South Florida
Participants: Tulsa, South Florida, SMU, Memphis, Tulane, Central Florida, East Carolina, Temple, UConn
Thursday (First Round)
#8 East Carolina def. #9 UConn 4-1
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#1 South Florida vs. #8 East Carolina 4-0
#5 Memphis def. #4 SMU 4-2
#3 Central Florida def. #6 Tulsa 4-2
#2 Tulane def. #7 Temple 4-0
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 South Florida def. #5 Memphis 4-0
#3 Central Florida def. #2 Tulane 4-0
Sunday (Finals)
#1 South Florida def. #3 Central Florida 4-1 – American Broadcast
Atlantic Sun – Naples, FL – April 21 – 23
2016 Champion: North Florida
Participants: Florida Gulf Coast (host), Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, NJIT, North Florida, Stetson, USC Upstate – top 6 teams qualify
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#6 Lipscomb def. #3 Kennesaw State 4-3 –
Live Scoring
#4 Florida Gulf Coast def. #5 USC Upstate 5-1 –
Live Scoring
Saturday (Semifinals)
#4 Florida Gulf Coast def. #1 North Florida 4-3 –
Live Scoring
Sunday (Championship)
Conference USA – Murfreesboro, TN – April 21 – 23
2016 Champion: Rice
Participants: Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee State, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTSA
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#2 Old Dominion def. #7 UAB 4-2
#6 Southern Miss def. #3 Florida Atlantic 4-3
#4 Middle Tennessee def. #5 Charlotte 4-0
#1 Rice def. #8 UTSA 4-0
Saturday (Semifinals)
#2 Old Dominion def. #6 Southern Miss 4-0
#1 Rice def. #4 Middle Tennessee 4-2
Colonial Athletic Association – Elon, NC – April 21 – 23
2016 Champion: College of Charleston
Participants: College of Charleston, Delaware, Drexel, Elon (host), Hofstra, James Madison, UNC Wilmington, William & Mary
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#1 UNC Wilmington def. #8 Delaware 4-0
#4 College of Charleston def. #5 James Madison 4-0
#2 Elon def. #7 Hofstra 4-1
#3 William & Mary vs. #6 Drexel 4-0
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 UNC Wilmington def. #4 College of Charleston 4-2
#3 William & Mary def. #2 Elon 4-1
Sunday (Finals)
#1 UNC Wilmington vs. #3 William & Mary 4-2 –
Live Scoring
Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) – Norfolk, VA – April 20-22
2016 Champion: South Carolina State
Participants are top 4 in each division. Northern Division: Coppin State, Hampton, Howard, Morgan State, Norfolk State. Southern Division: Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, South Carolina State.
#1N Morgan State def. #4S North Carolina A&T 4-0
#2S Florida A&M def. #3N Hampton 4-1
#1S South Carolina State def. #4N Howard 4-0
#2N Norfolk State def. #3S North Carolina Central 4-2Friday (Semifinals)
#2S Florida A&M def. #1N Morgan State 4-1
#1S South Carolina State def. #2N Norfolk State 4-0
Saturday (Finals)
#2S Florida A&M def. #1S South Carolina State 4-2
Northeast Conference – West Windsor, NJ – April 21-23
2016 Champion: Bryant
Participants: Bryant, Fairleigh Dickinson, Mount St. Mary’s, Sacred Heart, St. Francis College (Brooklyn), St. Francis U, Wagner.
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#2 St. Francis U def. #7 St. Francis Brooklyn 4-0
#3 Wagner def. #6 Sacred Heart 4-0
#4 Fairleigh Dickinson def. #5 Mount St. Mary’s 4-1
Saturday (Semifinals)
#2 St. Francis U def. #3 Wagner 4-1
#1 Bryant def. #4 Fairleigh Dickinson 4-2
Sunday (Finals)
#1 Bryant def. #2 St. Francis U 4-1
Ohio Valley – Nashville, TN – April 21-23
2016 Champion: Tennessee Tech
Participants: Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, Jacksonville State, Belmont, Tennessee State
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#3 Jacksonville State def. #6 Tennessee State 4-0
#4 Belmont def. #5 Austin Peay 4-1
Saturday (Semifinals)
#2 Eastern Kentucky def. #3 Jacksonville State 4-3
#1 Tennessee Tech def. #4 Belmont 4-1
Sunday (Finals)
#1 Tennessee Tech def. #2 Eastern Kentucky 4-0
2016 Champion: Army
Participants: Army, Navy, Colgate, Bucknell, Boston U, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola MD
Thursday (First Round)
#8 Lafayette def. #9 Holy Cross 4-0
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#1 Army def. #8 Lafayette 4-0
#4 Boston U def. #5 Colgate 4-0
#6 Bucknell def. #3 Lehigh 4-3
#2 Navy vs. #7 Loyola MD 4-0
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 Army def. #4 Boston U 4-2
#2 Navy def. #6 Bucknell 4-1
Sunday (Finals)
#1 Army def. #2 Navy 4-2
2016 Champion: East Tennessee State
Participants: Chattanooga, Citadel, East Tennessee St, Furman (host), Mercer, UNC Greensboro, Samford, Wofford
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#1 East Tennessee State def. #8 Chattanooga 4-0
#4 UNC Greensboro def. #5 Wofford 4-0
#2 Furman def. #7 The Citadel 4-0
#3 Mercer def. #6 Samford 4-2
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 East Tennessee State def. #4 UNC Greensboro 4-1
#3 Mercer def. #2 Furman 4-3
Sunday (Finals)
#1 East Tennessee State def. #3 Mercer 4-3
2016 Champion: UT Arlington
Participants: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Louisiana-Lafayette, South Alabama, Texas-Arlington, Troy
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#1 Georgia State def. #8 Louisiana-Lafayette 4-2 –
Live Scoring
#2 South Alabama vs. #7 Appalachian State 4-0 –
Live Scoring
#2 South Alabama def. #6 Georgia Southern 4-3 –
Live Scoring
Week of April 10th-16th
2016 Champion: Jackson State
Participants: Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Arkansas Pine Bluff, Jackson State, Prairie View.
Friday (Quarterfinals)
#3 Alcorn State def. #5 Arkansas Pine-Bluff 4-1
#4 Prairie View A&M def. #6 Alabama A&M 4-2
Saturday (Semifinals)
#1 Alabama State def. #4 Prairie View A&M 4-0
#2 Jackson State def. #3 Alcorn State 4-3
Sunday (Finals)
#1 Alabama State def. #2 Jackson State 4-0
Note: The Ivy League doesn’t have a post season tournament – the regular season champion earns the NCAA Automatic Bid.
2017 Men’s Champions (with seed listed)
American Athletic Conference – #1 South Florida
Atlantic Coast Conference – #2 Virginia
Atlantic Sun Conference – #4 Florida Gulf Coast
Atlantic 10 Conference – #3 VCU
Big East Conference – #3 Butler
Big Sky Conference – #2 Idaho
Big South Conference – #1 Presbyterian
Big Ten Conference – #1 Ohio State
Big 12 Conference – #1 TCU
Big West Conference – #1 UC Santa Barbara
Colonial Athletic Association – #1 UNC Wilmington
Conference USA – #1 Rice
Horizon League – #1 Valparaiso
The Ivy League – Columbia
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – #1 Monmouth
Mid-American Conference – #1 Buffalo
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – #2S Florida A&M
Missouri Valley Conference – #1 Drake
Mountain West Conference – #1 Utah State
Northeast Conference – #1 Bryant
Ohio Valley Conference – #1 Tennessee Tech
Pac-12 Conference – #3 USC
Patriot League – #1 Army
Southeastern Conference – #2 Georgia
Southern Conference – #1 East Tennessee State
Southland Conference – #2 Lamar
Southwestern Athletic Conference – #1 Alabama State
The Summit League – #1 Denver
Sun Belt Conference – #1 Georgia State
West Coast Conference – #4 San Diego
Western Athletic Conference – #2 UMKC
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