There will be 31 automatic bids handed out on the men’s side for the upcoming NCAA Championships with the winners of the below conferences each getting 1 of those 31. The list of winners is at the very bottom of this page.
Week of April 20th
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) (Cary, NC) – April 22-26 – Virginia is defending champion. Participants: Virginia, Virginia Tech, Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Louisville, Florida State, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, NC State, Miami, Clemson, Boston College.
Thursday Schedule – Live Scoring
#8 Florida State 4, #9 NC State 3
#11 Clemson 4, #6 Louisville 3
#10 Georgia Tech 4, #7 Notre Dame 0
#5 Duke 4, #12 Miami 0
#4 North Carolina 4, #13 Boston College 0
Friday Schedule – Live Scoring
#1 Virginia 4, #8 Florida State 1
#10 Georgia Tech 4, #2 Virginia Tech 3
#3 Wake Forest 4, #11 Clemson 0
#4 North Carolina 4, #5 Duke 3
Saturday Schedule – Live Scoring
#1 Virginia 4, #4 North Carolina 0
#3 Wake Forest 4, #10 Georgia Tech 0
Sunday Schedule – Live Scoring
#1 Virginia def. #3 Wake Forest 4-2
Atlantic 10 (Mason, OH) April 23-26: VCU is defending champion. Participants: Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, St. Joseph’s, St. Louis, VCU
Thursday Schedule – A10 Twitter
#8 St. Joseph’s 4, #9 St. Louis 1
#5 Dayton 4, #12 La Salle 0
#6 George Mason 4, #11 Fordham 0
#7 Duquesne 4, #10 St. Bonaventure 0
Friday Schedule:
#1 Richmond 4, #8 St. Joseph’s 1
#4 George Washington 4, #5 Dayton 0
#6 George Mason 4, #3 Davidson 3
#2 VCU 4, #7 Duquesne 0
Saturday Schedule – A10 Twitter
#4 George Washington 4, #1 Richmond 1
#2 VCU 4, #6 George Mason 0
Sunday Schedule – A10 Twitter
#4 George Washington def. #2 VCU 4-2
Big East Conference (Indianapolis, IN) – April 23-26 – St John’s is defending champion. Participants: DePaul, Marquette, St. John’s, Butler, Xavier, Villanova, Georgetown, Creighton.
Friday Schedule – Team’s Lineups
#1 St. John’s 4, #8 Villanova 0
#2 Marquette 4, #7 Creighton 2
#6 Georgetown 4, #3 DePaul 3
#4 Xavier 4, #5 Butler 1
Saturday Schedule – Team’s Lineups
#1 St. John’s 4, #4 Xavier 1
#2 Marquette 4, #6 Georgetown 0
Sunday Schedule – Big East Twitter
#1 St. John’s def. #2 Marquette 4-2
Big Sky Conference (Gold River, CA) April 24-26 – Montana is defending champion. Participants are top 6 out these 12: Weber St, Idaho, Sacramento St, Montana, Northern Arizona, Montana State, Eastern Washington, Idaho St, Northern Colorado, Portland St, North Dakota, Southern Utah.
Friday Schedule:
#6 Northern Arizona 4, #3 Montana 2
#4 Montana State 4, #5 Sacramento State 3
Saturday Schedule – Big Sky Twitter
#6 Northern Arizona 4, #1 Weber State 1
#2 Idaho 4, #4 Montana State 1
Sunday Schedule – Big Sky Twitter
#2 Idaho def. #6 Northern Arizona 4-2
Big Ten Conference (Champaign, IL) April 23-26 – Ohio State is defending champion. Participants: Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan St, Penn St, Wisconsin, Michigan, Purdue
Thursday Schedule
#8 Iowa vs. #9 Wisconsin – 11am est – Live Scoring & Video
#5 Indiana vs #12 Purdue – 11am est – Live Scoring & Video
#7 Michigan State vs. #10 Nebraska – 3pm est – Live Scoring & Video
#6 Penn State vs. #11 Michigan – 3pm est – Live Scoring & Video
Friday Schedule:
#4 Northwestern 4, #5 Indiana 1
#2 Ohio State 4, #10 Nebraska 0
#3 Minnesota 4, #11 Michigan 0
#2 Ohio State 4, #3 Minnesota 0
Big 12 Conference (Waco, TX) April 24-26 – Baylor is defending champion. Participants: Oklahoma, Baylor, Texas, TCU, Texas Tech, Oklahoma St
Friday Schedule
#4 Texas 4, #5 Texas Tech 1
#3 TCU 4, #6 Oklahoma State 0
Saturday Schedule
#1 Oklahoma 4. #4 Texas 3
#2 Baylor 4. #3 TCU 3
Sunday Schedule – BU Blog & Indoor Live Scoring & Outdoor Live Scoring & Video (if outdoors)
#1 Oklahoma def. #2 Baylor 4-3
Big West Conference (Indian Wells, CA) April 23-26 – Cal Poly is defending champion. Participants: Cal Poly, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara UC Riverside, Hawaii.
Thursday Schedule – Big West Twitter
#4 Cal Poly 4, #5 UC Riverside 0
#3 UC Santa Barbara 4, #6 Hawaii 0
Friday Schedule:
#1 UC Irvine 4, #4 Cal Poly 1
#3 UC Santa Barbara 4, #2 UC Davis 1
Sunday Finals – Big West Twitter
#3 UC Santa Barbara def. #1 UC Irvine 4-3
Horizon League (West Lafayette, IN) April 24-26 – Green Bay is defending champion. Participants are top 6 out of these 7: Green Bay, Youngstown St, Cleveland St, Illinois-Chicago, Wright St, Valparaiso, Detroit
Friday Schedule:
#3 Cleveland State 4, #6 Detroit 2
#5 Illinois-Chicago 4, #4 Youngstown State 3
Saturday Schedule:
#1 Green Bay 4, #5 Illinois Chicago 0
#2 Valparaiso 4, #3 Cleveland State 1
Sunday Schedule – Horizon Twitter
#1 Green Bay def. #2 Valparaiso 4-0 (ESPN3)
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) (West Windsor, NJ) April 25-26 – Marist is defending champion. Participants are top 4 of these 8: Quinnipiac, Monmouth, Marist, Fairfield, Niagara, Rider, Siena, St. Peter’s
Saturday Schedule:
#1 Monmouth def. #4 Niagara 4-0
#2 Marist def. #3 Quinnipiac 4-0
Sunday Schedule – MAAC Twitter
#2 Marist def. #1 Monmouth 4-2
Mid-American Conference (MAC) (DeKalb, IL) April 24-25 – Ball State is defending champion. Participants are top 4 out of these 6: Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Binghamton, Toledo, Ball St, Buffalo.
Friday Schedule
#4 Buffalo 4, #1 Northern Illinois 2
#3 Binghamton 4, #2 Western Michigan 3
Saturday Finals – Live Scoring
#4 Buffalo def. #3 Binghamton 4-2
Mountain West Conference (Albuquerque, NM) April 23-26 – Boise State is defending champion. Participants include Utah St, New Mexico, San Diego St, Boise St, UNLV, Fresno St, Nevada, Air Force.
Thursday Schedule – Live Scoring & Video
#7 Nevada 4, #2 Utah State 2
#3 San Diego State 4, #6 UNLV 2
#5 Boise State 4, #4 Fresno State 0
#1 New Mexico 4, #8 Air Force 0
Saturday Schedule – Live Scoring & Video
#7 Nevada def. #3 San Diego State 4-1
#1 New Mexico def. #5 Boise State 4-2
Sunday Schedule – Live Broadcast
#5 Boise State def. #7 Nevada 4-3 – Live Scoring
Pac-12 Conference (Ojai, CA) April 22-26 – UCLA is defending champion. Participants include USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona
Wednesday Schedule
#5 Oregon 4, #8 Arizona 0
#6 Washington 4, #7 Utah 1
Thursday Schedule
#4 California 4, #5 Oregon 3
#3 UCLA 4, #6 Washington 0
Friday Schedule
#1 Stanford 4, #4 Cal 1
#2 USC 4, #3 UCLA 1
Saturday Finals – Live Scoring
#2 USC def. #1 Stanford 4-2
Southern (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC) April 24-26: Elon is defending champion. Participants: Chattanooga, Citadel, East Tennessee St, Furman, Mercer, UNC Greensboro, Samford, Wofford.
Friday Schedule – Live Scoring
#1 East Tennessee State 4, #8 The Citadel 0 – Live Scoring
#4 Samford 4, #5 UNC Greensboro 3 – Live Scoring
#6 Wofford 4, #3 Mercer – Live Scoring
#2 Furman 4, #7 Chattanooga 0 – Live Scoring
Saturday Schedule:
#1 East Tennessee State def. #4 Samford 4-1(@ Furman)
#2 Furman def. #6 Wofford 4-1 (@ Clemson)
Sunday Schedule
#1 East Tennessee St def. #2 Furman 4-0 – Live Scoring
Southland Conference (Beaumont, TX) April 25-26 – Texas A&M Corpus-Christi is defending champion. Participants: Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Lamar, New Orleans, Nicholls State. Abilene Christian & Incarnate Word have to wait another year.
Saturday Schedule:
#1 Texas A&M Corpus Christi def. #4 Nicholls State 4-1
#2 Lamar def. #3 New Orleans 4-1
Sunday Schedule – A&M CC Twitter
#1 Texas A&M Corpus Christi def. #2 Lamar 4-2
The Summit League (Fort Wayne, IN) April 24-26 – Denver is defending champion. Participants: Denver, IUPUI, IPFW, Nebraska-Omaha, Oral Roberts, Western Illinois, South Dakota St.
Friday Schedule:
#5 Oral Roberts 4, #4 South Dakota St 2 – Live Scoring
#3 IPFW 4. #6 Western Illinois 0 – Live Scoring
Saturday Schedule:
#1 Denver def. #5 Oral Roberts 4-0
#3 IPFW def. #2 IUPUI 4-2
Sunday Schedule:
#1 Denver def. #3 Fort Wayne 4-0 Live Scoring
West Coast Conference (San Diego) April 22-25 – San Diego is defending champion. Participants: San Diego, Portland, Pepperdine, Pacific, BYU, San Francisco, Loyola Marymount, St. Mary’s, Gonzaga, Santa Clara.
Wednesday Schedule – Live Scoring
#7 BYU 4, #10 St. Mary’s 1
#9 Gonzaga 4, #8 Santa Clara 0
Thursday Schedule – Live Scoring
#1 San Diego 4, #9 Gonzaga 0
#4 Pacific 4, #5 Portland 0
#2 Pepperdine 4, #7 BYU 1
#3 San Francisco 4, #6 Loyola Marymount 1
Friday Schedule – Live Scoring
#1 San Diego 4, #4 Pacific 0
#2 Pepperdine 4, #3 San Francisco 1
Saturday Finals – Live Scoring
#1 San Diego def. #2 Pepperdine 4-1
Western Athletic Conference (Kansas City, MO) April 24-26 – Idaho won the title last year but they moved to the Big Sky. Participants: New Mexico St, Texas-Pan American, Chicago St, Seattle, Missouri-Kansas City. Grand Canyon ineligible due to transition from D2 to D1.
Friday Schedule:
#4 Chicago State 4, #5 Seattle U 1
Saturday Schedule:
#1 New Mexico State def. #4 Chicago State 4-0
#2 UTPA def. #3 UMKC 4-2
#1 New Mexico State def. #2 UT Pan American 3
Week of April 13th
American Athletic Conference (AAC) (Tulsa, OK) April 17-19 – South Florida is the defending champ. Participants: Tulsa, South Florida, SMU, Memphis, Tulane, Central Florida, East Carolina, Temple, UConn.
Friday Schedule – Streaming Video & Live Scoring
#1 South Florida vs Temple – 10am est
#4 SMU vs #5 Memphis – 10am est
#3 Tulane vs #6 Central Florida – 4pm est
#2 Tulsa vs #7 East Carolina – 4pm est
Saturday Schedule – Streaming Video & Live Scoring
#1 South Florida vs #5 Memphis – 9am est
#2 Tulsa vs #3 Tulane – 9am est
Sunday Schedule – Streaming Video & Live Scoring
#1 South Florida vs #2 Tulsa – 1pm est
Atlantic Sun (Jacksonville, FL) April 17-19 – East Tennessee State won the title last year but they switched to the Southern Conference. Participants: North Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Stetson, USC Upstate, Kennesaw State, Northern Kentucky.
Friday Schedule – Live Scoring
#3 USC Upstate vs. #6 Northern Kentucky – 2:30pm est
#4 Stetson vs. #5 Kennesaw State – 5pm est
Saturday Schedule – Live Scoring – Rain Delays – will finish on Sunday
#2 North Florida vs. #3 USC Upstate – 9am – Live Scoring
#1 FGCU vs. #4 Stetson – 9am – Live Scoring
Big South (Asheville, NC) April 18-21: Winthrop is the defending champion. Participants: Winthrop, Coastal Carolina, Liberty, Campbell, Radford, Presbyterian, Gardner-Webb, UNC Asheville, Longwood
Saturday Schedule:
#8 Gardner-Webb vs. #9 Longwood – 9am est
#4 Campbell 4,#5 Presbyterian 2 – 3pm est
Sunday Schedule – Live Scoring
#1 Coastal Carolina vs. Gardner-Webb – 9am est
#2 Liberty vs #7 UNC Asheville – 12pm est
#3 Winthrop vs. #6 Radford – 3pm est
Monday Schedule –
#1 Coastal Carolina vs. #4 Campbell
#2 Liberty vs. #3 Winthrop
Tuesday Schedule – Live Scoring
#3 Winthrop vs. #4 Campbell
Colonial (Williamsburg, VA) April 17-19: UNC Wilmington is defending champion. Participants: Elon, William & Mary, College of Charleston, Hofstra, James Madison, Delaware, Drexel, UNC Wilmington.
Friday Schedule
#3 William & Mary vs. #6 Hofstra – 6pm est – Live Scoring
Saturday Schedule
Conference USA (Norfolk, VA) April 17-19: Tulsa won the title last year but they switched to the American Athletic Conference. Memphis won the year prior and they left the next year too. Participants: Charlotte, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, Florida Atlantic, UTSA, Middle Tennessee St, Rice, UAB.
Friday Schedule
#2 Old Dominion vs. #7 UAB – 10am est – Live Scoring
#3 UTSA vs. #6 Southern Miss – 10am est – Live Scoring
#4 Charlotte vs. #5 Middle Tennessee State – 2pm est – Live Scoring
Saturday Schedule
#2 Old Dominion vs. #3 UTSA – 12pm est – Live Scoring
#1 Rice vs. #4 Charlotte – 12pm est – Live Scoring
Sunday Schedule
#1 Rice vs. #3 UTSA – 11am est – Live Scoring
Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) (Cayce, SC) April 16-18: South Carolina State is defending champion. Participants are top 4 in each division. Northern Division: Coppin State, Hampton, Maryland Eastern Shore, Howard, Morgan State. Southern Division: Bethune-Cookman, South Carolina St, Norfolk St, North Carolina Central, Florida A&M, North Carolina A&T.
Friday Schedule:
#1S South Carolina State vs. #4N Coppin State
#2N Hampton vs. #3S Florida A&M
#1N Morgan State vs. #4S North Carolina Central
#2S Bethune-Cookman vs. #3N Howard
Saturday Schedule:
#1S South Carolina State vs. #3S Florida A&M
#4S North Carolina Central vs. #2S Bethune-Cookman
Rain pushed the matches from Thursday to Friday and then semis were started on Friday but stopped by rain again so they were pushed to Saturday.
Missouri Valley Conference (St. Louis, MO) April 17-19- Drake is defending champion. Participants include top 3 of 4 MVC which includes Drake, Wichita St, Southern Illinois, and Illinois St and all 3 members of the America East which are Stony Brook, UMBC, Hartford.
Friday Schedule – Updated Results
AE#2 Stony Brook vs. MV#3 Illinois State – 10am est
MV#2 Wichita State vs. AE#3 Harford – 1pm est
AE#1 UMBC vs. MV#4 Southern Illinois – 4pm est
Saturday Schedule:
MV#1 Drake vs. MV#3 Illinois State – 11am est
MV#2 Wichita St vs. AE#1 UMBC – 2:30 pm est
Sunday Schedule:
MV#1 Drake vs. MV#2 Wichita St – 11am est – Live Scoring
Northeast (West Windsor, NJ) April 17-19: Bryant is defending champion. Participants: Bryant, Fairleigh Dickinson, Mount St. Mary’s, Sacred Heart, St. Francis College (Brooklyn), St. Francis U, Wagner.
Friday Schedule – Northeast Blog
#2 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. #7 St. Francis Brooklyn – 11:30am est
#3 St. Francis U vs. #6 Sacred Heart – 11:30am est
#4 Mount Saint Mary’s vs. #5 Wagner – 2pm est
Saturday Schedule – Northeast Blog
#2 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. #3 St. Francis U – 11:30am est
#1 Bryant vs. #5 Wagner – 11:30am est
Sunday Schedule – Northeast Blog
#1 Bryant vs. #2 Fairleigh Dickinson – 1pm est
Ohio Valley (Nashville, TN) April 17-19: Jacksonville State is defending champion. Participants are the top 6 out of these 10: Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, Jacksonville State, Belmont, SIUE, Morehead St, Eastern Illinois, Murray State, Tennessee State.
Friday Schedule:
#4 Jacksonville State vs. #5 Belmont – 3pm est
#3 Austin Peay vs. #6 Morehead State – 3pm est
Saturday Schedule:
#1 Eastern Kentucky vs. #4 Jacksonville State – 3pm est
#2 Tennessee Tech vs. #3 Austin Peay – 3pm est
Sunday Schedule:
#1 Eastern Kentucky vs. #3 Austin Peay – 1pm est
Patriot League (Lewisburg, PA) April 16-19 – Army is defending champion. Participants include Army, Navy, Colgate, Bucknell, Boston U, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola MD
Thursday Schedule:
#8 Lafayette vs. #9 Holy Cross – 3pm est
Friday Schedule:
#1 Army vs. #8 Lafayette – 9am est
#4 Colgate vs. #5 Bucknell – 12pm est
#3 Boston U vs. #6 Lehigh – 2pm est
#2 Navy vs. #7 Loyola MD – 5pm est
Saturday Schedule:
#1 Army vs. #5 Bucknell – 11am est
#2 Navy vs. #3 Boston University – 2pm est
Sunday Schedule:
#1 Army vs. #2 Navy – 12pm est
Southeastern Conference (SEC) (College Station, TX) April 15-19: Texas A&M is defending champion. Participants: Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Wednesday Schedule:
#13 Arkansas vs. #12 Auburn – 1pm est – Live Scoring
Thursday Schedule:
#7 LSU vs. #10 South Carolina – 10am est – Live Scoring
#6 Florida vs. #11 Kentucky – 10am est – Live Scoring
#8 Tennessee vs. #9 Alabama – 12pm est – Live Scoring
#5 Vanderbilt vs. #12 Auburn – 12pm est – Live Scoring
Friday Schedule:
#2 Texas A&M vs. LSU – 10am est – Live Scoring
#3 Mississippi State vs. Florida – 10am est – Live Scoring
#1 Georgia vs. Tennessee- 12pm est – Live Scoring
#4 Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt – 12pm est – Live Scoring
Saturday Schedule:
#2 Texas A&M vs. #3 Mississippi State – 1pm est – Live Scoring
#1 Georgia vs. #4 Ole Miss – 4pm est – Live Scoring
Sunday Schedule:
#1 Georgia vs. #2 Texas A&M – 1pm est – Live Scoring & ESPN3 & Georgia Blog
Sunbelt (New Orleans) April 17-19: Louisiana-Lafayette is defending champion. Participants: Troy, Louisiana-Lafayette, Appalachian St, Texas-Arlington, Georgia Southern, Georgia St, South Alabama.
Friday Schedule
#4 Georgia Southern vs. #5 Louisiana Lafayette – 9am est – Live Scoring
#3 South Alabama vs. #6 Appalachian State – 9am est – Live Scoring
Saturday Schedule
#1 Troy vs. #5 Louisiana Lafayette – 10:45am est – Live Scoring
#2 UT Arlington vs. #3 South Alabama – 10:45am est – Live Scoring
Sunday Schedule
#1 Troy vs. #3 South Alabama – 11:30am est – Live Scoring
Week of April 6th:
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) (New Orleans) April 10-12 – Alcorn State is defending champion. Participating at the top 4 of these 6: Alcorn St, Alabama St, Prairie View, Arkansas Pine Bluff, Alabama A&M, Jackson St.
Note: The Ivy League doesn’t have a post season tournament – the regular season champion earns the NCAA Automatic Bid.
2015 Champions
American Athletic Conference – #1 South Florida
Atlantic Coast Conference – #1 Virginia
Atlantic Sun Conference – #1 Florida Gulf Coast (FCGU)
Atlantic 10 Conference – #4 George Washington
Big East Conference – #1 St. John’s
Big Sky Conference – #2 Idaho
Big South Conference – #3 Winthrop
Big Ten Conference – #1 Illinois
Big 12 Conference – #1 Oklahoma
Big West Conference – #3 UC Santa Barbara
Colonial Athletic Association – #3 William & Mary
Conference USA – #3 University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA)
Horizon League – #1 Green Bay
The Ivy League – Columbia
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – #2 Marist
Mid-American Conference – #4 Buffalo
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – #1 South Carolina State
Missouri Valley Conference – #1 seed Drake
Mountain West Conference – #5 Boise State
Northeast Conference – #1 Bryant
Ohio Valley Conference – #1 Eastern Kentucky
Pac-12 Conference – #2 USC
Patriot League – #2 seed Navy
Southeastern Conference – #2 Texas A&M
Southern Conference – #1 East Tennessee State
Southland Conference – #1 Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Southwestern Athletic Conference – #3 Alabama State
The Summit League – #1 Denver
Sun Belt Conference – #1 Troy
West Coast Conference – #1 San Diego
Western Athletic Conference – #1 New Mexico State
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