2023 NCAA March Madness: When is Selection Sunday? Bracket information
March Madness begins Sunday, March 12 with Selection Sunday, when 68 teams will be granted entry into the tournament.
It’s almost March and the madness is soon to start. Selection Sunday is on March 12, but the conference tournament brackets are already set with games starting tonight.
Print and fill out your pick for the men’s NCAA March Madness bracket here.
Print and fill out your pick for the women’s NCAA March Madness bracket here.
When is Selection Sunday 2023?
Selection Sunday is March 12, 2023 for both the men’s and women’s NCAA March Madness tournament. All 68 teams will be revealed, with 32 automatic bids to the teams which win their conference and 36 at-large bids. The men’s selection will be broadcast on CBS at 6 p.m. ET and the women’s will be broadcast afterward at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
March Madness Conference tournament brackets
For the men’s NCAA March Madness tournament, it is looking like Purdue, Houston, Alabama, and Kansas are the likely no. 1 seeds. The next two weeks leading up to Selection Sunday will be filled with single-elimination games in the NCAA. The ASUN Tournament starts Monday night and the Horizon League, Patriot League, and Sun Belt Tournaments begin on Tuesday. The current no. 1 seed in the ASUN is Kennesaw State, who play their first game on Tuesday against the winner of Monday’s Queens vs FGCU first round game.
The Sun Belt Tournament, which begins on Tuesday, is set as well. Southern Miss is entering the postseason as the no. 1 seed in their new conference after beating Texas State on Friday.
The first of the 32 automatic bids will be known next Saturday when the Ohio Valley decides its champion. On Sunday, the ASUN, Big South, and Missouri Valley champions will be decided. On March 7, the ACC Tournament tips off the first of the big leagues, followed by the Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, SEC, and Pac-12 on March 8.
Now is the time to pay attention as the conference tournaments decide which teams will punch their tickets into the NCAA March Madness Tournament.
2023 conference tournament schedules
| Conference | Dates | Tournament Location | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAC | March 9-12 | Fort Worth, TX | ESPN |
| ACC | March 7-11 | Greensboro, NC | ESPN |
| American East | March 4, 7, 11 | Campus sites | ESPN2 |
| Atlantic 10 | March 7-9, 11-12 | Brooklyn, NY | ESPN2 |
| ASUN | Feb 27-28, March 2, 5 | Campus sites | ESPN2 |
| Big East | March 8-11 | New York | Fox |
| Big Sky | March 4-8 | Boise, ID | ESPN2 |
| Big South | March 1, 3-5 | Charlotte, NC | ESPN2 |
| Big Ten | March 8-12 | Chicago, IL | CBS |
| Big 12 | March 8-11 | Kansas City,MO | ESPN |
| Big West | March 7, 9-11 | Henderson, NV | EXPN2 |
| Colonial | March 3-7 | Washington D.C. | CBSSN |
| Conference USA | March 8-11 | Frisco, TX | CBSSN |
| Horizon League | Feb. 28, March 2, 6-7 | Indianapolis, IN | ESPN |
| Ivy League | March 11-12 | Princeton, NJ | ESPN2 |
| MAAC | March 7-11 | Atlantic City, NJ | ESPNU |
| MAC | March 9-11 | Cleveland, OH | ESPN2 |
| MEAC | March 8-11 | Norfolk, VA | ESPN2 |
| Missouri Valley | March 2-5 | St. Louis, MO | CBSSN |
| Mountain West | March 8-11 | Las Vegas, NV | CBS |
| Northeast | March 1, 4, 7 | Campus sites | ESPN2 |
| Ohio Valley | March 1-4 | Evansville, IN | ESPN2 |
| Pac-12 | March 8-11 | Las Vegas, NV | ESPN |
| Patriot | Feb. 28, March 2, 5, 8 | Campus sites | CBSSN |
| SEC | March 8-12 | Nashville, TN | ESPN |
| Southern | March 3-6 | Asheville, NC | ESPN |
| Southland | March 5-8 | Lake Charles, LA | ESPN2 |
| Summit | March 3-7 | Sioux Falls, SD | ESPN2 |
| Sun Belt | Feb. 28. March 2, 4, 6 | Pensacola, FL | ESPN2 |
| SWAC | March 8-11 | Birmingham, AL | ESPNU |
| WAC | March 7, 9-11 | Las Vegas, NV | ESPN2 |
| West Coast | March 2-4, 6-7 | Las Vegas, NV | ESPN |