This past week and the next week have long been my favorite two week period in the college basketball calendar. Championship Week and the first week of the tournament. There are so many basketball games, so many stories, tons of game winners, and just generally fun games to watch.
But the central event to each and every college basketball season is the CBS Bracket reveal show, the Selection Show. When all 68 teams in the NCAA bracket learn when, where, and who they are playing. There are a lot of
teams who know they’re in, a handful who wait to find out if they’ve made it. But nobody yet knows what the matchup, and their eventual path of destiny might look like.
After yesterday there are 25 teams who are in via the Automatic Qualifier of winning their conference tournament. 16 teams had their ticket punched prior to games yesterday, another 9 won their way in on Saturday. Here is the full list of teams who are 100% in (anyone in bold played yesterday):
- Duke beat Virginia to win the ACC
- UMBC beat Vermont to win the America East
- Queens beat Central Arkansas to win the Atlantic Sun
- Arizona beat Houston to win the Big 12
- St. John’s beat UConn to win the Big East
- Idaho beat Montana to win the Big Sky
- High Point beat Winthrop to win the Big South
- Hawai’i beat UC-Irvine to win the Big West
- Hofstra beat Monmouth to win the Colonial
- Kennesaw State beat Louisiana Tech to win Conference USA
- Wright State beat Detroit Mercy to win the Horizona
- Siena beat Merrimack to win the MAAC
- Akron beat Toledo to win the MAC
- Howard beat North Carolina Central to win the MEAC
- Utah State beat San Diego State to win the Mountain West
- Northern Iowa beat Illinois Chicago to win the Missouri Valley
- Long Island beat Mercyhurst to win the NEC
- Tennessee State beat Morehead State to win the Ohio Valley
- Lehigh beat Boston University to win the Patriot League
- Furman beat East Tennessee to win the SoCon
- McNeese beat Stephen F. Austin to win the Southland
- North Dakota State beat North Dakota to win the Summit
- Troy beat Georgia Southern to win the Sun Belt
- Prairie View A&M beat Southern to win the SWAC
- Cal Baptist and Utah Valley battled for the WAC Championship but I went to bed
- Gonzaga beat Santa Clara to win the West Coast
Leagues being decided today:
- American
- Atlantic 10
- Big 10
- The Ivy League
- SEC
Missouri is still considered a bubble team on the good side of the bubble. But they’re amongst a group of teams generally thought of as the last ones to be in. Last year the committee heavily relied upon the WAB ranking to determine inclusion, if they stick with that metric as a central judge for quality of an at large team, it should help the Tigers. But still, any time you’re in that last group of teams, there’s a danger of being left out. Most people have them in, it’s just a matter of whether or not they’re playing in Dayton or not. We shall see!
NCAA Touranment Selection Show: How to Watch, Info:
TIME: 5:00 p.m. CT
DATE: Sunday, March 15, 2026
TELEVISION: CBS
STREAM: Paramount+
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There’s a few games to play today, here’s what to watch until 5pm:
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