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This time of year is again. A time for teams to get into Cinderella races and players to become legends of university basketball.
March Madness is almost there when the season arrives at a crescendo with 68 teams in the running to raise this light trophy.
Here has already reserved its place in the NCAA 2025 male basketball tournament.
There are different methods by which teams can support.
An avenue is to become an automatic qualifier. A team can do so by winning their respective conference tournament, which guarantees a place in March Madness.
In total, 31 teams reserve their places via this method. The other 37 places in the support will be filled by the so-called “landing” teams, with a deciding selection committee that cuts.
These 37 teams will learn their fate later this week on “Senday selection” with the tournament opening competitions – the first four games – taking place two days later. The championship will take place at Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, April 7.
Although the majority of the 68 places have not yet been filled, some teams have already qualified for March Madness by winning their conference tournaments.
The first automatic qualification of this year’s tournament was won by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Cougars, which reserved its very first place in the support by winning the Ohio Valley Conference Championship 69-48 Victory In the state of southeast Missouri in the final.
The Bison of Lipscomb University struck his ticket for the big dance with a 76-65 victory against northern Alabama during the Championship match of the Sun Atlantic Conference on Sunday. This is only the second trip to the tournament in school history.
The High Point Panthers won the Big South Conference championship on Sunday, beating Winthrop 81-69 in the final to win their place in the tournament.
The Bulldogs of Drake University won the Missouri valley conference tournament on Sunday with a 63-48 victory against Bradley. It was the third consecutive conference championship for the Bulldogs.
The burrows beat Furman in the final of the South Conference on Monday, 92-85, to win their place in the tournament next week.
The Trojans won the Sun Belt conference championship on Monday with a 13 -point victory on the Arkansas State University, winning an automatic offer at the tournament.
The Place des Mavericks had already been insured before their League of the Summit League match on Sunday because their opponents in this match, St. Thomas-Minnesota, were not eligible to reach the tournament because of the school in the last season of probation after having made the leap from Division III to Division I.
Nevertheless, Omaha made sure to participate in the big dance for the first time on a winning note, defeating the Tommia 85-75 in the last match of the Summit League.
The Seahawks won a thriller against the final of the University of Delaware Blue Hens in the final of the Côteière Sports Association on Tuesday evening. The 76-72 victory has reserved the first UNC-W tournament offer since 2017.
The Red Flash beat Central Connecticut in the Northeast Conference final on Tuesday evening, 46-43.
The colonials beat Youngstown State in the Horizon League final on Tuesday 89-78.
The Bulldogs of Gonzaga n ° 2 beat the Gaels of Saint Mary of high level 58-51 in Las Vegas to win the fifth title of the conference of the west coast of the school in the last six years. The Zags appeared during their 28th tournament final following the NCAA record.
The seeded n ° 1 McNeese Cowboys exceeded number 2 Lamar Cardinals 63-54 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to win consecutive championships at the Southland conference tournament for the first time in the history of the school.
The American University Eagles beat the aspirants from the Navy 74-52 to win the title of the Patriot League tournament in Washington, DC. The Eagles have been dancing for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2014.
The University of Montana Grizzlies beaten the Northern Colorado Bears 91-83 to win the crown of the Big Sky tournament in Boisse, Idaho. Grizzlies are heading for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2019 and the 12th time in total in the history of the program.
The Spartans of the Norfolk State University have obtained their third title of sports conference in the East in the past five years after a 66-65 victory over the state of South Carolina. The Spartans will make their third appearance at the NCAA tournament since 2021 and fourth in the general classification of the history of the program.
The Bryant University will dance for the second time in the history of the program! This time, with a title America East Conference in their pockets while the Bulldogs have shot the University of Maine Black Bears 77-59. Bryant made his first appearance at the NCAA tournament in 2022.
To see the full list of qualified teams for March Madness and the conference tournament calendar, click here.
This story will be updated while more and more teams reserve their trips to the NCAA tournament.
