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The best time of the college basketball season is here with March Madness just around the corner. There are 32 conference tournaments determining nearly half the field for the 2020 NCAA Tournament, and the first of them get started on March 3rd.
Each league sets its own rules such as who gets invited, who gets a bye and where the games are played, but they all end in one certainty: the winner of the conference championship will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and have a chance to participate in the three-week celebration of college basketball that makes the game so special.
While some teams such as Baylor, Gonzaga, and San Diego State won’t need to win anything ensure safe passage to the brackets, they will want to win as many games as possible to make their path to the Final Four in Atlanta as smooth as possible via the best seeding. But for the majority of conference tournament participants, it’s a chance to win their way to one of the best events in American sports. Because if you’re in a conference tournament, someone has to beat you to end your season. Win... or go home.
We will be breaking down what you need to know for the 2020 conference tournaments, including full schedule, favorites, sleepers, and dark horses, and how the tournaments shake out over the next three weeks. For now, here is the complete schedule for all 2020 NCAA men’s basketball conference tournaments.
2020 CBB conference tourney schedule
| Conference | Tournament site | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Conference | Tournament site | Dates |
| AAC | Fort Worth, Texas | March 12-15 |
| ACC | Greensboro, N.C. | March 10-14 |
| America East | Campus sites | March 7, 10 & 14 |
| Atlantic 10 | Brooklyn, N.Y. | March 11-15 |
| Atlantic Sun | Campus sites | March 3, 5 & 8 |
| Big East | New York | March 11-14 |
| Big Sky | Boise, Idaho | March 11-14 |
| Big South | Campus sites | March 3, 5, 6 & 8 |
| Big Ten | Indianapolis | March 11-15 |
| Big 12 | Kansas City | March 11-14 |
| Big West | Anaheim | March 12-14 |
| Colonial | Washington D.C. | March 7-10 |
| Conference USA | Frisco, Texas | March 11-14 |
| Horizon League | Indianapolis | March 3, 5, 9 & 10 |
| Ivy League | Cambridge, Mass. | March 14-15 |
| MAAC | Atlantic City, N.J. | March 10-14 |
| MAC | Campus sites, Cleveland | March 9, 12-14 |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Va. | March 10-14 |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 5-8 |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 4-7 |
| Northeast | Campus sites | March 4, 7 & 10 |
| Ohio Valley | Evansville, Ind. | March 4-7 |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 11-14 |
| Patriot | Campus sites | March 3, 5, 8 & 11 |
| SEC | Nashville, Tenn. | March 11-15 |
| Southern | Asheville, N.C | March 6-9 |
| Southland | Katy, Texas | March 11-14 |
| Summit | Sioux Falls, S.D. | March 7-10 |
| Sun Belt | Campus sites, New Orleans | March 7, 9, 11, 14-15 |
| SWAC | Birmingham, Ala. | March 10, 13-14 |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 12-14 |
| West Coast | Las Vegas | March 5-7 & 9-10 |