Editor's note: The 2020 NCAA tournament was canceled on March 12 amid concerns regarding the spread of coronavirus. These picks were made before each conference tournament tipped off.
Thirty-two NCAA Division I men's basketball conferences will crown champions over a nine-day stretch that begins with the Mountain West and Ohio Valley Conference tournaments on Saturday and comes to an end with the Big Ten final in Indianapolis on Sunday, March 15. (note: The Ivy League announced on March 10 that it was canceling the Ivy League tournament due to concerns over coronavirus, and many conferences canceled their postseason tournaments on Thursday, March 12.)
Who will earn the automatic bid in each conference? ESPN.com's team of college basketball experts issued their picks below, with leagues listed in the order that tickets will be punched .
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Medcalf Borzello Gasaway Schultz Mountain West (Las Vegas) Ohio Valley (Evansville) Big South (Campus) Missouri Valley (St. Louis) Atlantic Sun (Campus) Southern (Asheville) Colonial (Washington, DC) Horizon League (Indianapolis) Northeast (Campus) Summit (Sioux Falls) West Coast (Las Vegas) Patriot (Campus) America East (Campus) MEAC (Norfolk) MAAC (Atlantic City) Big 12 (Kansas City) SWAC (Birmingham) Big East (New York) MAC (Cleveland) Big Sky (Boise) ACC (Greensboro) C-USA (Frisco, TX) Southland (Katy, TX) WAC (Las Vegas) Pac-12 (Las Vegas) Big West (Anaheim) Ivy League (Cambridge) Atlantic 10 (Brooklyn) SEC (Nashville) Sun Belt (New Orleans) American (Fort Worth) Big Ten (Indianapolis)
Consensus Picks:
American :ACC :America East :Atlantic 10 :Atlantic Sun :Big East :Big Sky :Big South : Big 12 :Big Ten :Big West :Colonial :Conference USA :Horizon League :Ivy League :MAAC :MAC :MEAC :Missouri Valley :Mountain West :Northeast :Ohio Valley :Pac-12 :Patriot :SEC :Southern :Southland :Summit :Sun Belt :SWAC :WAC :West Coast :
