***Auto-Bid Madness 2022***

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NOTE: Submission deadline is past.


In like a lion! It’s time for CF’s “Auto-Bid Madness,” 2022.

I’m your co-administrator, along with @ImJustKCClone.

Rules are straightforward: Choose the automatic qualifier for NCAA men's basketball tournament, based on league tournaments, in each of the 32 conferences. Each correct pick receives 1 point.

First tiebreaker: Correct Big 12 tournament champ.
Second tiebreaker: Highest number of correct picks that aren’t favorites, i.e., teams seeded 1st in their respective tournament.

Deadline: 7 p.m. CST Wednesday, March 2. (About a half-dozen tournaments will be underway prior to our deadline, but early rounds).

LIST OF CONFERENCES: For ease of record-keeping, please post your picks in this order. Include your screen name at the top when you submit.

[Your Screen Name Here]
America East:
American:
Atlantic 10:
ACC:
ASUN:
Big 12:
Big East:
Big Sky:
Big South:
Big Ten:
Big West:
Colonial:
Conference USA:
Horizon:
Ivy:
MAAC:
MEAC:
Mid-American:
Missouri Valley:
Mountain West:
Northeast:
Ohio Valley:
Pac-12:
Patriot:
SEC:
SoCon:
Southland:
Summit:
Sun Belt:
SWAC:
West Coast:
WAC:

A-BM is in its ninth year on CF. (2020’s challenge was truncated by the damn-demic).

In follow-up posts, I’ll add a few handy links to schedules & brackets, ineligible tournament teams and past A-BM results.

Let The Madness begin!
 
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Handy links to schedules & brackets, to aid your selection process.


Sorted by title-game date, with printable brackets.




Alphabetical by conference, with printable brackets.




Chronological, featuring daily game-schedule updates.

 

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TEAMS INELIGIBLE FOR NCAA TOURNAMENT

The following teams are ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament. In some cases, the teams are allowed to compete in their league tournament … in those situations, we’ll give credit if that team wins its tournament, even if it doesn’t officially receive auto-bid to NCAAT.

Listed alphabetically, league reclassification, except as noted:
Ballarmine (ASUN)
Cal Baptist (WAC)
Dixie State (WAC)
James Madison (Colonial) - league decision, due to announced departure to Sun Belt
Merrimack (Northeast)
North Alabama (ASUN)
Oklahoma State (Big 12) - FBI probe
St. Thomas (Summit)
Tarleton State (WAC)
UC San Diego (not to be confused with University of San Diego) (Big West)
 
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From the archive: Auto-Bid Madness champions, by year (# of correct picks in parentheses).

2021: riceville98 (15/31) (No Ivy season in 2020-21)
2020: Informal co-champs, by winning percetnage, ZB4CY and CycloneNorth (7/12). (canceled partway, due to pandemic)
2019: cykee05kn (14/32)
2018: CrossCyed (17/32)
2017: ZB4CY (18/32)
2016: gipper2001, time4cy (tie, after 2 tiebreakers) (15/31)
2015: CoKane (16/31)
2014: cyclones500 (14/31)

—> 2014-16 involved 31 teams (Ivy did not begin postseason tournament until ’18); In 2020, only 12 league tourneys were complete prior to shutdown.
 
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America East: Vermont
American: Houston
Atlantic 10: VCU
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Jacksonville State
Big 12: Kansas
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: Montana State
Big South: Longwood
Big Ten: Wisconsin
Big West: CSU Fullerton
Colonial: Towson
Conference USA: North Texas
Horizon: Cleveland State
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Norfolk State
Mid-American: Ohio
Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa
Mountain West: Wyoming
Northeast: Wagner
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-12: Arizona
Patriot: Colgate
SEC: Arkansas
SoCon: Chattanooga
Southland: Nicholls
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Texas State
SWAC: Alcorn State
West Coast: Gonzaga
WAC: Seattle U
 

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America East: Vermont
American: Houston
Atlantic 10: St Bonaventure
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Liberty
Big 12: Baylor
Big East: Marquette
Big Sky: Montana State
Big South: Winthrop
Big Ten: Wisconsin
Big West: Hawaii
Colonial: Towson
Conference USA: North Texas
Horizon: Cleveland State
Ivy: Yale
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Norfolk State
Mid-American: Kent State
Missouri Valley: UNI
Mountain West: Wyoming
Northeast: Wagner
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-12: USC
Patriot: Colgate
SEC: Kentucky
SoCon: Chattanooga
Southland: Nicholls
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Appalachian State
SWAC: Alabama A&M
West Coast: Gonzaga
WAC: Stephen F Austin
 

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America East: Vermont
American: Houston
Atlantic 10: VCU
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Liberty
Big 12: Baylor
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: Winthrop
Big Ten: Purdue
Big West: Cal State Fullerton
Colonial: UNC Wilmington
Conference USA: North Texas
Horizon: Cleveland State
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Norfolk State
Mid-American: Kent State
Missouri Valley: Loyola
Mountain West: Boise State
Northeast: Bryant
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-12: Arizona
Patriot: Colgate
SEC: Auburn
SoCon: Samford
Southland: Nicholls
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Appalachian State
SWAC: Texas Southern
West Coast: Gonzaga
WAC: Stephen F Austin
 

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America East: Vermont
American: Memphis
Atlantic 10: Davidson
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Jacksonville State
Big 12: Baylor
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: Montana State
Big South: Longwood
Big Ten: Purdue
Big West: LBSU
Colonial: Towson
Conference USA: North Texas
Horizon: IPFW
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Norfolk State
Mid-American: Kent State
Missouri Valley: Loyola Chicago
Mountain West: Colorado State
Northeast: Bryant
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-12: Arizona
Patriot: Colgate
SEC: Kentucky
SoCon: Chattanooga
Southland: Nicholls State
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Georgia State
SWAC: Texas Southern
West Coast: Gonzaga
WAC: New Mexico State
 

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America East: Vermont
American: Houston
Atlantic 10: VCU
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Florida Gulf Coast
Big 12: Texas Tech
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: Longwood
Big Ten: Purdue
Big West: Long Beach State
Colonial: UNC Wilmington
Conference USA: North Texas
Horizon: Cleveland State
Ivy: Yale
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: North Carolina Central
Mid-American: Ohio
Missouri Valley: Loyola Chicago
Mountain West: San Diego State
Northeast: Wagner
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Pac-12: Arizona
Patriot: Colgate
SEC: Kentucky
SoCon: Chattanooga
Southland: New Orleans
Summit: South Dakota State
Sun Belt: Texas State
SWAC: Texas Southern
West Coast: Gonzaga
WAC: New Mexico State
 

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Hey all!

As soon as I have my picks selected and chosen I will start entering your picks into my spreadsheet (I don't like to see what others have before I choose). When I have your picks entered, I will mark your post with an i for informative. If you don't see that on your post before Thursday, call my attention to it so that I correct my error. The exception will be close-to-deadline entries; I will be at the game on Wednesday night so will have to enter them either late Wednesday or sometime on Thursday morning, :)

Thanks in advance for your help...and good luck to everyone!
 
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5 picks in and already quite a bit of variety. This should be a fun one. The Big East and Atlantic 10 both have quite a few teams capable of winning. The Big XII, Big 10, and SEC all look like they could contain some really intriguing games.

I love conference tournament time. I don't do much research, but I always tend to do a deep dive into a few random schools as a result of this. Bryant in the Northeast Conference was one that I'd never heard of before.

Thanks for organizing @cyclones500 and @ImJustKCClone
 
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Here you go - the guaranteed losing picks. :D

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America East: Vermont
American: Houston
Atlantic 10: Dayton
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Jacksonville
Big 12: Texas Tech
Big East: Villanova
Big Sky: Weber St
Big South: Winthrop
Big Ten: Purdue
Big West: Long Beach St
Colonial: Towson
Conference USA: North Texas
Horizon: Cleveland St
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Iona
MEAC: Howard
Mid-American: Kent State
Missouri Valley: Loyola Chicago
Mountain West: Colorado St
Northeast: Bryant
Ohio Valley: Murray St
Pac-12: UCLA
Patriot: Colgate
SEC: Arkansas
SoCon: Chattanooga
Southland: SE Louisiana
Summit: South Dakota St
Sun Belt: Appalachian St
SWAC: Alcorn St
West Coast: Gonzaga
WAC: New Mexico St
 
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