Time for one of my favorite posts of the year. The Auto Bid Watch conference tourney slate. I resolved to make it better this season, and part of that will be that I will not have it run down the whole page. The main page will show tourneys in progress, with team names being struck through when they are eliminated. The full slate will only appear if you click "read more" at the bottom of the post.
I've always made an unholy mess of the html on this little feature in the past. My skills have not improved. But I'm going to give it a shot. I'm going to use this spiffy new thing called a "table". I KNOW! Wonders will never cease.
Auto Bids Clenched:
Cornell (Ivy)
East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun)
Winthrop (Big South)
Murray State (OVC)
Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley)
Old Dominion (CAA)
Siena (MAAC)
St. Mary's (WCC)
Wofford (SoCon)
North Texas (Sun Belt)
Butler (Horizon)
Oakland (Summit)
Robert Morris (Northeast)
Montana (Big Sky)
Tournaments in Progress
Atlantic Coast Conference
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Duke |
| #2 | Maryland |
| #3 | Florida State |
| #4 | Virginia Tech |
| #5 | Wake Forest |
| #6 | Clemson |
| #7 | Georgia Tech |
| #8 | |
| #9 | Virginia |
| #10 | North Carolina |
| #11 | N.C. State |
| #12 | Miami |
Big Ten
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Ohio State |
| #2 | Purdue |
| #3 | Michigan State |
| #4 | Wisconsin |
| #5 | Illinois |
| #6 | Minnesota |
| #7 | Northwestern |
| #8 | Michigan |
| #9 | Iowa |
| #10 | Indiana |
| #11 | Penn State |
SEC
| SEED | TEAM |
| E1 | Kentucky |
| W1 | Mississippi State |
| E2 | Vanderbilt |
| W2 | Ole Miss |
| E3 | Tennessee |
| W3 | Arkansas |
| E4 | Florida |
| W4 | Alabama |
| E5 | |
| W5 | Auburn |
| E6 | Georgia |
| W6 | LSU |
AEC
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | |
| #2 | Vermont |
| #3 | |
| #4 | Boston University |
| #5 | |
| #6 | |
| #7 | |
| #8 |
Atlantic-10
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Temple |
| #2 | Xavier |
| #3 | Richmond |
| #4 | St. Louis |
| #5 | Rhode Island |
| #6 | |
| #7 | Dayton |
| #8 | St. Bonaventure |
| #9 | |
| #10 | |
| #11 | UMass |
| #12 |
Big 12
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Kansas |
| #2 | Kansas State |
| #3 | Baylor |
| #4 | Texas A&M |
| #5 | |
| #6 | Texas |
| #7 | Oklahoma State |
| #8 | |
| #9 | |
| #10 | |
| #11 | |
| #12 | Nebraska |
Big East
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | |
| #2 | Pitt |
| #3 | West Virginia |
| #4 | Villanova |
| #5 | Marquette |
| #6 | |
| #7 | Notre Dame |
| #8 | Georgetown |
| #9 | |
| #10 | |
| #11 | Cincinnati |
| #12 | |
| #13 | |
| #14 | |
| #15 | |
| #16 |
Big West
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Santa Barbara |
| #2 | Pacific |
| #3 | Long Beach State |
| #4 | Cal-Davis |
| #5 | Fullerton |
| #6 | Cal-Poly |
| #7 | Cal Irvine |
| #8 |
Conference USA
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | UTEP |
| #2 | |
| #3 | UAB |
| #4 | Marshall |
| #5 | Tulsa |
| #6 | Southern Mississippi |
| #7 | Houston |
| #8 | |
| #9 | Central Florida |
| #10 | |
| #11 | |
| #12 |
Mid-American
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Kent State |
| #2 | |
| #3 | Akron |
| #4 | Miami |
| #5 | Buffalo |
| #6 | Eastern Michigan |
| #7 | Western Michigan |
| #8 | |
| #9 | Ohio |
| #10 | |
| #11 | |
| #12 |
MEAC
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Morgan State |
| #2 | Delaware State |
| #3 | South Carolina State |
| #4 | Norfolk State |
| #5 | Hampton |
| #6 | UMES |
| #7 | |
| #8 | |
| #9 | |
| #10 | |
| #11 | |
| N/A |
Pac-10
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Cal |
| #2 | Arizona State |
| #3 | Washington |
| #4 | Arizona |
| #5 | UCLA |
| #6 | Oregon State |
| #7 | Stanford |
| #8 | Oregon |
| #9 |
Patriot League
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Lehigh |
| #2 | |
| #3 | Lafayette |
| #4 | |
| #5 | |
| #6 | |
| #7 | |
| #8 |
Southland
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | Sam Houston State |
| #2 | Stephen F. Austin |
| #3 | Corpus Christi |
| #4 | SE Louisiana |
| #5 | |
| #6 | |
| #7 | |
| #8 |
SWAC
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | |
| #2 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| #3 | Alabama State |
| #4 | Prairie View A&M |
| #5 | Texas Southern |
| #6 | Alabama A&M |
| #7 | |
| #8 | Grambling State |
Mountain West
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | New Mexico |
| #2 | BYU |
| #3 | UNLV |
| #4 | San Diego State |
| #5 | Colorado State |
| #6 | Utah |
| #7 | TCU |
| #8 | |
| #9 | Air Force |
Great West
No auto-bid, but it should be fun anyway.
| SEED | TEAM |
| #1 | South Dakota |
| #2 | Houston Baptist |
| #3 | |
| #4 | |
| #5 | NJIT |
| #6 | |
| #7 | Texas Pan-American |
