Teams have had the regular season to make their case to be a tournament team, but conference tournaments will also have an impact. The 32 teams that win a conference tournament will receive an automatic bid; in many cases those teams would have received an at-large bid anyway. Things get tricky if a bubble team, or a team that would not have received a bid, wins a conference tournament. tournament bracket was posted on Twitter within the first hour of the broadcast. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyNorthwestern advanced to the semifinals of their conference tournament before losing to Wisconsin, 76-48.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2017 16:23 UTC