The NCAA awards 32 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament and 31 of those will be determined through each conference's tournament. The Ivy League does not hold a conference tournament. Its regular-season champion earns the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
| 2016 conference tournaments | |||
| Conference | Tournament site | Dates (TV for Championship) | 2016 Champion |
| AAC | Orlando, Fla. | March 10-13 (ESPN) | |
| ACC | Washington D. | ||