CBS SPORTS TIPS OFF MARCH WITH 12 AUTOMATIC BIDS AWARDED DURING CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ACTION

Big Ten, Mountain West, Atlantic 10 & Missouri Valley Men’s Conference Championship Games Broadcast on CBS Television Network

CBS Sports Network Will Air Men’s Championship Games From Conference USA, Colonial Athletic Association, and Patriot League and Women’s Championship Games From Mountain West, Mid-American, Conference USA, Patriot League and Southland Conference

As March begins, CBS Sports will showcase conference tournament coverage with 34 games across 14 tournaments. In total, 12 automatic bids will be awarded across both CBS and CBS Sports Network with seven automatic bids to the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and five automatic bids to the Women’s Basketball Championship. 

Conference crowns will be awarded to the men’s champions in the Big Ten, Mountain West, Atlantic 10 andMissouri Valley on the CBS Television Network, which will also broadcast the Big Ten Men’s semifinals, with all CBS games also streaming on Paramount+. CBS Sports Network will televise the men’s championship games for the Conference USA, Colonial Athletic Association and Patriot League during the nine-day “Bracket Week Presented by Kubota.”

On the women’s side, conference title games for the Mountain West, Mid-American, Conference USA, Patriot League, and Southland Conference will air throughout the nine-day run on CBS Sports Network. 

In addition to the championship games, CBS will broadcast the Big Ten semifinals while CBS Sports Network will televise early round action from the Mountain West Men’s conference tournament and Atlantic 10 Men’s and Women’s tournaments. Bracket Week also includes coverage of the Missouri Valley Men’s semifinal round and the aforementioned Conference USA, Colonial Athletic Association, Mid-American, Patriot League and Southland conferences. 

Additional college basketball coverage including daily bracketology and postgame bubble watch shows will be available on CBS Sports HQ, the 24/7 streaming sports news network available for free across digital platforms. Fans will also be able to select conference tournament champions on CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports app through the CBS Sports Conference Bracket Challenge presented by Hertz.

2021 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES

(ALL TIMES EASTERN)

Big Ten Men’s Conference Tournament

Mountain West Conference Tournaments

Atlantic 10 Conference Tournaments

Missouri Valley Men’s Conference Tournament

Colonial Athletic Association Men’s Conference Tournament

Patriot League Conference Tournaments

Conference USA Conference Tournaments

Mid-American Conference Tournaments

Southland Women’s Conference Tournament