NCAA tournament: Tickets punched

— -- March Madness has begun, with conference tournaments taking place all over the country. Here is a running list of the teams that have earned automatic bids to the 2015 NCAA tournament. Check back for additions as title games go final, and visit our Champ Week home page for updated brackets and all the latest from a week of wall-to-wall hoops.

Albany Great Danes
Conference: America East
Record: 24-8
Ticket-clincher: Albany 51, Stony Brook 50
Leading scorer: Sam Rowley (14 PPG)
Tournament appearance: fifth (first since 2014)

Arizona Wildcats
Conference: Pac-12
Record: 31-3
Ticket-clincher: Arizona 80, Oregon 52
Leading scorer: Stanley Johnson (14.1 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 32nd (first since 2014)

Belmont Bruins
Conference: Ohio Valley
Record: 22-10
Ticket-clincher: Belmont 88, Murray State 87
Leading scorer: Craig Bradshaw (18.1 PPG)
Tournament appearance: seventh (first since 2013)

Buffalo Bulls
Conference: Mid-American
Record: 23-9
Ticket-clincher: Buffalo 89, Central Michigan 84
Leading scorer: Justin Moss (17.9 PPG)
Tournament appearance: first

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Conference: Big South
Record: 24-9
Ticket-clincher: Coastal Carolina 81, Winthrop 70
Leading scorer: Josh Cameron (12.9 PPG)
Tournament appearance: fourth (first since 2014)

Eastern Washington Eagles
Conference: Big Sky
Record: 26-8
Ticket-clincher: Eastern Washington 69, Montana 65
Leading scorer: Tyler Harvey (23.1 PPG)
Tournament appearance: second (first since 2004)

Georgia State Panthers
Conference: Sun Belt
Record: 24-9
Ticket-clincher: Georgia State 38, Georgia Southern 36
Leading scorer: R.J. Hunter (20.1 PPG)
Tournament appearance: third (first since 2001)

Gonzaga Bulldogs
Conference: West Coast
Record: 32-2
Ticket-clincher: Gonzaga 91, BYU 75
Leading scorer: Kyle Wiltjer (16.6 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 18th (first since 2014)

Hampton Pirates
Conference: Mid-Eastern
Record: 16-17
Ticket-clincher: Hampton 82, Delaware State 61
Leading scorer: Dwight Meikle (13 PPG)
Tournament appearance: fourth (first since 2011)

Harvard Crimson
Conference: Ivy League
Record: 22-7
Ticket-clincher: Harvard 53, Yale 51
Leading scorer: Wesley Saunders (16.1 PPG)
Tournament appearance: fifth (first since 2014)

Iowa State Cyclones
Conference: Big 12
Record: 25-8
Ticket-clincher: Iowa State 70, Kansas 66
Leading scorer: Georges Niang (15.3 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 17th (first since 2014)

Kentucky Wildcats
Conference: SEC
Record: 34-0
Ticket-clincher: Kentucky 78, Arkansas 63
Leading scorer: Aaron Harrison (11.3 PPG)
Tournament appearance: fifty-fifth (first since 2014)

Lafayette Leopards
Conference: Patriot League
Record: 20-12
Ticket-clincher: Lafayette 65, American 63
Leading scorer: Dan Trist (17.6 PPG)
Tournament appearance: fourth (first since 2000)

Manhattan Jaspers
Conference: Metro Atlantic
Record: 19-13
Ticket-clincher: Manhattan 79, Iona 69
Leading scorer: Emmy Andujar (16.5 PPG)
Tournament appearance: eighth (first since 2014)

New Mexico State Aggies
Conference: WAC
Record: 23-10
Ticket-clincher: New Mexico State 80, Seattle 61
Leading scorer: Pascal Siakam (13.1 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 22nd (first since 2014)

Northeastern Huskies
Conference: Colonial
Record: 23-11
Ticket-clincher: Northeastern 72, William & Mary 61
Leading scorer: Scott Eatherton (14.6 PPG)
Tournament appearance: eighth (first since 1991)

Northern Iowa Panthers
Conference: Missouri Valley
Record: 30-3
Ticket-clincher: Northern Iowa 69, Illinois State 60
Leading scorer: Seth Tuttle (15.3 PPG)
Tournament appearance: seventh (first since 2010)

North Dakota State Bison
Conference: Summit
Record: 23-9
Ticket-clincher: North Dakota State 57, South Dakota State 56
Leading scorer: Lawrence Alexander (18.7 PPG)
Tournament appearance: third (first since 2014)

North Florida Ospreys
Conference: Atlantic Sun
Record: 23-11
Ticket-clincher: North Florida 63, South Carolina Upstate 57
Leading scorer: Dallas Moore (15.9 PPG)
Tournament appearance: first

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Conference: ACC
Record: 29-5
Ticket-clincher: Notre Dame 90, North Carolina 82
Leading scorer: Jerian Grant (16.6 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 34th (first since 2013)

Robert Morris Colonials
Conference: Northeast
Record: 19-14
Ticket-clincher: Robert Morris 66, St. Francis (Brooklyn) 63
Leading scorer: Rodney Pryor (15.2 PPG)
Tournament appearance: eighth (first since 2010)

SMU Mustangs
Conference: American
Record: 27-6
Ticket-clincher: SMU 62, Connecticut 54
Leading scorer: Nic Moore (14.3 PPG)
Tournament appearance: eleventh (first since 1993)

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Conference: Southland
Record: 29-4
Ticket-clincher: Stephen F. Austin 83, Sam Houston State 70
Leading scorer: Thomas Walkup (15.2 PPG)
Tournament appearance: third (first since 2014)

Texas Southern Tigers
Conference: SWAC
Record: 22-12
Ticket-clincher: Texas Southern 62, Southern 58
Leading scorer: Madarious Gibbs (14.2 PPG)
Tournament appearance: sixth (first since 2014)

UAB Blazers
Conference: C-USA
Record: 19-15
Ticket-clincher: UAB 73, Middle Tennessee 60
Leading scorer: Robert Brown (12.8 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 15th (first since 2011)

UC Irvine Anteaters
Conference: Big West
Record: 21-12
Ticket-clincher: UC Irvine 67, Hawaii 58
Leading scorer: Will Davis II (13 PPG)
Tournament appearance: first

Valparaiso Crusaders
Conference: Horizon
Record: 28-5
Ticket-clincher: Valparaiso 54, Green Bay 44
Leading scorer: Alec Peters (17.0 PPG)
Tournament appearance: ninth (first since 2013)

VCU Rams
Conference: Atlantic 10
Record: 26-9
Ticket-clincher: VCU 71, Dayton 65
Leading scorer: Treveon Graham (16.2 PPG)
Tournament appearance: fourteenth (first since 2014)

Villanova Wildcats
Conference: Big East
Record: 32-2
Ticket-clincher: Villanova 69, Xavier 52
Leading scorer: Darrun Hilliard II (14.1 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 35th (first since 2014)

Wisconsin Badgers
Conference: Big Ten
Record: 31-3
Ticket-clincher: Wisconsin 80, Michigan State 69
Leading scorer: Frank Kaminsky (18.2 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 21st (first since 2014)

Wofford Terriers
Conference: Southern
Record: 28-6
Ticket-clincher: Wofford 67, Furman 64
Leading scorer: Karl Cochran (14.8 PPG)
Tournament appearance: fourth (first since 2014)

Wyoming Cowboys
Conference: Mountain West
Record: 25-9
Ticket-clincher: Wyoming 45, San Diego State 43
Leading scorer: Larry Nance Jr. (16.1 PPG)
Tournament appearance: 15th (first since 2002)