Conference Tournaments

Conference tournaments in NCAAM serve as crucial postseason events where teams from the same conference compete for a championship title and, in many cases, an automatic bid to the March Madness Tournament.

To avoid confusion and ensure you're accessing available data, refer to our Seasons feed. This resource lists all the seasons for which we have data.

For example: To ensure data availability for future seasons, such as a schedule in advance of when a season begins, first check the Seasons feed to verify that data for that specific season is already provided.

Starting with this feed can prevent unnecessary errors and streamline your data retrieval process.

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Starting Year for Each Season

It's important to note that the season parameter uses the starting year of the season; for example, to retrieve data for the 2024-25 NCAAMB season, you would use 2024 as the value for the season parameter.

Building a Conference Tournament Bracket

Our schedule and tournament feeds can provide data specific to conference tournaments by inputting CT in the season_type parameter. To build your conference tournament, the steps are similar to building the March Madness tournament:

1. Call the Tournament List endpoint to access a list of NCAA Men's Basketball conference tournaments for the NCAA Men's Basketball season by using CT for the season_type parameter.
2. Use the tournament ID to access the Tournament Summary endpoint before the tournament begins. This will provide a list of participating teams and their seeds.
3. Pull the Tournament Schedule endpoint before and throughout the tournament to build your bracket and get game details for the conference tournament matchup.
4. Along with tracking live games in each matchup, you can use the Tournament Statistics feed to pull team and player statistics from the tournament.

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When Are Teams Available in Conference Tournaments?

By the start of February, the list of teams participating in each conference tournament should be available. These teams are prepared and listed in the Tournament Summary endpoint around the middle of the regular season.

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Using "Non-Tournament" Feeds

While tournament-specific endpoints are dedicated solely to their respective tournaments, games related to conference tournaments and March Madness are also included in non-tournament feeds and push feeds. For instance, tournament games are featured in both the daily schedule and seasonal statistics.