NCAA basketball tournament selection process
Name School/Conference Position
Kevin White Duke Athletic Director ( Chairman )
Mike O'Brien Toledo Vice President and Athletic Director
Mitch Barnhart Kentucky Athletic Director ( Vice Chairman - 2020 and Chairman for 2021 )
Craig Thompson Mountain West Conference Commissioner
Tom Burnett Southland Conference Commissioner
Jim Phillips Northwestern Vice President for Athletics and Recreation
Bernadette McGlade Atlantic 10 Conference Commissioner
Chris Reynolds Bradley Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics
Charles McClelland Southwestern Athletic Conference Commissioner
Jamie Pollard Iowa State Athletic Director
The selection committees -- Current men 's committee members
The selection process for college basketball's NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships determines which teams (68 men's, 64 women's) will enter the tournaments (the centerpieces of the basketball championship frenzy known as March Madness) and their seedings and matchups in the knockout bracket. Thirty-two teams gain automatic entry through winning their conference's championship. The remaining teams (36 men's, 32 women's) rely on the selection committee to award them an at-large bid in the tournament. The selection process primarily takes place on Selection Sunday and the days leading up to it. Selection Sunday is also when the men's brackets and seeds are released to the public. The women's championship brackets and seeds are announced one day later, on Selection Monday.