2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

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2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams13
SiteLegacy Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee (1st title)
Winning coachKermit Davis (1st title)
MVPReggie Upshaw (Middle Tennessee)
Attendance33,438
TelevisionASN, CBSSN, FS1
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2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UAB 16 – 2   .889 26 – 7   .788
Middle Tennessee † 13 – 5   .722 25 – 10   .714
Marshall 12 – 6   .667 17 – 16   .515
Louisiana Tech 12 – 6   .667 23 – 10   .697
Old Dominion 12 – 6   .667 25 – 13   .658
UTEP 10 – 8   .556 19 – 14   .576
Charlotte 9 – 9   .500 14 – 19   .424
Western Kentucky 8 – 10   .444 18 – 16   .529
North Texas 7 – 11   .389 12 – 20   .375
Rice 7 – 11   .389 12 – 20   .375
FIU 7 – 11   .389 13 – 19   .406
Florida Atlantic 5 – 13   .278 8 – 25   .242
Southern Miss* 5 – 13   .278 8 – 21   .276
UTSA 3 – 15   .167 5 – 27   .156
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban.
† 2016 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena.[1][2] Southern Miss did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed a postseason ban for pending NCAA violations.[3] Middle Tennessee won the tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds[]

Only 13 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. As a result, the top 11 teams received a bye to the Second Round of the tournament. The top 4 teams received a double bye to the Quarterfinals of the tournament.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 UAB 16–2
2 Middle Tennessee 13–5
3 Marshall 12–6 2–1 vs. LA Tech & Old Dominion
4 Louisiana Tech 12–6 1–1 vs. Marshall & Old Dominion
5 Old Dominion 12–6 1–2 vs. LA Tech & Marshall
6 UTEP 10–8
7 Charlotte 9–9
8 Western Kentucky 8–10
9 North Texas 7–11 2–1 vs. Rice & FIU, 1-1 vs. Louisiana Tech
10 Rice 7–11 2–1 vs. North Texas & FIU, 0-2 vs. Louisiana Tech
11 FIU 7–11 0–2 vs. Rice & North Texas
12 Florida Atlantic 5–13
13 UTSA 3–15

Schedule[]

Game Time* Matchup# Final Score Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 8
1 4:00 pm #12 Florida Atlantic vs. #13 UTSA 82–58 ASN 220
Second round – Wednesday, March 9
2 12:00 pm #8 Western Kentucky vs. #9 North Texas 84–76 ASN 3,888
3 2:30 pm #5 Old Dominion vs. #12 Florida Atlantic 72–46
4 6:00 pm #7 Charlotte vs. #10 Rice 79–69 3,905
5 8:30 pm #6 UTEP vs. #11 FIU 85–77
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
6 12:00 pm #1 UAB vs. #8 Western Kentucky 77–88 ASN 9,797
7 2:30 pm #4 La Tech vs. #5 Old Dominion 52–68
8 6:00 pm #2 Middle Tennessee vs. #7 Charlotte 79–61 3,933
9 8:30 pm #3 Marshall vs #6 UTEP 87–85
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
10 3:00 pm #5 Old Dominion vs #8 Western Kentucky 89–77 CBSSN 6,176
11 5:30 pm #2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Marshall 99–90
Championship – Saturday, March 12
12 1:30 pm #2 Middle Tennessee vs #5 Old Dominion 55–53 FS1 5,519
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket[]

  First round
Tuesday, March 8
ASN 		Second round
Wednesday, March 9
ASN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
ASN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 11
CBSSN 		Championship
Saturday, March 12
FS1
                                               
9 North Texas 76  
8 Western Kentucky 84  
  8 Western Kentucky 88
  1 UAB 77  
  8 Western Kentucky 77  
  5 Old Dominion 89  
13 UTSA 58  
12 Florida Atlantic 82  
  12 Florida Atlantic 46  
  5 Old Dominion 72  
  5 Old Dominion 68
  4 Louisiana Tech 52  
5 Old Dominion 53
2 Middle Tennessee 55
10 Rice 69  
7 Charlotte 79  
  7 Charlotte 61
  2 Middle Tennessee 79  
  2 Middle Tennessee 99
  3 Marshall 90  
11 FIU 77  
6 UTEP 85  
  6 UTEP 85
  3 Marshall 87  

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "C-USA Basketball Championships to Return to Birmingham" Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Conference USA, September 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "Conference USA Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. ^ Norlander, Matt. "Southern Miss self-imposes postseason ban for 2nd straight year". CBSSports.com. CBS INTERACTIVE. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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