Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament

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Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Conference USA logo.svg
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Number of teams12
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumThe Ford Center at The Star
Current locationFrisco, Texas
Played1996-present
Last contest2021
Current championMiddle Tennessee (3)
Most championshipsTulane Green Wave (5)
Official websiteConferenceUSA.com

The Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament is held annually following the end of the regular season of NCAA Division I Women's Basketball.

The tournament has been played every year since the inception of Conference USA in 1996. The winner receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

Tournament Champions[]

Year Winner Score Opponent Site MVP
1996 Memphis 93–87 (OT) DePaul Bartow Arena, Birmingham, Alabama Keeta Matthews, Memphis
1997 Tulane 76–53 Marquette Alumni Hall, Chicago, Illinois Mary Lowry, Tulane
1998 Memphis 79–75 Louisville Louisville Gardens, Louisville, Kentucky LaTonya Johnson, Memphis
1999 Tulane 58–44 Cincinnati Fogelman Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana Grace Daley, Tulane
2000 Tulane 73–70 UAB Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky Janell Burse, Tulane
2001 Tulane 63–50 Cincinnati U.S. Cellular Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Valerie King, Cincinnati
2002 Cincinnati 68–56 Tulane DePaul Athletic Center, Chicago, Illinois Valerie King, Cincinnati
2003 TCU 85–76 (OT) Cincinnati The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee Sandora Irvin, TCU
2004 Houston 86–75 TCU Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas Chandi Jones, Houston
2005 TCU 60–41 Louisville Dale F. Halton Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina Sandora Irvin, TCU
2006 Tulsa 55–52 Rice Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas Jillian Robbins, Tulsa
2007 East Carolina 79–70 Rice Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma LaCoya Terry, East Carolina
2008 SMU 73–57 UTEP UCF Arena, Orlando, Florida Janielle Dodds, SMU
2009 UCF 65–54 (OT) Southern Miss Fogelman Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana Emma Cannon, UCF
2010 Tulane 62–54 UAB Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma Danielle Nunn, Tulane
2011 UCF 85–73 Tulane Don Haskins Center
Memorial Gym, El Paso, Texas 		Jelisa Caldwell, UCF
2012 UTEP 69–65 Tulane FedExForum
Elma Roane Fieldhouse, Memphis, Tennessee 		Gloria Brown, UTEP
2013 Tulsa 75–66 UCF BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma Taleya Mayberry, Tulsa
2014 Middle Tennessee 84–55 Tulsa Don Haskins Center
Memorial Gym, El Paso, Texas 		Ebony Rowe, Middle Tennessee
2015 Western Kentucky 60–57 Southern Miss Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama Alexis Govan, Western Kentucky
2016 Middle Tennessee 70–54 Old Dominion Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama Ty Petty, Middle Tennessee
2017 Western Kentucky 67–56 Southern Miss Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama Kendall Noble, Western Kentucky
2018 Western Kentucky 72–57 UAB The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas Tashia Brown, Western Kentucky
2019 Rice 69–54 Middle Tennessee The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas Nancy Mulkey, Rice
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Middle Tennessee 68–65 Rice The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee

Tournament Championships by School[]

Current members[]

Members as of July 1, 2014.

School Championships Years
Middle Tennessee
3
2014, 2016, 2021
Western Kentucky
3
2015, 2017, 2018
UTEP
1
2012
Rice
1
2019
Charlotte
0
FIU
0
Florida Atlantic
0
Louisiana Tech
0
Marshall
0
North Texas
0
Old Dominion
0
Southern Miss
0
UAB
0
UTSA
0

Former members[]

Former members that have won the tournament as of July 1, 2014.

School Championships Years
Tulane
5
1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
Tulsa
2
2006, 2013
UCF
2
2009, 2011
Memphis
2
1996, 1998
TCU
2
2003, 2005
Cincinnati
1
2002
Houston
1
2004
East Carolina
1
2007
SMU
1
2008

See also[]

References[]

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