Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
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Sport | College basketball |
Conference | Conference USA |
Number of teams | 12 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | The Ford Center at The Star |
Current location | Frisco, Texas |
Played | 1996-present |
Last contest | 2021 |
Current champion | Middle Tennessee (3) |
Most championships | Tulane Green Wave (5) |
Official website | ConferenceUSA.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 |
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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 |
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Middle Tennessee | ||
Western Kentucky | ||
UTEP | ||
Rice | ||
Charlotte | ||
FIU | ||
Florida Atlantic | ||
Louisiana Tech | ||
Marshall | ||
North Texas | ||
Old Dominion | ||
Southern Miss | ||
UAB | ||
UTSA |
Former members[]
Former members that have won the tournament as of July 1, 2014.
School | Championships | Years |
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Tulane | ||
Tulsa | ||
UCF | ||
Memphis | ||
TCU | ||
Cincinnati | ||
Houston | ||
East Carolina | ||
SMU |
See also[]
References[]
Categories:
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