2016 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams14
SiteLegacy Arena
Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee (2nd title)
Winning coachRick Insell (2nd title)
MVPTy Petty (Middle Tennessee)
TelevisionASN, CBSSN
2015–16 Conference USA women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UTEP162 .889295  .853
WKU153 .833277  .794
Middle Tennessee153 .833249  .727
Charlotte126 .6671912  .613
Old Dominion108 .5561717  .500
Marshall99 .5002112  .636
Louisiana Tech99 .5001416  .467
UAB711 .3891516  .484
Southern Miss711 .3891416  .467
Rice711 .389922  .290
Florida Atlantic612 .3331416  .467
UTSA612 .3331019  .345
North Texas513 .2781119  .367
FIU216 .111526  .161
2016 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 28, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held March 8–12 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds took place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship were held at Legacy Arena.[1] Middle Tennessee won their second C-USA title and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

The top fourteen teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 UTEP 16–2 25–3
2 Middle Tennessee 15–3 21–8 1–1 vs. WKU, 1–0 vs. CHA
3 WKU 15–3 24–5 1–1 vs. MTSU, 1–1 vs. CHA
4 Charlotte 12–6 18–10
5 Old Dominion 10–8 14–16
6 Marshall 9–9 19–10 1–0 vs. LT
7 Louisiana Tech 9–9 14–15 0–1 vs. MARSHALL
8 UAB 7–11 14–15 2–0 vs. RICE, USM
9 Southern Miss 7–11 14–15 2–1 vs. RICE, UAB
10 Rice 7–11 8–21 0–3 vs. USM, UAB
11 UTSA 6–12 10–18 1–1 vs. FAU, 1–0 vs. USM
12 Florida Atlantic 6–12 14–15 1–1 vs. UTSA, 0–1 vs. USM
13 North Texas 5–13 10–18
14 FIU 2–16 4–25
‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a double–bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single–bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the C–USA Tournament.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 8
1 1 11:00 am #12 Florida Atlantic vs. #13 North Texas ASN 273
2 1:30 pm #11 UTSA vs. #14 FIU 272
Second round – Wednesday, March 9
2 3 11:00 am #8 UAB vs. #9 Southern Miss ASN 356
4 1:30 pm #5 Old Dominion vs. #13 North Texas 311
3 5 5:00 pm #7 Louisiana Tech vs. #10 Rice
6 7:30 pm #6 Marshall vs. #14 FIU
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
4 7 11:00 am #1 UTEP vs. #8 UAB ASN 327
8 1:30 pm #4 Charlotte vs. #5 Old Dominion 432
5 9 5:00 pm #3 Middle Tennessee vs. #10 Rice 563
10 7:30 pm #2 WKU vs #6 Marshall 499
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
6 11 10:00 am #1 UTEP vs #5 Old Dominion CBSSN
12 12:30 pm #3 Middle Tennessee vs #6 Marshall
Championship – Saturday, March 12
7 13 7:00 pm #5 Old Dominion vs #3 Middle Tennessee CBSSN
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

[2]

First round
Tuesday, March 8
ASN
Second round
Wednesday, March 9
ASN
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
ASN
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
CBSSN
Championship game
Saturday, March 12
CBSSN
1UTEP62OT
8UAB648UAB59
9Southern Miss461UTEP54
5Old Dominion66
4Charlotte54
5Old Dominion625Old Dominion57
12Florida Atlantic7413North Texas555Old Dominion54
13North Texas792Middle Tennessee70
2Middle Tennessee74
7Louisiana Tech5710Rice54
10Rice62OT2Middle Tennessee69
6Marshall41
3WKU63
6Marshall766Marshall66
11UTSA5614FIU44
14FIU61

All times listed are Central

See also

2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

References

  1. "Conference USA Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball Championship". Conference USA. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. "C-USA 2016 Women's Basketball Championship Bracket" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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