2017 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams12
SiteLegacy Arena
Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsWKU (2nd title)
Winning coachMichelle Clark-Heard (2nd title)
MVPKendall Noble (WKU)
TelevisionASN, CBSSN, Campus Insiders
2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
WKU †16–2 .88927–8  .771
Middle Tennessee15–3 .83323–11  .676
Southern Miss13–5 .72223–11  .676
Charlotte12–6 .66721–10  .677
Louisiana Tech12–6 .66718–14  .563
Old Dominion11–7 .61117–14  .548
UTSA10–8 .55614–17  .452
Rice8–10 .44422–13  .629
UAB8–10 .44415–15  .500
North Texas8–10 .44412–19  .387
Marshall5–13 .27813–17  .433
UTEP5–13 .2788–23  .258
FIU3–15 .1675–24  .172
Florida Atlantic0–18 .0004–25  .138
† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 26, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held March 8–11 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds took place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship took place at Legacy Arena.[1] WKU won their 2nd C-USA tournament title and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

The top twelve 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 Western Kentucky 16–2 25–6
2 Middle Tennessee 15–3 20–9
3 Southern Miss 13–5 21–9
4 Louisiana Tech 12–6 17–12 1–0 vs. Charlotte
5 Charlotte 12–6 20–9 0–1 vs. Louisiana Tech
6 Old Dominion 11–7 16–13
7 UTSA 10–8 14–15
8 Rice 8–10 17–12 1–1 vs. Charlotte
9 North Texas 8–10 11–18 0–2 vs. Charlotte
10 UAB 7–11 14–15
11 UTEP 5–13 8–22
12 Marshall 5–13 13–16
‡ – 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.

Eliminated from Conference tournament: Florida Atlantic, Florida International

Schedule

*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Round Date Game Matchup# Television Attendance
First March 8, 2017 1 #9 UAB vs #8 North Texas Campus Insiders 820
2 #12 Marshall vs #5 Charlotte
3 #10 Rice vs #7 UTSA 1,001
4 #11 UTEP vs #6 Old Dominion
Quarterfinal March 9, 2017 5 #1 WKU vs #8 North Texas Campus Insiders 686
6 #4 Louisiana Tech vs #5 Charlotte
7 #2 Middle Tennessee vs #10 Rice
8 #3 Southern Miss vs #6 Old Dominion
Semifinals March 10, 2017 9 #1 WKU vs #4 Louisiana Tech ASN
10 #2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Southern Miss
Championship March 11, 2017 11 #1 WKU vs. #3 Southern Miss CBSSN

Bracket

[2]

First round
Wednesday, March 8
CI 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
CI 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10
ASN 		Championship game
Saturday, March 11
CBSSN
            
1 Western Kentucky 78
8 North Texas 51
8 North Texas 652OT
9 UAB 62
1 Western Kentucky 77
4 Louisiana Tech 59
4 Louisiana Tech 66
5 Charlotte 55
5 Charlotte 71
12 Marshall 66
1 Western Kentucky 67
3 Southern Miss 56
2 Middle Tennessee 61
10 Rice 59
7 UTSA 63
10 Rice 75
2 Middle Tennessee 54
3 Southern Miss 59
3 Southern Miss 80
6 Old Dominion 74
6 Old Dominion 80
11 UTEP 70

All times listed are Central

See also

2017 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Conference USA Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball Championship". Conference USA. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ "C-USA 2017 Women's Basketball Championship Bracket" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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