2021 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202021
Teams12
SiteThe Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee (17th title)
Winning coachRick Insell (16th title)
MVPAnastasia Hayes (MTSU)
TelevisionESPN+, Stadium, CBSSN
2020–21 Conference USA women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Middle Tennessee124 .750178  .680
Charlotte95 .6431012  .455
FIU88 .5001513  .536
Florida Atlantic88 .5001111  .500
Old Dominion79 .4381311  .542
Marshall79 .438811  .421
Western Kentucky610 .375716  .304
West
Rice122 .857234  .852
UTEP135 .722178  .680
North Texas104 .714137  .650
Louisiana Tech88 .5001410  .583
Southern Miss511 .313712  .368
UAB311 .2141013  .435
UTSA014 .000218  .100
2021 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 13, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA that was held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, from March 10 through March 13, 2021. Middle Tennessee won the tournament, its 17th title, earning a bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]

Seeds

All 14 teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within their respective conference divisions, however the tournament will blend the divisional seed opponents in each round.

East seed School Conf. Over.
1 Middle Tennessee 12–4 14–7
2 Charlotte 9–5 10–9
3 Florida Atlantic 8–8 10–10
4 FIU 8–8 12–11
5 Marshall 7–9 8–10
6 Old Dominion 7–9 10–10
7 Western Kentucky 6–10 7–15
West seed School Conf. Over.
1 Rice 12–2 16–3
2 UTEP 13–5 16–7
3 North Texas 10–4 13–16
4 Louisiana Tech 8–8 13–9
5 Southern Miss 5–11 7–11
6 UAB 3–11 9–12
7 UTSA 0–14 2–17

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup** Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 9
1 1 4:00 pm 6E Old Dominion 83 vs. 7E Western Kentucky 77 OT ESPN+ 283
2 4:30 pm 6W UAB 80 vs. 7W UTSA 66
Second round – Wednesday, March 10
2 3 11:00 am 4E FIU 85 vs. 5W Southern Mississippi 75 ESPN+
4 11:30 am 3W North Texas 66 vs. 6E Old Dominion 71
3 5 2:00 pm 4W Louisiana Tech 50 vs. 5E Marshall 48 623
6 2:30 pm 3E FAU 72 vs. 6W UAB 66
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
4 7 11:00 am 1W Rice 77 vs. 4E FIU 60 Stadium
8 11:30 am 2E Charlotte 89 vs. 6E Old Dominion 90 2OT ESPN+
5 9 2:00 pm 1E MTSU 77 vs. 4W Louisiana Tech 71 Stadium
10 2:30 pm 2W UTEP 74 vs. 3E FAU 67 ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
6 11 5:30 pm 1W Rice 62 vs. 6E Old Dominion 60 Stadium
12 8:30 pm 1E MTSU 74 vs. 2W UTEP 58
Championship – Saturday, March 13
7 13 5:00 pm 1W Rice 65 vs. 1E MTSU 68 CBSSN
*Game times in CT. ** – Rankings denote division seed

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 9
ESPN+
Second round
Wednesday, March 10
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
ESPN+/Stadium
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
Stadium
Championship
Saturday, March 13
CBSSN
1WRice77
4EFIU854EFIU60
5WSouthern Mississippi751WRice62
6EOld Dominion60
2ECharlotte89
3WNorth Texas666EOld Dominion90**
6EOld Dominion83*6EOld Dominion711WRice65
7EWestern Kentucky771EMTSU68
1EMTSU77
4WLouisiana Tech504WLouisiana Tech71
5EMarshall481EMTSU74
2WUTEP58
2WUTEP74
3EFAU723EFAU67
6WUAB806WUAB66
7WUTSA66

* denotes overtime

See also

References

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