2016 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held from March 8–12, 2016 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.

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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UTEP162 .889  295  .853
WKU153 .833  277  .794
Middle Tennessee153 .833  249  .727
Charlotte126 .667  1912  .613
Old Dominion108 .556  1717  .500
Marshall99 .500  2112  .636
Louisiana Tech99 .500  1416  .467
UAB711 .389  1516  .484
Southern Miss711 .389  1416  .467
Rice711 .389  922  .290
Florida Atlantic612 .333  1416  .467
UTSA612 .333  1019  .345
North Texas513 .278  1119  .367
FIU216 .111  526  .161
2016 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 28, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

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
                                               
1 UTEP 62OT  
    8 UAB 59  
8 UAB 64
9 Southern Miss 46  
  1 UTEP 54  
  5 Old Dominion 66  
4 Charlotte 54
    5 Old Dominion 57  
5 Old Dominion 62
    13 North Texas 55  
12 Florida Atlantic 74
13 North Texas 79  
5 Old Dominion 54
2 Middle Tennessee 70
2 Middle Tennessee 74  
    10 Rice 54  
7 Louisiana Tech 57
10 Rice 62OT  
  2 Middle Tennessee 69
  6 Marshall 41  
3 WKU 63
    6 Marshall 66  
6 Marshall 76
    14 FIU 44  
11 UTSA 56
14 FIU 61  

All times listed are Central

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See also

2016 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 2016 Women's Basketball Championship Bracket" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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