2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena.[1][2] Southern Miss did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed a postseason ban for pending NCAA violations.[3] Middle Tennessee won the tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams13
SiteLegacy Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee (1st title)
Winning coachKermit Davis (1st title)
MVPReggie Upshaw (Middle Tennessee)
Attendance33,438
TelevisionASN, CBSSN, FS1
2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UAB162 .889  267  .788
Middle Tennessee135 .722  2510  .714
Marshall126 .667  1716  .515
Louisiana Tech126 .667  2310  .697
Old Dominion126 .667  2513  .658
UTEP108 .556  1914  .576
Charlotte99 .500  1419  .424
Western Kentucky810 .444  1816  .529
North Texas711 .389  1220  .375
Rice711 .389  1220  .375
FIU711 .389  1319  .406
Florida Atlantic513 .278  825  .242
Southern Miss*513 .278  821  .276
UTSA315 .167  527  .156
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban.
2016 C-USA Tournament winner

Seeds

Only 13 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. As a result, the top 11 teams received a bye to the Second Round of the tournament. The top 4 teams received a double bye to the Quarterfinals of the tournament.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 UAB 16–2
2 Middle Tennessee 13–5
3 Marshall 12–6 2–1 vs. LA Tech & Old Dominion
4 Louisiana Tech 12–6 1–1 vs. Marshall & Old Dominion
5 Old Dominion 12–6 1–2 vs. LA Tech & Marshall
6 UTEP 10–8
7 Charlotte 9–9
8 Western Kentucky 8–10
9 North Texas 7–11 2–1 vs. Rice & FIU, 1-1 vs. Louisiana Tech
10 Rice 7–11 2–1 vs. North Texas & FIU, 0-2 vs. Louisiana Tech
11 FIU 7–11 0–2 vs. Rice & North Texas
12 Florida Atlantic 5–13
13 UTSA 3–15

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Final Score Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 8
1 4:00 pm #12 Florida Atlantic vs. #13 UTSA 82–58 ASN 220
Second round – Wednesday, March 9
2 12:00 pm #8 Western Kentucky vs. #9 North Texas 84–76 ASN 3,888
3 2:30 pm #5 Old Dominion vs. #12 Florida Atlantic 72–46
4 6:00 pm #7 Charlotte vs. #10 Rice 79–69 3,905
5 8:30 pm #6 UTEP vs. #11 FIU 85–77
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
6 12:00 pm #1 UAB vs. #8 Western Kentucky 77–88 ASN 9,797
7 2:30 pm #4 La Tech vs. #5 Old Dominion 52–68
8 6:00 pm #2 Middle Tennessee vs. #7 Charlotte 79–61 3,933
9 8:30 pm #3 Marshall vs #6 UTEP 87–85
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
10 3:00 pm #5 Old Dominion vs #8 Western Kentucky 89–77 CBSSN 6,176
11 5:30 pm #2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Marshall 99–90
Championship – Saturday, March 12
12 1:30 pm #2 Middle Tennessee vs #5 Old Dominion 55–53 FS1 5,519
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Tuesday, March 8
ASN
Second round
Wednesday, March 9
ASN
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
ASN
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
CBSSN
Championship
Saturday, March 12
FS1
                                               
9 North Texas 76  
8 Western Kentucky 84  
  8 Western Kentucky 88
  1 UAB 77  
  8 Western Kentucky 77  
  5 Old Dominion 89  
13 UTSA 58  
12 Florida Atlantic 82  
  12 Florida Atlantic 46  
  5 Old Dominion 72  
  5 Old Dominion 68
  4 Louisiana Tech 52  
5 Old Dominion 53
2 Middle Tennessee 55
10 Rice 69  
7 Charlotte 79  
  7 Charlotte 61
  2 Middle Tennessee 79  
  2 Middle Tennessee 99
  3 Marshall 90  
11 FIU 77  
6 UTEP 85  
  6 UTEP 85
  3 Marshall 87  

See also

References

  1. "C-USA Basketball Championships to Return to Birmingham" Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Conference USA, September 30, 2015.
  2. "Conference USA Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. Norlander, Matt. "Southern Miss self-imposes postseason ban for 2nd straight year". CBSSports.com. CBS INTERACTIVE. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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