2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 13
Site Legacy Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
Champions Middle Tennessee (1st title)
Winning coach Kermit Davis (1st title)
MVP Reggie Upshaw (Middle Tennessee)
Attendance 33,438
Television ASN, CBSSN, FS1
Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UAB 16 – 2   .889     26 – 7   .788
Middle Tennessee † 13 – 5   .722     25 – 10   .714
Marshall 12 – 6   .667     17 – 16   .515
Louisiana Tech 12 – 6   .667     23 – 10   .697
Old Dominion 12 – 6   .667     25 – 13   .658
UTEP 10 – 8   .556     19 – 14   .576
Charlotte 9 – 9   .500     14 – 19   .424
WKU 8 – 10   .444     18 – 16   .529
North Texas 7 – 11   .389     12 – 20   .375
Rice 7 – 11   .389     12 – 20   .375
FIU 7 – 11   .389     13 – 19   .406
Florida Atlantic 5 – 13   .278     8 – 25   .242
Southern Miss* 5 – 13   .278     8 – 21   .276
UTSA 3 – 15   .167     5 – 27   .156
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban.
† 2016 C-USA Tournament winner

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.

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. Teams will reseed after the quarterfinals.

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", Conference USA, September 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Conference USA Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball". Conference USA. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Norlander, Matt. "Southern Miss self-imposes postseason ban for 2nd straight year". CBSSports.com. CBS INTERACTIVE. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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