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

• 2016 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament

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.