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2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

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2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams13
SiteLegacy Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee (1st title)
Winning coachKermit Davis (1st title)
MVPReggie Upshaw (Middle Tennessee)
Attendance33,438
TelevisionASN, CBSSN, FS1
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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
Western Kentucky 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

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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

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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

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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
8Western Kentucky88
9North Texas761UAB77
8Western Kentucky848Western Kentucky77
5Old Dominion89
5Old Dominion68
12Florida Atlantic464Louisiana Tech52
13UTSA585Old Dominion725Old Dominion53
12Florida Atlantic822Middle Tennessee55
7Charlotte61
10Rice692Middle Tennessee79
7Charlotte792Middle Tennessee99
3Marshall90
6UTEP85
11FIU773Marshall87
6UTEP85

See also

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References

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  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.