2016_Conference_USA_men's_basketball_tournament

2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

College 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.

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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.

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Schedule

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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
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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

References

  1. [1]
    "C-USA Basketball Championships to Return to Birmingham" Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Conference USA, September 30, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Conference USA Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball". Conference USA. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. [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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