2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament

2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 12
Site Legacy Arena
Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
Champions WKU (2nd title)
Winning coach Michelle Clark-Heard (2nd title)
MVP Kendall Noble (WKU)
Television ASN, CBSSN, Campus Insiders
2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
WKU †16–2 .889  27–8  .771
Middle Tennessee15–3 .833  23–11  .676
Southern Miss13–5 .722  23–11  .676
Charlotte12–6 .667  21–10  .677
Louisiana Tech12–6 .667  18–14  .563
Old Dominion11–7 .611  17–14  .548
UTSA10–8 .556  14–17  .452
Rice8–10 .444  22–13  .629
UAB8–10 .444  15–15  .500
North Texas8–10 .444  12–19  .387
Marshall5–13 .278  13–17  .433
UTEP5–13 .278  8–23  .258
FIU3–15 .167  5–24  .172
Florida Atlantic0–18 .000  4–25  .138
† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 26, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held from March 8–11, 2017 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds will take place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship will take place at Legacy Arena.[1] WKU won their 2nd C-USA tournament title and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.

Seeds

The top twelve teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Western Kentucky 16–2 25–6
2 Middle Tennessee 15–3 20–9
3 Southern Miss 13–5 21–9
4 LA Tech 12–6 17–12 1–0 vs. Charlotte
5 Charlotte 12–6 20–9 0–1 vs. LA Tech
6 Old Dominion 11–7 16–13
7 UTSA 10–8 14–15
8 Rice 8–10 17–12 1–1 vs. Charlotte
9 North Texas 8–10 11–18 0–2 vs. Charlotte
10 UAB 7–11 14–15
11 UTEP 5–13 8–22
12 Marshall 5–13 13–16
‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a double–bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single–bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the C–USA Tournament.

Eliminated from Conference Tournament: Florida Atlantic, Florida International

Schedule

*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Round Date Game Matchup# Television Attendance
First March 8, 2017 1 #9 UAB vs #8 North Texas Campus Insiders 820
2 #12 Marshall vs #5 Charlotte
3 #10 Rice vs #7 UTSA 1,001
4 #11 UTEP vs #6 Old Dominion
Quarterfinal March 9, 2017 5 #1 WKU vs #8 North Texas Campus Insiders 686
6 #4 LA Tech vs #5 Charlotte
7 #2 Middle Tennessee vs #10 Rice
8 #3 Southern Miss vs #6 Old Dominion
Semifinals March 10, 2017 9 #1 WKU vs #4 LA Tech ASN
10 #2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Southern Miss
Championship March 11, 2017 11 #1 WKU vs. #3 Southern Miss CBSSN

Bracket

[2]

  First Round
Wednesday, March 8
CI		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
CI		 Semifinals
Friday, March 10
ASN		 Championship Game
Saturday, March 11
CBSSN
                                     
       
  1 Western Kentucky 78  
    8 North Texas 51  
8 North Texas 652OT
9 UAB 62  
  1 Western Kentucky 77  
  4 LA Tech 59  
       
       
  4 LA Tech 66
    5 Charlotte 55  
5 Charlotte 71
12 Marshall 66  
  1 Western Kentucky 67
  3 Southern Miss 56
       
       
  2 Middle Tennessee 61
    10 Rice 59  
7 UTSA 63
10 Rice 75  
  2 Middle Tennessee 54
  3 Southern Miss 59  
       
       
  3 Southern Miss 80
    6 Old Dominion 74  
6 Old Dominion 80
11 UTEP 70  

All times listed are Central

See also

2017 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Conference USA Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball Championship". Conference USA. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ "C-USA 2017 Women's Basketball Championship Bracket" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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