2017 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2017 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11, 2017, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena. Middle Tennessee received the conference automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament with an 83-72 win over Marshall in the finals.

Seeds

Only 12 conference teams are eligible for the tournament. As a result, the top 4 teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Middle Tennessee17–1
2Louisiana Tech14–4
3Old Dominion12–61–0 vs. UTEP
4UTEP12–60–1 vs. Old Dominion
5Rice11–7
6Marshall10–8
7UAB9–91–0 vs. Louisiana Tech
8WKU9–90–1 vs. Louisiana Tech
9UTSA8–10
10Charlotte7–11
11FAU6–121–0 vs. Southern Miss
12Southern Miss6–120–1 vs. FAU

Schedule

Rankings denote tournament seed.
RoundDateGameMatchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
FirstMarch 8, 20171No. 8 Western Kentucky vs. No. 9 UTSA52–56Campus Insiders3,207
FirstMarch 8, 20172No. 5 Rice vs. No. 12 Southern Miss86–75Campus Insiders3,207
FirstMarch 8, 20173No. 7 UAB vs. No. 10 Charlotte74–73Campus Insiders6,410
FirstMarch 8, 20174No. 6 Marshall vs. No. 11 Florida Atlantic89–74Campus Insiders6,410
QuarterfinalsMarch 9, 20175No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 9 UTSA86–70ASN3,654
QuarterfinalsMarch 9, 20176No. 4 UTEP vs. No. 5 Rice86–76ASN3,654
QuarterfinalsMarch 9, 20177No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 UAB69–57ASN4,005
QuarterfinalsMarch 9, 20178No. 3 Old Dominion vs. No. 6 Marshall63–64ASN4,005
SemifinalsMarch 10, 20179No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 4 UTEP82–56CBSSN3,299
SemifinalsMarch 10, 201710No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 6 Marshall77–93CBSSN3,299
ChampionshipMarch 11, 201711No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Marshall83–72CBSSN3,956

Bracket