2017 Conference USA women's basketball tournament


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

2017 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams12
SiteLegacy Arena
Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsWKU (2nd title)
Winning coachMichelle Clark-Heard (2nd title)
MVPKendall Noble (WKU)
TelevisionASN, CBSSN, Campus Insiders
← 2016
2018 →
2016–17 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
WKU 16 2   .889 27 8   .771
Middle Tennessee 15 3   .833 23 11   .676
Southern Miss 13 5   .722 23 11   .676
Charlotte 12 6   .667 21 10   .677
Louisiana Tech 12 6   .667 18 14   .563
Old Dominion 11 7   .611 17 14   .548
UTSA 10 8   .556 14 17   .452
Rice 8 10   .444 22 13   .629
UAB 8 10   .444 15 15   .500
North Texas 8 10   .444 12 19   .387
Marshall 5 13   .278 13 17   .433
UTEP 5 13   .278 8 23   .258
FIU 3 15   .167 5 24   .172
Florida Atlantic 0 18   .000 4 25   .138
2017 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 26, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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The top twelve teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were 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 Louisiana Tech 12–6 17–12 1–0 vs. Charlotte
5 Charlotte 12–6 20–9 0–1 vs. Louisiana 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

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*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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana Tech ASN
10 #2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Southern Miss
Championship March 11, 2017 11 #1 WKU vs. #3 Southern Miss CBSSN

Bracket

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[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 Louisiana Tech 59
4 Louisiana 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

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2017 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

References

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  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.