2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

September 2018 March 2026 2016 Conference USA I Men's 13 Legacy Arena Birmingham, Alabama Middle Tennessee 1st Kermit Davis 1st Reggie Upshaw Middle Tennessee 33,438 ASN, CBSSN, FS1 The 2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena."C-USA Basketball Championships to Return to Birmingham" https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210206/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/061215aac.html September 23, 2015, Conference USA, September 30, 2015.Conference USA Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/m-baskbl-format.html Conference USA December 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131206043042/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/m-baskbl-format.html 2013-12-06 dead mdy-all Southern Miss did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed a postseason ban for pending NCAA violations.Norlander Matt Southern Miss self-imposes postseason ban for 2nd straight year http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25367636/southern-miss-self-imposes-postseason-ban-for-second-straight-year CBSSports.com CBS INTERACTIVE 15 February 2016 mdy-all Middle Tennessee won the tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. 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. Seed School Conference Tiebreaker1UAB16–22Middle Tennessee13–53Marshall12–62–1 vs. LA Tech & Old Dominion 4Louisiana Tech12–61–1 vs. Marshall & Old Dominion5Old Dominion12–61–2 vs. LA Tech & Marshall6UTEP10–87Charlotte9–98Western Kentucky8–109North Texas7–112–1 vs. Rice & FIU, 1-1 vs. Louisiana Tech10Rice7–112–1 vs. North Texas & FIU, 0-2 vs. Louisiana Tech11FIU7–110–2 vs. Rice & North Texas12Florida Atlantic5–1313UTSA3–15 Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Final ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 814:00 pm#12 Florida Atlantic vs. #13 UTSA82–58ASN220 Second round – Wednesday, March 9212:00 pm#8 Western Kentucky vs. #9 North Texas84–76ASN3,88832:30 pm#5 Old Dominion vs. #12 Florida Atlantic72–4646:00 pm#7 Charlotte vs. #10 Rice79–693,90558:30 pm#6 UTEP vs. #11 FIU85–77 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10612:00 pm#1 UAB vs. #8 Western Kentucky77–88ASN9,79772:30 pm#4 La Tech vs. #5 Old Dominion52–6886:00 pm#2 Middle Tennessee vs. #7 Charlotte79–613,93398:30 pm#3 Marshall vs #6 UTEP87–85 Semifinals – Friday, March 11103:00 pm#5 Old Dominion vs #8 Western Kentucky89–77CBSSN6,176115:30 pm#2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Marshall99–90 Championship – Saturday, March 12121:30 pm#2 Middle Tennessee vs #5 Old Dominion55–53FS15,519 *Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket First roundTuesday, March 8ASN Second roundWednesday, March 9ASN QuarterfinalsThursday, March 10ASN SemifinalsFriday, March 11CBSSN ChampionshipSaturday, March 12FS1 13 UTSA 58 12 Florida Atlantic 82 9 North Texas 76 8 Western Kentucky 84 12 Florida Atlantic 46 5 Old Dominion 72 10 Rice 69 7 Charlotte 79 11 FIU 77 6 UTEP 85 8 Western Kentucky 88 1 UAB 77 5 Old Dominion 68 4 Louisiana Tech 52 7 Charlotte 61 2 Middle Tennessee 79 6 UTEP 85 3 Marshall 87 8 Western Kentucky 77 5 Old Dominion 89 2 Middle Tennessee 99 3 Marshall 90 5 Old Dominion 53 2 Middle Tennessee 55 See also 2016 Conference USA women's basketball tournament References Tournament Category:Conference USA men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Alabama Category:Basketball competitions in Birmingham, Alabama Conference USA men's basketball tournament Conference USA men's basketball tournament Category:2010s in Birmingham, Alabama