2006 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

none July 2023 March 2026 2006 Conference USA I Men's 12 FedExForum Memphis, TN Memphis 1st John Calipari 1st Shawne Williams Memphis The 2006 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.2005-06 Conference USA Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/cusa/2006.html April 21, 2016 Top-seeded Memphis defeated UAB in the championship game, 57–46, to clinch their first Conference USA men's tournament championship. It would be the Tigers' first of seven C-USA titles in an eight-year period. The Tigers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA member UAB, who earned an at-large bid. Format Conference USA saw some drastic changes to its membership prior to the season. Eight teams, Charlotte (Atlantic 10), Cincinnati (Big East), DePaul (Big East), Louisville (Big East), Marquette (Big East), Saint Louis (Atlantic 10), South Florida (Big East), and TCU (Mountain West), departed the conference, while six new teams were added, Marshall (MAC), Rice (WAC), SMU (WAC), Tulsa (WAC), UCF (Sun Belt), and UTEP (WAC). Total membership settled at twelve teams. Even with all of the newly departed and -added teams, the tournament's format remained exactly the same. The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the next eight teams were placed into the first round. All remaining tournament seeds were determined by regular season conference records. Bracket First roundWednesday, March 8 QuarterfinalsThursday, March 9 SemifinalsFriday, March 10 ChampionshipSaturday, March 11 9 Marshall 58 8 2005 men Tulane Green Wave Tulane 64 5 UCF 65 12 2005 men East Carolina Pirates East Carolina 52 11 2005 none Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss 66 6 2005 men Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa 61 7 2005 men Rice Owls Rice 59 10 2005 men SMU Mustangs SMU 61 1 #5 Memphis 75 8 Tulane 56 5 UCF 52 4 2005 men Houston Cougars Houston 71 3 2005 men UTEP Miners UTEP 66 11 Southern Miss 47 10 SMU 55 2 #24 UAB 69 1 #5 Memphis 68 4 Houston 54 3 UTEP 60 2 #24 UAB 63 1 #5 Memphis 57 2 #24 UAB 46 References Category:Conference USA men's basketball tournament Tournament Conference USA men's basketball tournament Conference USA men's basketball tournament