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2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
| 2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament |
|---|
| Division I |
| 2015–16 |
| 13 |
| Legacy ArenaBirmingham, Alabama |
| Middle Tennessee (1st title) |
| Kermit Davis (1st title) |
| Reggie Upshaw (Middle Tennessee) |
| 33,438 |
| ASN, CBSSN, FS1 |
| Conference USA men's basketball tournaments |
The 2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena. Southern Miss did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed a postseason ban for pending NCAA violations. Middle Tennessee won the tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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 | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UAB | 16–2 | |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | 13–5 | |
| 3 | Marshall | 12–6 | 2–1 vs. LA Tech & Old Dominion |
| 4 | Louisiana Tech | 12–6 | 1–1 vs. Marshall & Old Dominion |
| 5 | Old Dominion | 12–6 | 1–2 vs. LA Tech & Marshall |
| 6 | UTEP | 10–8 | |
| 7 | Charlotte | 9–9 | |
| 8 | Western Kentucky | 8–10 | |
| 9 | North Texas | 7–11 | 2–1 vs. Rice & FIU, 1-1 vs. Louisiana Tech |
| 10 | Rice | 7–11 | 2–1 vs. North Texas & FIU, 0-2 vs. Louisiana Tech |
| 11 | FIU | 7–11 | 0–2 vs. Rice & North Texas |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 5–13 | |
| 13 | UTSA | 3–15 |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final Score | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:00 pm | #12 Florida Atlantic vs. #13 UTSA | 82–58 | ASN | 220 |
| 2 | 12:00 pm | #8 Western Kentucky vs. #9 North Texas | 84–76 | ASN | 3,888 |
| 3 | 2:30 pm | #5 Old Dominion vs. #12 Florida Atlantic | 72–46 | ||
| 4 | 6:00 pm | #7 Charlotte vs. #10 Rice | 79–69 | 3,905 | |
| 5 | 8:30 pm | #6 UTEP vs. #11 FIU | 85–77 | ||
| 6 | 12:00 pm | #1 UAB vs. #8 Western Kentucky | 77–88 | ASN | 9,797 |
| 7 | 2:30 pm | #4 La Tech vs. #5 Old Dominion | 52–68 | ||
| 8 | 6:00 pm | #2 Middle Tennessee vs. #7 Charlotte | 79–61 | 3,933 | |
| 9 | 8:30 pm | #3 Marshall vs #6 UTEP | 87–85 | ||
| 10 | 3:00 pm | #5 Old Dominion vs #8 Western Kentucky | 89–77 | CBSSN | 6,176 |
| 11 | 5:30 pm | #2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Marshall | 99–90 | ||
| 12 | 1:30 pm | #2 Middle Tennessee vs #5 Old Dominion | 55–53 | FS1 | 5,519 |
| *Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed |
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