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College basketball tournament
2017 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams12
SiteLegacy Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2nd title)
Winning coachKermit Davis (2nd title)
MVPGiddy Potts (Middle Tennessee)
TelevisionASN, CBSSN
Conference USA men's basketball tournaments← 20162018 →
2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Middle Tennessee † 17 – 1   .944 31 – 5   .861
Louisiana Tech 14 – 4   .778 23 – 10   .697
Old Dominion 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
UTEP 12 – 6   .667 15 – 17   .469
Rice 11 – 7   .611 23 – 12   .657
Marshall 10 – 8   .556 20 – 15   .571
UAB 9 – 9   .500 17 – 16   .515
Western Kentucky 9 – 9   .500 15 – 17   .469
UTSA 8 – 10   .444 14 – 19   .424
Charlotte 7 – 11   .389 13 – 17   .433
Florida Atlantic 6 – 12   .333 10 – 20   .333
Southern Miss 6 – 12   .333 9 – 22   .290
FIU 3 – 15   .167 7 – 24   .226
North Texas 2 – 16   .111 8 – 22   .267
† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner

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.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Middle Tennessee 17–1
2 Louisiana Tech 14–4
3 Old Dominion 12–6 1–0 vs. UTEP
4 UTEP 12–6 0–1 vs. Old Dominion
5 Rice 11–7
6 Marshall 10–8
7 UAB 9–9 1–0 vs. Louisiana Tech
8 WKU 9–9 0–1 vs. Louisiana Tech
9 UTSA 8–10
10 Charlotte 7–11
11 FAU 6–12 1–0 vs. Southern Miss
12 Southern Miss 6–12 0–1 vs. FAU

Schedule

Rankings denote tournament seed.

Round Date Game Matchup Score Television Attendance
First March 8, 2017 1 No. 8 Western Kentucky vs. No. 9 UTSA 52–56 Campus Insiders 3,207
2 No. 5 Rice vs. No. 12 Southern Miss 86–75
3 No. 7 UAB vs. No. 10 Charlotte 74–73 6,410
4 No. 6 Marshall vs. No. 11 Florida Atlantic 89–74
Quarterfinals March 9, 2017 5 No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 9 UTSA 86–70 ASN 3,654
6 No. 4 UTEP vs. No. 5 Rice 86–76
7 No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 UAB 69–57 4,005
8 No. 3 Old Dominion vs. No. 6 Marshall 63–64
Semifinals March 10, 2017 9 No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 4 UTEP 82–56 CBSSN 3,299
10 No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 6 Marshall 77–93
Championship March 11, 2017 11 No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Marshall 83–72 CBSSN 3,956

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 8 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
ASN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10
CBSSN 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
CBSSN
            
1 Middle Tennessee 86
9 UTSA 70
8 Western Kentucky 52
9 UTSA 56
1 Middle Tennessee 82
4 UTEP 56
4 UTEP 86
5 Rice 76
5 Rice 86
12 Southern Miss 75
1 Middle Tennessee 83
6 Marshall 72
2 Louisiana Tech 69
7 UAB 57
7 UAB 74
10 Charlotte 73
2 Louisiana Tech 77
6 Marshall 93
3 Old Dominion 63
6 Marshall 64
6 Marshall 89
11 Florida Atlantic 74

See also

References

Conference USA men's basketball tournament
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2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
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