# 2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

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.

## 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 | 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 | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Final Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 ||||||
| 1 | 4:00 pm | #12 Florida Atlantic vs. #13 UTSA | 82–58 | ASN | 220 |
| Second round – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 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 | ASN | 3,888 |
| 4 | 6:00 pm | #7 Charlotte vs. #10 Rice | 79–69 | ASN | 3,905 |
| 5 | 8:30 pm | #6 UTEP vs. #11 FIU | 85–77 | ASN | 3,905 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 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 | ASN | 9,797 |
| 8 | 6:00 pm | #2 Middle Tennessee vs. #7 Charlotte | 79–61 | ASN | 3,933 |
| 9 | 8:30 pm | #3 Marshall vs #6 UTEP | 87–85 | ASN | 3,933 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 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 | CBSSN | 6,176 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 12 | 1:30 pm | #2 Middle Tennessee vs #5 Old Dominion | 55–53 | FS1 | 5,519 |
| *Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Tuesday, March 8 ASN | First round Tuesday, March 8 ASN | First round Tuesday, March 8 ASN | Second round Wednesday, March 9 ASN | Second round Wednesday, March 9 ASN | Second round Wednesday, March 9 ASN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 ASN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 ASN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 ASN | | | Semifinals Friday, March 11 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 11 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 11 CBSSN | Championship Saturday, March 12 FS1 | Championship Saturday, March 12 FS1 | Championship Saturday, March 12 FS1 |
| | | | | | | 8 | Western Kentucky | 88 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | North Texas | 76 | 1 | UAB | 77 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Western Kentucky | 84 | | | | | | 8 | Western Kentucky | 77 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Old Dominion | 89 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Old Dominion | 68 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Florida Atlantic | 46 | 4 | Louisiana Tech | 52 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | UTSA | 58 | 5 | Old Dominion | 72 | | | | | | | | 5 | Old Dominion | 53 |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 82 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 2 | Middle Tennessee | 55 |
| | | | | | | 7 | Charlotte | 61 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Rice | 69 | 2 | Middle Tennessee | 79 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Charlotte | 79 | | | | | | 2 | Middle Tennessee | 99 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Marshall | 90 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | UTEP | 85 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | FIU | 77 | 3 | Marshall | 87 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | UTEP | 85 | | | | | | | | | | | |