# 2017 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held March 8–11 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds took place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship took place at Legacy Arena. WKU won their 2nd C-USA tournament title and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

## Seeds

The top twelve teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 16–2 | 25–6 | |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | 15–3 | 20–9 | |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 13–5 | 21–9 | |
| 4 | Louisiana Tech | 12–6 | 17–12 | 1–0 vs. Charlotte |
| 5 | Charlotte | 12–6 | 20–9 | 0–1 vs. Louisiana Tech |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 11–7 | 16–13 | |
| 7 | UTSA | 10–8 | 14–15 | |
| 8 | Rice | 8–10 | 17–12 | 1–1 vs. Charlotte |
| 9 | North Texas | 8–10 | 11–18 | 0–2 vs. Charlotte |
| 10 | UAB | 7–11 | 14–15 | |
| 11 | UTEP | 5–13 | 8–22 | |
| 12 | Marshall | 5–13 | 13–16 | |
| ‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double–bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single–bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the C–USA Tournament. |||||
Eliminated from Conference tournament: Florida Atlantic, Florida International

## Schedule

*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
| Round | Date | Game | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| First | March 8, 2017 | 1 | #9 UAB vs #8 North Texas | Campus Insiders | 820 |
| First | March 8, 2017 | 2 | #12 Marshall vs #5 Charlotte | Campus Insiders | 820 |
| First | March 8, 2017 | 3 | #10 Rice vs #7 UTSA | Campus Insiders | 1,001 |
| First | March 8, 2017 | 4 | #11 UTEP vs #6 Old Dominion | Campus Insiders | 1,001 |
| Quarterfinal | March 9, 2017 | 5 | #1 WKU vs #8 North Texas | Campus Insiders | 686 |
| Quarterfinal | March 9, 2017 | 6 | #4 Louisiana Tech vs #5 Charlotte | Campus Insiders | 686 |
| Quarterfinal | March 9, 2017 | 7 | #2 Middle Tennessee vs #10 Rice | Campus Insiders | |
| Quarterfinal | March 9, 2017 | 8 | #3 Southern Miss vs #6 Old Dominion | Campus Insiders | |
| Semifinals | March 10, 2017 | 9 | #1 WKU vs #4 Louisiana Tech | ASN | |
| Semifinals | March 10, 2017 | 10 | #2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Southern Miss | ASN | |
| Championship | March 11, 2017 | 11 | #1 WKU vs. #3 Southern Miss | CBSSN | |

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 8 CI | First round Wednesday, March 8 CI | First round Wednesday, March 8 CI | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 CI | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 CI | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 CI | Semifinals Friday, March 10 ASN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 ASN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 ASN | Championship game Saturday, March 11 CBSSN | Championship game Saturday, March 11 CBSSN | Championship game Saturday, March 11 CBSSN |
| | | | 1 | Western Kentucky | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | North Texas | 51 | | | | | | |
| 8 | North Texas | 65$^{2OT}$ | 8 | North Texas | 51 | | | | | | |
| 9 | UAB | 62 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | UAB | 62 | | | | 1 | Western Kentucky | 77 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Louisiana Tech | 59 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Louisiana Tech | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Charlotte | 55 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Charlotte | 71 | 5 | Charlotte | 55 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Marshall | 66 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Marshall | 66 | | | | | | | 1 | Western Kentucky | 67 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 56 |
| | | | 2 | Middle Tennessee | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Rice | 59 | | | | | | |
| 7 | UTSA | 63 | 10 | Rice | 59 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Rice | 75 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Rice | 75 | | | | 2 | Middle Tennessee | 54 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 59 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Southern Miss | 80 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Old Dominion | 74 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 80 | 6 | Old Dominion | 74 | | | | | | |
| 11 | UTEP | 70 | | | | | | | | | |
All times listed are Central