# 2016 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held March 8–12 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds took place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship were held at Legacy Arena. Middle Tennessee won their second C-USA title and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

## Seeds

The top fourteen 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 | UTEP | 16–2 | 25–3 | |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | 15–3 | 21–8 | 1–1 vs. WKU, 1–0 vs. CHA |
| 3 | WKU | 15–3 | 24–5 | 1–1 vs. MTSU, 1–1 vs. CHA |
| 4 | Charlotte | 12–6 | 18–10 | |
| 5 | Old Dominion | 10–8 | 14–16 | |
| 6 | Marshall | 9–9 | 19–10 | 1–0 vs. LT |
| 7 | Louisiana Tech | 9–9 | 14–15 | 0–1 vs. MARSHALL |
| 8 | UAB | 7–11 | 14–15 | 2–0 vs. RICE, USM |
| 9 | Southern Miss | 7–11 | 14–15 | 2–1 vs. RICE, UAB |
| 10 | Rice | 7–11 | 8–21 | 0–3 vs. USM, UAB |
| 11 | UTSA | 6–12 | 10–18 | 1–1 vs. FAU, 1–0 vs. USM |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 6–12 | 14–15 | 1–1 vs. UTSA, 0–1 vs. USM |
| 13 | North Texas | 5–13 | 10–18 | |
| 14 | FIU | 2–16 | 4–25 | |
| ‡ – 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. |||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | #12 Florida Atlantic vs. #13 North Texas | ASN | 273 |
| 1 | 2 | 1:30 pm | #11 UTSA vs. #14 FIU | ASN | 272 |
| Second round – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:00 am | #8 UAB vs. #9 Southern Miss | ASN | 356 |
| 2 | 4 | 1:30 pm | #5 Old Dominion vs. #13 North Texas | ASN | 311 |
| 3 | 5 | 5:00 pm | #7 Louisiana Tech vs. #10 Rice | ASN | |
| 3 | 6 | 7:30 pm | #6 Marshall vs. #14 FIU | ASN | |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 11:00 am | #1 UTEP vs. #8 UAB | ASN | 327 |
| 4 | 8 | 1:30 pm | #4 Charlotte vs. #5 Old Dominion | ASN | 432 |
| 5 | 9 | 5:00 pm | #3 Middle Tennessee vs. #10 Rice | ASN | 563 |
| 5 | 10 | 7:30 pm | #2 WKU vs #6 Marshall | ASN | 499 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 10:00 am | #1 UTEP vs #5 Old Dominion | CBSSN | |
| 6 | 12 | 12:30 pm | #3 Middle Tennessee vs #6 Marshall | CBSSN | |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 7 | 13 | 7:00 pm | #5 Old Dominion vs #3 Middle Tennessee | CBSSN | |
| *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 game Saturday, March 12 CBSSN | Championship game Saturday, March 12 CBSSN | Championship game Saturday, March 12 CBSSN |
| | | | | | | 1 | UTEP | 62$^{OT}$ | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | UAB | 64 | 8 | UAB | 59 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Southern Miss | 46 | | | | | | 1 | UTEP | 54 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Old Dominion | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Charlotte | 54 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Old Dominion | 62 | 5 | Old Dominion | 57 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 74 | 13 | North Texas | 55 | | | | | | | | 5 | Old Dominion | 54 |
| 13 | North Texas | 79 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 2 | Middle Tennessee | 70 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Middle Tennessee | 74 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Louisiana Tech | 57 | 10 | Rice | 54 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Rice | 62$^{OT}$ | | | | | | 2 | Middle Tennessee | 69 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Marshall | 41 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | WKU | 63 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Marshall | 76 | 6 | Marshall | 66 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | UTSA | 56 | 14 | FIU | 44 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | FIU | 61 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
All times listed are Central