# 2019 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA that was held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, from March 13 through March 16, 2019. In the first round and quarterfinals, two games were played simultaneously within the same arena, with the courts separated by a curtain. Rice won the conference tournament championship game over Middle Tennessee, 69–54. Nancy Mulkey was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

## Seeds

The top twelve teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Rice | 16–0 | 25–3 | |
| 2 | UAB | 12–4 | 24–5 | |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee | 11–5 | 20–9 | 1–0 vs. UAB |
| 4 | Western Kentucky | 11–5 | 17–13 | 0–1 vs. UAB |
| 5 | Old Dominion | 10–6 | 20–9 | 1–0 vs. USM |
| 6 | Marshall | 10–6 | 16–13 | 0–1 vs. USM |
| 7 | Charlotte | 9–7 | 17–11 | 1–0 vs. WKU |
| 8 | Southern Miss | 9–7 | 17–12 | 0–1 vs. WKU |
| 9 | North Texas | 7–9 | 14–14 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 6–10 | 14–15 | |
| 11 | UTEP | 5–11 | 8–21 | |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 2–14 | 6–23 | 2–1 vs. FIU, UTSA |
| | FIU | 2–14 | 5–24 | 1–2 vs. FAU, UTSA |
| | UTSA | 2–14 | 7–21 | 0–2 vs. FIU, FAU |
| ‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the regular season. |||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 13 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | #8 Southern Miss vs #9 North Texas | ESPN+ | |
| 1 | 2 | 11:30 am | #5 Old Dominion vs #12 Florida Atlantic | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 3 | 1:30 pm | #7 Charlotte vs #10 Louisiana Tech | ESPN+ | 1,921 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:00 pm | #6 Marshall vs #11 UTEP | ESPN+ | 1,921 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:00 am | #1 Rice vs #9 North Texas | Stadium | |
| 3 | 6 | 11:30 am | #4 Western Kentucky vs #5 Old Dominion | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 pm | #2 UAB vs #7 Charlotte | Stadium | |
| 4 | 8 | 2:00 pm | #3 Middle Tennessee vs #11 UTEP | ESPN+ | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5:30 pm | #1 Rice vs #4 Western Kentucky | Stadium | 2,592 |
| 5 | 10 | 8:00 pm | #2 UAB vs #3 Middle Tennessee | Stadium | 2,592 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 4:30 pm | #1 Rice vs #3 Middle Tennessee | CBSSN | |
| *Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 13 ESPN+ | First round Wednesday, March 13 ESPN+ | First round Wednesday, March 13 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 ESPN+/Stadium | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 ESPN+/Stadium | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 ESPN+/Stadium | Semifinals Friday, March 15 Stadium | Semifinals Friday, March 15 Stadium | Semifinals Friday, March 15 Stadium | Championship Game Saturday, March 16 CBSSN | Championship Game Saturday, March 16 CBSSN | Championship Game Saturday, March 16 CBSSN |
| | | | 1 | Rice | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | North Texas | 43 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Southern Miss | 46 | 9 | North Texas | 43 | | | | | | |
| 9 | North Texas | 49 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | North Texas | 49 | | | | 1 | Rice | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Western Kentucky | 57 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Western Kentucky | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Old Dominion | 60 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Old Dominion | 60 | 5 | Old Dominion | 60 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 32 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 32 | | | | | | | 1 | Rice | 69 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Middle Tennessee | 54 |
| | | | 2 | UAB | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Charlotte | 55 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Charlotte | 55 | 7 | Charlotte | 55 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 46 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 46 | | | | 2 | UAB | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Middle Tennessee | 75 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Middle Tennessee | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | UTEP | 44 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Marshall | 56 | 11 | UTEP | 44 | | | | | | |
| 11 | UTEP | 64$^{2OT}$ | | | | | | | | | |
All times listed are Central