2017 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

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.

2017 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	12
Site	Legacy Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Champions	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2nd title)
Winning coach	Kermit Davis (2nd title)
MVP	Giddy Potts (Middle Tennessee)
Television	ASN, CBSSN
Conference USA men's basketball tournaments

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

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

• 2017 Conference USA women's basketball tournament