| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Legacy Arena |
| City: | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Champions: | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Kermit Davis |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Giddy Potts |
| Mvpteam: | Middle Tennessee |
| Television: | ASN, CBSSN |
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.
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 |
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 |