2021 Conference USA women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Conference USA
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:12
Arena:The Ford Center at The Star
City:Frisco, Texas
Champions:Middle Tennessee
Titlecount:17th
Coach:Rick Insell
Coachcount:16th
Mvp:Anastasia Hayes
Mvpteam:MTSU
Television:ESPN+, Stadium, CBSSN

The 2021 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 10 through March 13, 2021. Middle Tennessee won the tournament, its 17th title, earning a bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]

Seeds

All 14 teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within their respective conference divisions, however the tournament will blend the divisional seed opponents in each round.

East seedSchoolConf.Over.
1Middle Tennessee12–414–7
2Charlotte9–510–9
3Florida Atlantic8–810–10
4FIU8–812–11
5Marshall7–98–10
6Old Dominion7–910–10
7Western Kentucky6–107–15
West seedSchoolConf.Over.
1Rice12–216–3
2UTEP13–516–7
3North Texas10–413–16
4Louisiana Tech8–813–9
5Southern Miss5–117–11
6UAB3–119–12
7UTSA0–142–17

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup**TelevisionAttendance
First round – Tuesday, March 9
114:00 pm6E Old Dominion 83 vs. 7E Western Kentucky 77 OTESPN+283
24:30 pm6W UAB 80 vs. 7W UTSA 66
Second round – Wednesday, March 10
2311:00 am4E FIU 85 vs. 5W Southern Mississippi 75ESPN+
411:30 am3W North Texas 66 vs. 6E Old Dominion 71
352:00 pm4W Louisiana Tech 50 vs. 5E Marshall 48623
62:30 pm3E FAU 72 vs. 6W UAB 66
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
4711:00 am1W Rice 77 vs. 4E FIU 60Stadium
811:30 am2E Charlotte 89 vs. 6E Old Dominion 90 2OTESPN+
592:00 pm1E MTSU 77 vs. 4W Louisiana Tech 71Stadium
102:30 pm2W UTEP 74 vs. 3E FAU 67ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
6115:30 pm1W Rice 62 vs. 6E Old Dominion 60Stadium
128:30 pm1E MTSU 74 vs. 2W UTEP 58
Championship – Saturday, March 13
7135:00 pm1W Rice 65 vs. 1E MTSU 68CBSSN
*Game times in CT. ** – Rankings denote division seed|}

Bracket

* denotes overtime

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. https://conferenceusa.com/sports/2021/2/18/2021_BKBChamp.aspx 2021 C-USA Basketball Championships