2022 Conference USA men's basketball tournament explained

The 2022 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was the concluding event of the 2021–22 men's basketball season for Conference USA (C-USA). It was held March 8–12, 2022, in Frisco, Texas, at the Ford Center at The Star. The winner, the UAB Blazers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1 East	Middle Tennessee	13–5
1 West	North Texas	16–2
2 East	Western Kentucky	11–7	2–0 vs. Old Dominion
2 West	UAB	14–4
3 East	Florida Atlantic	11–7	1–1 vs. Old Dominion
3 West	Louisiana Tech	12–6
4 East	Charlotte	10–8
4 West	UTEP	11–7
5 East	Old Dominion	8–10
5 West	Rice	7–11
6 East	FIU	5–13
6 West	UTSA	3–15
7 East	Marshall	4–14
7 West	Southern Miss	1–17

Game	Time^[1]	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Tuesday, March 8
1	6:30 pm	E6 FIU vs. E7 Marshall	62–74	ESPN+
2	7:00 pm	W6 UTSA vs. W7 Southern Miss	64–67	ESPN+
Second Round – Wednesday, March 9
3	5:30 pm	E4 Charlotte vs. W5 Rice	61–73	ESPN+
4	6:00 pm	W3 Louisiana Tech vs. E7 Marshall	77–67
5	8:00 pm	W4 UTEP vs. E5 Old Dominion	74–64
6	8:30 pm	E3 FAU vs. W7 Southern Miss	86–59
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
7	5:30 pm	W1 North Texas vs. W5 Rice	68–50	Stadium
8	6:00 pm	E2 Western Kentucky vs. W3 Louisiana Tech	57–59
9	8:00 pm	E1 Middle Tennessee vs. W4 UTEP	66–59^OT
10	8:30 pm	W2 UAB vs. E3 FAU	80–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
11	11:30 am	W1 North Texas vs. W3 Louisiana Tech	36-42	CBSSN
12	2:00 pm	E1 Middle Tennessee vs. W2 UAB	98-102^3OT	CBSSN
Championship – Saturday, March 12
13	7:30 pm	W3 Louisiana Tech vs. W2 UAB	82-73	CBSSN
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

* denotes overtime period.

Web site: 2022 MBK Champ Bracket (PDF) - Conference USA. 2022-03-04. conferenceusa.com. en.