| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | Ford Center at The Star |
| City: | Frisco, Texas |
| Champions: | Florida Atlantic |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Dusty May |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Alijah Martin |
| Mvpteam: | Florida Atlantic |
| Television: | ESPN+, CBSSN |
The 2023 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11, 2023, at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. First-round and quarterfinal games of the tournament were televised on ESPN+ while the semifinal and championship games were aired on CBS Sports Network.[1] The winner of the tournament, Florida Atlantic, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.
Teams were seeded by conference record. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 18–2 | |
| 2 | North Texas | 16–4 | |
| 3 | UAB | 14–6 | |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee | 11–9 | |
| 5 | Charlotte | 9–11 | |
| 6 | Rice | 8–12 | 3–1 vs. FIU/Western Kentucky |
| 7 | FIU | 8–12 | 2–2 vs. Rice/Western Kentucky |
| 8 | Western Kentucky | 8–12 | 1–3 vs. Rice/FIU |
| 9 | UTEP | 7–13 | 1–1 vs. Middle Tennessee |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 7–13 | 0–2 vs. Middle Tennessee |
| 11 | UTSA | 4–16 | |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – March 8, 2023 | |||||||
| 1 | 5:30 pm | (8) Western Kentucky vs. (9) UTEP | 73–67 | ESPN+ | 1,041 | ||
| 2 | 8:00 pm | (7) FIU vs. (10) Louisiana Tech | 76–81OT | 1,232 | |||
| 3 | 8:30 pm | (6) Rice vs. (11) UTSA | 72–71 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – March 9, 2023 | |||||||
| 4 | 5:30 pm | (1) Florida Atlantic vs. (8) Western Kentucky | 75–51 | ESPN+ | 1,773 | ||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | (4) Middle Tennessee vs. (5) Charlotte | 66–65 | ||||
| 6 | 8:00 pm | (2) North Texas vs. (10) Louisiana Tech | 74–46 | 2,765 | |||
| 7 | 8:30 pm | (3) UAB vs. (6) Rice | 87–60 | ||||
| Semifinals – March 10, 2023 | |||||||
| 8 | 11:30 am | (1) Florida Atlantic vs. (4) Middle Tennessee | 68–65 | CBSSN | 2,005 | ||
| 9 | 2:00 pm | (2) North Texas vs. (3) UAB | 69–76 | ||||
| Championship – March 11, 2023 | |||||||
| 10 | 7:30 pm | (1) Florida Atlantic vs. (3) UAB | 78–56 | CBSSN | 1,681 | ||
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* – Denotes overtime period