2023 Conference USA women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2023
Conference:	Conference USA
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	11
Arena:	Ford Center at The Star
City:	Frisco, Texas
Champions:	Middle Tennessee
Titlecount:	4th
Coach:	Rick Insell
Coachcount:	4th
Television:	ESPN+, CBSSN

The 2023 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was held March 8–11, 2023, at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. All games of the tournament were televised on ESPN+ except the championship game which aired on CBS Sports Network.^[1] The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker
1	Middle Tennessee	18-2
2	Western Kentucky	14-6
3	Rice	13-7
4	UTEP	12-8	2-0 vs. Louisiana Tech
5	Louisiana Tech	12-8	0-2 vs. UTEP
6	UTSA	9-11
7	North Texas	8-12
8	FIU	7-13	2-0 vs Charlotte
9	Charlotte	7-13	0-2 vs. FIU
10	UAB	5-15	2-0 vs. North Texas
11	Florida Atlantic	5-15	1-1 vs. North Texas

Schedule

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Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First Round – March 8, 2023
1	11:00 AM	No. 8 FIU vs. No. 9 Charlotte	59-72	ESPN+	574
2	1:30PM	No. 7 North Texas vs. No. 10 UAB	71-75		789
3	2:00PM	No. 6 UTSA vs. No. 11 Florida Atlantic	69-68
Quarterfinals – March 9, 2023
4	11:00AM	No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 9 Charlotte	84-53	ESPN+	1,708
5	11:30AM	No. 4 UTEP vs. No. 5 Louisiana Tech	64-54
6	1:00PM	No. 2 Western Kentucky vs. No. 10 UAB	71-67		2,225
7	1:30PM	No. 3 Rice vs. No. 6 UTSA	54-62
Semifinals – March 10, 2023
8	4:30PM	No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 4 UTEP	68-62	ESPN+	2,230
9	7:00 PM	No. 2 Western Kentucky vs. No. 6 UTSA	70-55		2,407
Championship – March 11, 2023
10	4:30 PM	No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 2 Western Kentucky	82-70	CBSSN
Game times in CT. -Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

^[4] * – Denotes overtime period

See also

• 2023 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
• Conference USA women's basketball tournament
• Conference USA

External links

• Conference USA tournament Central

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-23 Championship Schedule . conferenceusa.com . Conference USA.
2. Web site: 2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings. March 4, 2023.
3. Web site: BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE . conferenceusa.com . Conference USA.
4. Web site: WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET . conferenceusa.com . Conference USA.