| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Arena: | Propst Arena |
| City: | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Champions: | Western Kentucky |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Steve Lutz |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Television: | ESPN+, CBSSN |
The 2024 Conference USA men's basketball tournament is a postseason tournament held from March 12–16, 2024, at Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama.[1]
Teams were seeded by conference record. The top seven teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Tiebreaker #1 | Tiebreaker #2 | Tiebreaker #3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Houston | 13–3 | ||||
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | 12–4 | ||||
| 3 | Western Kentucky | 8–8 | ||||
| 4 | Liberty | 7–9 | 1–1 vs. Sam Houston | |||
| 5 | UTEP | 7–9 | 0–2 vs. Sam Houston | 2–0 vs. JSU | Higher RPI | |
| 6 | New Mexico State | 7–9 | 0–2 vs. Sam Houston | 2–0 vs. JSU | Lower RPI | |
| 7 | Middle Tennessee | 7–9 | 0–2 vs. Sam Houston | 1–1 vs. JSU | ||
| 8 | Jacksonville State | 6–10 | ||||
| 9 | FIU | 5–11 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – March 12, 2024 | |||||||
| 1 | 8:00 pm | No. 8 Jacksonville State vs. No. 9 FIU | 67–76 | ESPN+ | 444 | ||
| Quarterfinals – March 13, 2024 | |||||||
| 2 | 5:30 pm | No. 1 Sam Houston vs. No. 9 FIU | 78–59 | ESPN+ | 628 | ||
| 3 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 Middle Tennessee | 67–70 | 678 | |||
| Quarterfinals – March 14, 2024 | |||||||
| 4 | 5:30 pm | No. 4 Liberty vs. No. 5 UTEP | 57–66 | ESPN+ | 2,265 | ||
| 5 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Western Kentucky vs. No. 6 New Mexico State | 89–69 | 2,333 | |||
| Semifinals – March 15, 2024 | |||||||
| 6 | 11:30 am | No. 1 Sam Houston vs. No. 5 UTEP | 63–65 | CBSSN | 3,272 | ||
| 7 | 2:00 pm | No. 7 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 3 Western Kentucky | 54–85 | ||||
| Championship – March 16, 2024 | |||||||
| 8 | 7:30 pm | No. 5 UTEP vs No. 3 Western Kentucky | 71–78 | CBSSN | 4,541 | ||
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* – Denotes overtime period