2023 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

2023 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams11
SiteFord Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee (4th title)
Winning coachRick Insell (4th title)
TelevisionESPN+, CBSSN
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2022–23 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Middle Tennessee† 18 – 2   .900 28 – 5   .848
Western Kentucky 14 – 6   .700 19 – 14   .576
Rice 13 – 7   .650 23 – 9   .719
UTEP 12 – 8   .600 20 – 12   .625
Louisiana Tech 12 – 8   .600 19 – 13   .594
UTSA 9 – 11   .450 13 – 19   .406
North Texas 8 – 12   .400 11 – 20   .355
FIU 7 – 13   .350 14 – 19   .424
Charlotte 7 – 13   .350 12 – 19   .387
UAB 5 – 15   .250 14 – 17   .452
Florida Atlantic 5 – 15   .250 12 – 18   .400
† 2023 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2023


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

First round
Wednesday, March 8 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
1 Middle Tennessee 84
8 FIU 59 9 Charlotte 53
9 Charlotte 72 1 Middle Tennessee 68
4 UTEP 62
4 UTEP 64
5 Louisiana Tech 54
1 Middle Tennessee 82
2 Western Kentucky 70
2 Western Kentucky 71
7 North Texas 71 10 UAB 67
10 UAB 75 2 Western Kentucky 70
6 UTSA 55
3 Rice 54
6 UTSA 69 6 UTSA 62
11 Florida Atlantic 68

See also

References

  1. ^ "2022-23 Championship Schedule". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA.
  2. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Conference USA.
  4. ^ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Conference USA.