2024 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

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2024 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams9
SitePropst Arena
Huntsville, Alabama
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee (5th title)
Winning coachRick Insell (5th title)
MVPSavannah Wheeler (Middle Tennessee)
TelevisionESPN+, CBSSN
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2023–24 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Middle Tennessee 16 0   1.000 30 5   .857
Liberty 11 5   .688 18 16   .529
FIU 11 5   .688 21 12   .636
Louisiana Tech 7 9   .438 14 19   .424
Jacksonville State 7 9   .438 12 17   .414
New Mexico State 6 10   .375 13 18   .419
Western Kentucky 6 10   .375 15 17   .469
UTEP 6 10   .375 12 19   .387
Sam Houston 2 14   .125 7 22   .241
2024 CUSA tournament winner

The 2024 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 12–16, 2024 at Propst Arena, part of the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama.[1] All nine members of Conference USA (CUSA) participated in the tournament. Middle Tennessee, which finished the regular season undefeated in CUSA play, won the tournament and claimed CUSA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds[edit]

Teams were seeded by conference record. The top seven teams received byes to the quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference
record
Tiebreaker
1 Middle Tennessee 16–0
2 Liberty 11–5 3–1 vs. FIU/NMSU
3 FIU 11–5 2–2 vs. LIB/NMSU
4 Louisiana Tech 7–9 2–0 vs. JSU
5 Jacksonville State 7–9 0–2 vs. LT
6 New Mexico State 6–10 3–1 vs. WKU/UTEP
7 Western Kentucky 6–10 3–3 vs. NMSU/UTEP/LIB
8 UTEP 6–10 2–4 vs. WKU/NMSU/LIB
9 Sam Houston 2–14

Schedule[edit]

[2]

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – March 12, 2024
1 5:30 pm No. 8 UTEP vs. No. 9 Sam Houston 78–64 ESPN+ 227
Quarterfinals – March 13, 2024
2 11:30 am No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 8 UTEP 78–50 ESPN+ 570
3 2:00 pm No. 2 Liberty vs. No. 7 Western Kentucky 62–59 636
Quarterfinals – March 14, 2024
4 11:30 am No. 4 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 5 Jacksonville State 60–54 ESPN+ 2,157
5 2:00 pm No. 3 FIU vs. No. 6 New Mexico State 58–63 2,029
Semifinals – March 15, 2024
6 5:30 pm No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 4 Louisiana Tech 62–56 ESPN+ 2,701
7 8:00 pm No. 2 Liberty vs. No. 6 New Mexico State 82–70 2,157
Championship – March 16, 2024
8 4:30 pm No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs No. 2 Liberty 67–51 CBSSN 4,301
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[edit]

[3]

First round
Tuesday, March 12
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 13
Thursday, March 14
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
Championship
Saturday, March 16
            
1 Middle Tennessee 75
8 UTEP 50
8 UTEP 78
9 Sam Houston 64
1 Middle Tennessee 62
4 Louisiana Tech 56
4 Louisiana Tech 60
5 Jacksonville State 53
1 Middle Tennessee 67
2 Liberty 51
2 Liberty 62
7 Western Kentucky 59
2 Liberty 82
6 New Mexico State 70
3 FIU 58
6 New Mexico State 63

* – Denotes overtime period

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CUSA Basketball Championships Moving to Huntsville, Alabama". conferenceusa.com. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  2. ^ "Basketball Championships Schedule" (PDF). Conference USA.
  3. ^ "Women's Basketball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Conference USA.

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