2024 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
College basketball tournament
2024 Conference USA women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2023–24 |
Teams | 9 |
Site | Propst Arena Huntsville, Alabama |
Champions | Middle Tennessee (5th title) |
Winning coach | Rick Insell (5th title) |
MVP | Savannah Wheeler (Middle Tennessee) |
Television | ESPN+, CBSSN |
← 2023 2025 → |
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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
Teams were seeded by conference record. The top seven teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conference record | Tiebreaker |
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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
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Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
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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
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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
- 2024 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
- Conference USA women's basketball tournament
- Conference USA
References
External links
- Conference USA tournament Central