2023 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

2023 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
2023 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	11
Site	Ford Center at The Star; Frisco, Texas
Television	ESPN+, CBSSN
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2022–23 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 25 Florida Atlantic †	18	–	2	.900	35	–	4	.897
North Texas	16	–	4	.800	31	–	7	.816
UAB	14	–	6	.700	29	–	10	.744
Middle Tennessee	11	–	9	.550	19	–	14	.576
Charlotte	9	–	11	.450	22	–	14	.611
Rice	8	–	12	.400	19	–	16	.543
FIU	8	–	12	.400	14	–	18	.438
Western Kentucky	8	–	12	.400	17	–	16	.515
UTEP	7	–	13	.350	14	–	18	.438
Louisiana Tech	7	–	13	.350	15	–	18	.455
UTSA	4	–	16	.200	10	–	22	.313

† 2023 C-USA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2023 Conference USA men's basketball tournament will be held March 8-11 2023, at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. First round & quarterfinal games of the tournament will be televised on ESPN+ while the semifinals & championship game will air on CBS Sports Network.^[1] The winner of the tournament will receive 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.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker
1	Florida Atlantic	18–2
2	North Texas	16–4
3	UAB	14–6
4	Middle Tennessee	11–9
5	Charlotte	9–11
6	Rice	8–12	3–1 vs. FIU/Western Kentucky
7	FIU	8–12	2–2 vs. Rice/Western Kentucky
8	Western Kentucky	8–12	1–3 vs. Rice/FIU
9	UTEP	7–13	1–1 vs. Middle Tennessee
10	Louisiana Tech	7–13	0–2 vs. Middle Tennessee
11	UTSA	4–16

Schedule

^[2]

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – March 8, 2023
1	5:30 PM	(8) Western Kentucky vs. (9) UTEP	73–67	ESPN+
2	8:00 PM	(7) FIU vs. (10) Louisiana Tech	76-81^OT
3	8:30 PM	(6) Rice vs. (11) UTSA	72-71
Quarterfinals – March 9, 2023
4	5:30 PM	(1) Florida Atlantic vs. (8) Western Kentucky	51-75	ESPN+
5	6:00 PM	(4) Middle Tennessee vs. (5) Charlotte	66-65
6	8:00 PM	(2) North Texas vs. (10) Louisiana Tech	74-46
7	8:30 PM	(3) UAB vs. (6) Rice	87-60
Semifinals – March 10, 2023
8	11:30 AM	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner		CBSSN
9	2:00 PM	Game 6 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner		CBSSN
Championship – March 11, 2023
10	7:30 PM	Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner		CBSSN
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

^[3] * – Denotes overtime period

First round Wednesday, March 8			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9			Semifinals Friday, March 10		Championship Saturday, March 11

			1	Florida Atlantic	75
8	Western Kentucky	73	8	Western Kentucky	51
9	UTEP	67				1	Florida Atlantic
						4	Middle Tennessee
			4	Middle Tennessee	66
			5	Charlotte	65


			2	North Texas	74
7	Florida International	76	10	Louisiana Tech	46
10	Louisiana Tech	81*				2	North Texas
						6	Rice
			3	UAB	60
6	Rice	72	6	Rice	87
11	UTSA	71

Note: * denotes overtime

Game Summaries

First Round

ESPN+

March 8, 2023
5:30 PM

Report

No. 8 Western Kentucky 73, No. 9 UTEP 67
Scoring by half: 28-34, 33-45
Pts: Sharp (16) Rebs: Sharp (8) Asts: McKnight (7)		Pts: Solomon (18) Rebs: Onyema (9) Asts: Givance (8)

Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
Attendance: 1,041
Referees: Amy Bonner
Gary Maxwell
Shane Staggs

ESPN+

March 8, 2023
8:00 PM

Report

No. 7 Florida International 76, No. 10 Louisiana Tech 81 (OT)
Scoring by half: 24-36, 45-33 Overtime: 7-12
Pts: Jones (25) Rebs: Dean (6) Asts: Dean (7)		Pts: Willis (23) Rebs: Mangum (11) Asts: Crawford/Willis (3)

Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
Attendance: 1,232
Referees: Rick Crawford
John St. Clair
Antinio Petty

ESPN+

March 8, 2023
8:30 PM

Report

No. 6 Rice 72, No. 11 UTSA 71
Scoring by half: 42-33, 30-38
Pts: Olivari (18) Rebs: Olivari (8) Asts: Fiedler (6)		Pts: Medor (20) Rebs: Richards (7) Asts: Medor (6)

Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
Attendance: 1,232
Referees: Darron George
Chris Merlo
Chris Pacsi