2016 Conference USA Basketball Tournaments

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The 2016 Conference USA Basketball Tournaments were held at the BJCC's Legacy Arena and UAB's Bartow Arena on March 8-12, 2016 to determine the Conference champions in men's and women's basketball. Birmingham hosted the tournament for the second year in a row. The winner of the men's tournament was awarded the conference's sole automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

Men's tournament

Thirteen of Conference USA's fourteen teams participated in the single-elimination tournament, with Southern Mississippi staying home as part of self-imposed sanctions for previously-revealed recruiting violations. The host UAB Blazers came into the weekend as the top seed, with a 26-5 overall record (16-2 in CUSA). The top four seeds, including Middle Tennessee (21-9, 13-5), Marshall (16-15, 12-6) and Louisiana Tech (23-8, 12-6), were given first-round byes. The 12th and 13th seeds, Florida Atlantic and Texas-San Antonio, played an entry round game at Bartow Arena on Tuesday afternoon for the right to face off against 5th seed Old Dominion in Wednesday's second round.

The semifinal games were shown on the CBS College Sports network, with FOX Sports 1 airing the championship game.

Women's tournament

All 14 conference teams participated in the women's tournament. The first three rounds were played at Bartow Arena with the semi-finals and finals at Legacy Arena. UAB's Lady Blazers entered the bracket as an 8th seed, playing 9th seed Southern Miss on Wednesday morning for the right to take on top-seed Texas-El Paso in the quarterfinal round.

The semifinals and finals were televised on the CBS Sports Network.

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