2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held from March 8–11, 2017 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds took place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship took place at Legacy Arena. WKU won their 2nd C-USA tournament title and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.
Seeds
The top twelve teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.Eliminated from Conference Tournament: Florida Atlantic, Florida International
Schedule
Round | Date | Game | Matchup# | Television | Attendance |
First | March 8, 2017 | 1 | #9 UAB vs #8 North Texas | Campus Insiders | 820 |
First | March 8, 2017 | 2 | #12 Marshall vs #5 Charlotte | Campus Insiders | 820 |
First | March 8, 2017 | 3 | #10 Rice vs #7 UTSA | Campus Insiders | 1,001 |
First | March 8, 2017 | 4 | #11 UTEP vs #6 Old Dominion | Campus Insiders | 1,001 |
Quarterfinal | March 9, 2017 | 5 | #1 WKU vs #8 North Texas | Campus Insiders | 686 |
Quarterfinal | March 9, 2017 | 6 | #4 Louisiana Tech vs #5 Charlotte | Campus Insiders | 686 |
Quarterfinal | March 9, 2017 | 7 | #2 Middle Tennessee vs #10 Rice | Campus Insiders | |
Quarterfinal | March 9, 2017 | 8 | #3 Southern Miss vs #6 Old Dominion | Campus Insiders | |
Semifinals | March 10, 2017 | 9 | #1 WKU vs #4 Louisiana Tech | ASN | |
Semifinals | March 10, 2017 | 10 | #2 Middle Tennessee vs #3 Southern Miss | ASN | |
Championship | March 11, 2017 | 11 | #1 WKU vs. #3 Southern Miss | CBSSN |