Classification Division I Dates 8 Mar 2016 – 12 Mar 2016 Teams 13 | Season 2015–16 Location Legacy Arena Attendance 33,438 | |
Champions Middle Tennessee (1st title) Winning coach Kermit Davis (1st title) MVP Reggie Upshaw (Middle Tennessee) Site Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Televisions American Sports Network, CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports 1 | ||
The 2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena. Southern Miss did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed a postseason ban for pending NCAA violations. Middle Tennessee won the tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds
Only 13 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. As a result, the top 11 teams received a bye to the Second Round of the tournament. The top 4 teams received a double bye to the Quarterfinals of the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Teams will reseed after the quarterfinals.
References
2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA