2019 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

2019 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams12
SiteThe Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
ChampionsRice (1st title)
Winning coachTina Langley (1st title)
MVPNancy Mulkey (Rice)
TelevisionESPN+, Stadium, CBSSN
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2018–19 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Rice † 16 – 0   1.000 28 – 4   .875
UAB 12 – 4   .750 26 – 7   .788
Middle Tennessee 11 – 5   .688 23 – 11   .676
Western Kentucky 11 – 5   .688 20 – 15   .571
Old Dominion 10 – 6   .625 21 – 11   .656
Marshall 10 – 6   .625 17 – 15   .531
Charlotte 9 – 7   .563 18 – 14   .563
Southern Miss 9 – 7   .563 18 – 14   .563
North Texas 7 – 9   .438 18 – 16   .529
Louisiana Tech 6 – 10   .375 14 – 16   .467
UTEP 5 – 11   .313 9 – 22   .290
UTSA 2 – 14   .125 7 – 21   .250
FIU 2 – 14   .125 5 – 24   .172
Florida Atlantic 2 – 14   .125 5 – 25   .167
† 2019 C-USA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA that was held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, from March 13 through March 16, 2019. In the first round and quarterfinals, two games were played simultaneously within the same arena, with the courts separated by a curtain.[1] Rice won the conference tournament championship game over Middle Tennessee, 69–54. Nancy Mulkey was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.[2]

Seeds

The top twelve teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference
record 		Overall
record 		Tiebreaker
1 Rice 16–0 25–3
2 UAB 12–4 24–5
3 Middle Tennessee 11–5 20–9 1–0 vs. UAB
4 Western Kentucky 11–5 17–13 0–1 vs. UAB
5 Old Dominion 10–6 20–9 1–0 vs. USM
6 Marshall 10–6 16–13 0–1 vs. USM
7 Charlotte 9–7 17–11 1–0 vs. WKU
8 Southern Miss 9–7 17–12 0–1 vs. WKU
9 North Texas 7–9 14–14
10 Louisiana Tech 6–10 14–15
11 UTEP 5–11 8–21
12 Florida Atlantic 2–14 6–23 2–1 vs. FIU, UTSA
FIU 2–14 5–24 1–2 vs. FAU, UTSA
UTSA 2–14 7–21 0–2 vs. FIU, FAU
‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 13
1 1 11:00 am #8 Southern Miss vs #9 North Texas ESPN+
2 11:30 am #5 Old Dominion vs #12 Florida Atlantic
2 3 1:30 pm #7 Charlotte vs #10 Louisiana Tech 1,921
4 2:00 pm #6 Marshall vs #11 UTEP
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3 5 11:00 am #1 Rice vs #9 North Texas Stadium
6 11:30 am #4 Western Kentucky vs #5 Old Dominion ESPN+
4 7 1:30 pm #2 UAB vs #7 Charlotte Stadium
8 2:00 pm #3 Middle Tennessee vs #11 UTEP ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5 9 5:30 pm #1 Rice vs #4 Western Kentucky Stadium 2,592
10 8:00 pm #2 UAB vs #3 Middle Tennessee
Championship – Saturday, March 16
6 11 4:30 pm #1 Rice vs #3 Middle Tennessee CBSSN
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 13
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
ESPN+/Stadium 		Semifinals
Friday, March 15
Stadium 		Championship Game
Saturday, March 16
CBSSN
            
1 Rice 61
9 North Texas 43
8 Southern Miss 46
9 North Texas 49
1 Rice 64
4 Western Kentucky 57
4 Western Kentucky 74
5 Old Dominion 60
5 Old Dominion 60
12 Florida Atlantic 32
1 Rice 69
3 Middle Tennessee 54
2 UAB 70
7 Charlotte 55
7 Charlotte 55
10 Louisiana Tech 46
2 UAB 65
3 Middle Tennessee 75
3 Middle Tennessee 66
11 UTEP 44
6 Marshall 56
11 UTEP 642OT

All times listed are Central

See also

References

  1. ^ "2019 C-USA Basketball Championships".
  2. ^ "MVP Mulkey helps No. 24 Rice women top MTSU for C-USA title". NewsTimes. March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.