2015 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

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2015 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams12
SiteBirmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsWKU (1st title)
Winning coachMichelle Clark-Heard (1st title)
MVPAlexis Govan (WKU)
TelevisionASN, CBSSN
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2014–15 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
WKU 16 2   .889 30 5   .857
Middle Tennessee 14 4   .778 24 10   .706
Southern Miss 13 5   .722 25 11   .694
Old Dominion 11 7   .611 21 13   .618
UAB 11 7   .611 18 13   .581
UTSA 11 7   .611 16 15   .516
Louisiana Tech 10 8   .556 16 15   .516
Charlotte 10 8   .556 15 17   .469
Marshall 8 10   .444 17 15   .531
Florida Atlantic 7 11   .389 13 17   .433
UTEP 7 11   .389 12 16   .429
Rice 4 14   .222 9 21   .300
North Texas 4 14   .222 5 24   .172
FIU 0 18   .000 3 26   .103
2015 C-USA tournament winner
As of 29 March 2015
Rankings from AP poll


The 2015 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA was held March 11–14 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds took place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship took place at Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex.[1]

Seeds[edit]

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.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Western Kentucky 16-2 27-4
2 Middle Tennessee 14-4 20-8
3 Southern Miss 13-5 20-9
4 UT-San Antonio 11-7 16-14 1-0 vs. ODU, 0-1 vs. UAB, 1-0 vs. WKU
5 Old Dominion 11-7 18-11 1-0 vs. UAB, 0-1 vs. UTSA, 0-2 vs. WKU
6 UAB 11-7 17-12 0-1 vs. ODU, 1-0 vs. UTSA, 0-1 vs. WKU
7 Louisiana Tech 10-8 15-14 1-0 vs. Charlotte
8 Charlotte 10-8 14-16 0-1 vs. Louisiana Tech
9 Marshall 8-10 16-13
10 Florida Atlantic 7-11 13-16 1-0 vs. UTEP
11 UTEP 7-11 12-15 0-1 vs. Florida Atlantic
12 Rice 4-14 8-20
‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a double–bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single–bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the C–USA Tournament.

Eliminated from Conference tournament: North Texas (4-14), FIU (0-18)

Schedule[edit]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1 1 11:00 am #11 UTEP vs #6 UAB ASN 787
2 1:30 pm #10 Florida Atlantic vs #7 Louisiana Tech 284
2 3 5:00 pm #9 Marshall vs #8 Charlotte 212
4 7:30 pm #12 Rice vs #5 Old Dominion 313
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 5 11:00 am #3 Southern Miss vs #6 UAB ASN 888
6 1:30 pm #2 Middle Tennessee vs #7 Louisiana Tech 632
4 7 5:00 pm #1 Western Kentucky vs #8 Charlotte 357
8 7:30 pm #4 UT-San Antonio vs #5 Old Dominion 211
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 9 10:00 am #3 Southern Miss vs #2 Middle Tennessee CBSSN
10 12:30 pm #1 Western Kentucky vs #5 Old Dominion
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6 11 7:00 pm #3 Southern Miss vs. #1 Western Kentucky CBSSN
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket[edit]

First round
Wednesday, March 11
ASN
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
ASN
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
CBSSN
Championship game
Saturday, March 14
CBSSN
            
1 Western Kentucky 70
8 Charlotte 67
8 Charlotte 67
9 Marshall 52
1 Western Kentucky 61
5 Old Dominion 59
4 UTSA 49
5 Old Dominion 63
5 Old Dominion 62
12 Rice 57
3 Southern Miss 57
1 Western Kentucky 60
2 Middle Tennessee 77
7 Louisiana Tech 58
7 Louisiana Tech 84
10 Florida Atlantic 74
2 Middle Tennessee 53
3 Southern Miss 65
3 Southern Miss 80
6 UAB 66
6 UAB 63
11 UTEP 52

All times listed are Central

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Conference USA Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball Championship". Conference USA. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.