2019_Conference_USA_men's_basketball_tournament

2019 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

2019 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament


The 2019 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was the concluding event of the 2018–19 Conference USA (C-USA) men's basketball season. It was held from March 13–16, 2019 alongside the C-USA women's tournament in Frisco, Texas, at the Ford Center at The Star.[1] In the first round and quarterfinals, two games were played simultaneously within the same arena, with the courts separated by a curtain.[2] Old Dominion defeated Western Kentucky 62–56 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.[3] It was their first Conference USA title since joining the conference six years ago.

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Seeds

Only 12 conference teams play in the tournament. The top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Teams are seeded within one of three groups. After each team had played 14 conference games, the teams were divided into groups based on conference record at that point in the season. The top five teams were placed in one group, the next five in a second group, and the bottom four in a final group. All teams were at that time locked into a seeding range that corresponded to their group—for example, the top five teams were assured the top five seeds. The remaining four conference games were played strictly within each group. The final seeding within each group is determined by overall conference record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top two teams within the bottom group enter the tournament.[4]

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Schedule

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Rankings denote tournament seed.

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Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 13
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
Stadium/Facebook
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
CBSSN
Championship
Saturday, March 16
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1 Old Dominion 57
8 Louisiana Tech 56
8 Louisiana Tech 57
9 Florida Atlantic 56
1 Old Dominion 61
5 UAB 59
4 UTSA 76
5 UAB 85
5 UAB 70
12 Middle Tennessee 61
1 Old Dominion 62
2 Western Kentucky 56
2 Western Kentucky 67
10 North Texas 51
7 FIU 57
10 North Texas 71
2 Western Kentucky 70
3 Southern Miss 59
3 Southern Miss 82
6 Marshall 73
6 Marshall 82
11 Rice 65

* denotes overtime period.


References

  1. Juarez, Lindsey (May 16, 2017). "Conference USA 2018, 2019 basketball championships moving to The Star in Frisco". Community Impact Newspaper. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  2. "MBB: C-USA Rolls Out Innovative Schedule" (Press release). Conference USA. May 29, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

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