2015 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament

2015 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 12
Site Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
Champions WKU (1st title)
Winning coach Michelle Clark-Heard (1st title)
MVP Alexis Govan (WKU)
Television ASN, CBSSN
Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
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 from March 11–14, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama. The first two rounds will take place at Bartow Arena while the semifinals and championship will take place at Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex.[1]

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.

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

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

  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

2015 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Conference USA Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball Championship". Conference USA. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
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