2021 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

2021 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
2021 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	12
Site	The Ford Center at The Star; Frisco, Texas
Champions	Middle Tennessee (17th title)
Winning coach	Rick Insell (16th title)
MVP	Anastasia Hayes (MTSU)
Television	ESPN+, Stadium, CBSSN
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The 2021 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 10 through March 13, 2021. Middle Tennessee won the tournament, its 17th title, earning a bid to the NCAA tournament.^[1]

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v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Middle Tennessee †	12	–	4	.750	17	–	8	.680
Charlotte	9	–	5	.643	10	–	12	.455
FIU	8	–	8	.500	15	–	13	.536
Florida Atlantic	8	–	8	.500	11	–	11	.500
Old Dominion	7	–	9	.438	13	–	11	.542
Marshall	7	–	9	.438	8	–	11	.421
Western Kentucky	6	–	10	.375	7	–	16	.304
West
Rice	12	–	2	.857	23	–	4	.852
UTEP	13	–	5	.722	17	–	8	.680
North Texas	10	–	4	.714	13	–	7	.650
Louisiana Tech	8	–	8	.500	14	–	10	.583
Southern Miss	5	–	11	.313	7	–	12	.368
UAB	3	–	11	.214	10	–	13	.435
UTSA	0	–	14	.000	2	–	18	.100

† 2021 C-USA tournament winner As of March 13, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

East seed	School	Conf.	Over.
1	Middle Tennessee	12–4	14–7
2	Charlotte	9–5	10–9
3	Florida Atlantic	8–8	10–10
4	FIU	8–8	12–11
5	Marshall	7–9	8–10
6	Old Dominion	7–9	10–10
7	Western Kentucky	6–10	7–15
West seed	School	Conf.	Over.
1	Rice	12–2	16–3
2	UTEP	13–5	16–7
3	North Texas	10–4	13–16
4	Louisiana Tech	8–8	13–9
5	Southern Miss	5–11	7–11
6	UAB	3–11	9–12
7	UTSA	0–14	2–17

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup**	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 9
1	1	4:00 pm	6E Old Dominion 83 vs. 7E Western Kentucky 77 ^OT	ESPN+	283
1	2	4:30 pm	6W UAB 80 vs. 7W UTSA 66	ESPN+	283
Second round – Wednesday, March 10
2	3	11:00 am	4E FIU 85 vs. 5W Southern Mississippi 75	ESPN+
2	4	11:30 am	3W North Texas 66 vs. 6E Old Dominion 71
3	5	2:00 pm	4W Louisiana Tech 50 vs. 5E Marshall 48		623
3	6	2:30 pm	3E FAU 72 vs. 6W UAB 66		623
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
4	7	11:00 am	1W Rice 77 vs. 4E FIU 60	Stadium
4	8	11:30 am	2E Charlotte 89 vs. 6E Old Dominion 90 ^2OT	ESPN+
5	9	2:00 pm	1E MTSU 77 vs. 4W Louisiana Tech 71	Stadium
5	10	2:30 pm	2W UTEP 74 vs. 3E FAU 67	ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
6	11	5:30 pm	1W Rice 62 vs. 6E Old Dominion 60	Stadium
6	12	8:30 pm	1E MTSU 74 vs. 2W UTEP 58	Stadium
Championship – Saturday, March 13
7	13	5:00 pm	1W Rice 65 vs. 1E MTSU 68	CBSSN
Game times in CT. * – Rankings denote division seed

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