The 2017 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11, 2017, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena. Middle Tennessee received the conference automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with an 83-72 win over Marshall in the finals.
Seeds Only 12 conference teams are eligible for the tournament. As a result, the top 4 teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Seed School Conference Tiebreaker1Middle Tennessee17–12Louisiana Tech14–43Old Dominion12–61–0 vs. UTEP4UTEP12–60–1 vs. Old Dominion5Rice11–76Marshall10–87UAB9–91–0 vs. Louisiana Tech8WKU9–90–1 vs. Louisiana Tech9UTSA8–1010Charlotte7–1111FAU6–121–0 vs. Southern Miss12Southern Miss6–120–1 vs. FAU
Schedule Rankings denote tournament seed. RoundDateGameMatchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First March 8, 20171No. 8 Western Kentucky vs. No. 9 UTSA52–56Campus Insiders 3,2072No. 5 Rice vs. No. 12 Southern Miss 86–753No. 7 UAB vs. No. 10 Charlotte74–736,4104No. 6 Marshall vs. No. 11 Florida Atlantic89–74 Quarterfinals March 9, 20175No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 9 UTSA86–70ASN3,6546No. 4 UTEP vs. No. 5 Rice86–767No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 7 UAB69–574,0058No. 3 Old Dominion vs. No. 6 Marshall63–64 Semifinals March 10, 20179No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 4 UTEP82–56CBSSN3,29910No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 6 Marshall77–93 Championship March 11, 201711No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Marshall83–72CBSSN3,956
Bracket
See also 2017 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
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