The 2026 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament that was completed in the 2025–26 season in the Conference USA. The tournament was held at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, from March 10–14, 2025. The tournament winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds The top ten of the conference's 12 teams had the chance compete in the tournament. While the top six teams all received byes straight into the quarterfinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference based on games played against each other, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed School Conferencerecord Tiebreaker1 Louisiana Tech17–12 FIU12–63 Middle Tennessee11–7 4 Sam Houston11–75 Liberty11–7 6 Missouri State11–77 Jacksonville State9–98 Delaware6–12 1–0 vs. Kennesaw State9 Kennesaw State6–12 0–1 vs. Delaware10 UTEP5–13 2–0 vs. New Mexico StateDNQ New Mexico State5–13 0–2 vs. UTEPDNQ Western Kentucky4–14
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – March 10, 2026111:30 am No. 8 Delaware vs. No. 9 Kennesaw State66–47ESPN+22:00 pm No. 7 Jacksonville State vs. No. 10 UTEP82–772OT Quarterfinals – March 11, 2026311:30 am No. 1 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 8 Delaware72–43ESPN+1,90542:00 pm No. 2 FIU vs. No. 7 Jacksonville State76–66 Quarterfinals – March 12, 2026511:30 am No. 4 Sam Houston vs. No. 5 Liberty57–89ESPN+2,34662:00 pm No. 3 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Missouri State66–693,528 Semifinals – March 13, 202675:30 pm No. 1 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 5 Liberty61–48ESPN+2,03588:00 pm No. 2 FIU vs. No. 6 Missouri State69–742,187 Championship – March 14, 202694:30 pm No. 1 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 6 Missouri State38–43CBSSN2,623 *Game times in CDT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source:
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* – Denotes overtime period
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See also 2026 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
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