2020 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was to be the concluding event of the 2019–20 Conference USA (C-USA) men's basketball season. It was to be held from March 11–14, 2020 alongside the C-USA women's tournament in Frisco, Texas, at the Ford Center at The Star. The winner of the tournament was to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament. Only the first day of games were played before the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams12
SiteFord Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
TelevisionStadium, ESPN+, CBSSN
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2019–20 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Texas144 .7782011 .645
Western Kentucky135 .7222010 .667
Louisiana Tech135 .722228 .733
Charlotte108 .5561613 .552
FIU99 .5001913 .594
Marshall108 .5561715 .531
UAB99 .5001913 .594
Old Dominion99 .5001319 .406
Florida Atlantic810 .4441715 .531
UTSA711 .3891319 .406
UTEP810 .4441715 .531
Rice711 .3891517 .469
Southern Miss513 .278922 .290
Middle Tennessee414 .222823 .258
Note: The 2020 C-USA Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.[1]

SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker
1North Texas14–4
2Western Kentucky13–52–0 vs. Louisiana Tech
3Louisiana Tech13–50–2 vs. Western Kentucky
4Charlotte10–8
5FIU9–9
6Marshall10–8
7UAB9–91–1 vs. Western Kentucky/Louisiana Tech
8Old Dominion9–90–2 vs. Western Kentucky/Louisiana Tech
9Florida Atlantic8–10
10UTSA7–11
11UTEP8–10
12Rice7–11
DNQSouthern Miss5–13
DNQMiddle Tennessee4–14

Schedule

Rankings denote tournament seed.

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Wednesday, March 11
116:00 pmNo. 8 Old Dominion vs. No. 9 Florida Atlantic56-66ESPN+
26:30 pmNo. 5 FIU vs. No. 12 Rice85-76
38:30 pmNo. 7 UAB vs. No. 10 UTSA74-69
49:00 pmNo. 6 Marshall vs. No. 11 UTEP86-78
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
256:00 pmNo. 1 North Texas vs. No. 9 Florida AtlanticcancelledStadium
66:30 pmNo. 4 Charlotte vs. No. 5 FIUFacebook
78:30 pmNo. 2 Western Kentucky vs. No. 7 UABStadium
89:00 pmNo. 3 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 6 MarshallFacebook
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
391:00 pmgame 5 winner vs. game 6 winnercancelledCBSSN
103:30 pmgame 7 winner vs. game 8 winner
Championship – Saturday, March 14
4117:30 pmgame 9 winner vs. game 10 winnercancelledCBSSN

[2]

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 11
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
Stadium/Facebook
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
CBSSN
Championship
Saturday, March 14
CBSSN
            
1North Texas
9Florida Atlantic
8Old Dominion56
9Florida Atlantic66
 
 
4Charlotte
5Florida International
5Florida International85
12Rice76
 
 
2Western Kentucky
7UAB
7UAB74
10UTSA69
 
 
3Louisiana Tech
6Marshall
6Marshall86
11UTEP78

* denotes overtime period.

See also

References