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

2014–15 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.

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