The 2023 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11, 2023, at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. First-round and quarterfinal games of the tournament were televised on ESPN+ while the semifinal and championship games were aired on CBS Sports Network. The winner of the tournament, Florida Atlantic, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.
Seeds Teams were seeded by conference record. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
Seed School Conferencerecord Tiebreaker1Florida Atlantic18–22North Texas16–43UAB14–64Middle Tennessee11–95Charlotte9–116Rice8–12 3–1 vs. FIU/Western Kentucky7FIU8–12 2–2 vs. Rice/Western Kentucky8Western Kentucky8–12 1–3 vs. Rice/FIU9UTEP7–13 1–1 vs. Middle Tennessee10Louisiana Tech7–13 0–2 vs. Middle Tennessee11UTSA4–16
Schedule
GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – March 8, 202315:30 pm(8) Western Kentucky vs. (9) UTEP73–67ESPN+1,04128:00 pm(7) FIU vs. (10) Louisiana Tech76–81OT 1,23238:30 pm(6) Rice vs. (11) UTSA72–71 Quarterfinals – March 9, 202345:30 pm(1) Florida Atlantic vs. (8) Western Kentucky75–51ESPN+ 1,77356:00 pm(4) Middle Tennessee vs. (5) Charlotte66–6568:00 pm(2) North Texas vs. (10) Louisiana Tech74–46 2,76578:30 pm(3) UAB vs. (6) Rice87–60 Semifinals – March 10, 2023811:30 am(1) Florida Atlantic vs. (4) Middle Tennessee68–65CBSSN 2,00592:00 pm(2) North Texas vs. (3) UAB69–76 Championship – March 11, 2023107:30 pm(1) Florida Atlantic vs. (3) UAB78–56CBSSN1,681 *Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
Game summaries First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship game
*Game times: CT
See also 2023 Conference USA women's basketball tournament Conference USA men's basketball tournament Conference USA
References
External links Conference USA tournament Central