2026 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

The 2026 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2025–26 season of the Conference USA. The tournament was held from March 10–14, 2026, at Von Braun Center (Propst Arena) in Huntsville, Alabama. The winner, Kennesaw State, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds Only ten of the conference's twelve teams will compete in the tournament. The top six teams will receive byes into the quarterfinal round. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordTiebreaker1Tiebreaker21Liberty17–32Sam Houston13–73Western Kentucky11–93–0 vs. Louisiana Tech/Middle Tennessee4Louisiana Tech11–91–2 vs. Western Kentucky/Middle Tennessee5Middle Tennessee11–91–3 vs. Western Kentucky/Louisiana Tech6Kennesaw State10–101–1 vs. Liberty7Jacksonville State10–100–2 vs. Liberty8FIU8–123–1 vs. Missouri State/New Mexico State2–0 vs. Louisiana Tech9Missouri State8–123–1 vs. FIU/New Mexico State0–2 vs. Louisiana Tech10New Mexico State8–120–4 vs. FIU/Missouri StateDNQUTEP7–13DNQDelaware6–14

Schedule GameTime *MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevisionFirst Round – Tuesday March 1015:30 p.m.No. 8 FIU vs. No. 9 Missouri State72–752,509ESPN+28:00 p.m.No. 7 Jacksonville State vs. No. 10 New Mexico State63–683,207Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1135:30 p.m.No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 9 Missouri State69–773,233ESPN+48:00 p.m.No. 2 Sam Houston vs. No. 10 New Mexico State69–612,220Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1255:30 p.m.No. 4 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 5 Middle Tennessee80–69 3,029ESPN+68:00 p.m.No. 3 Western Kentucky vs. No. 6 Kennesaw State87–96Semifinals – Friday, March 13711:30 a.m.No. 4 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 9 Missouri State69–662,187CBSSN82:00 p.m.No. 2 Sam Houston vs. No. 6 Kennesaw State73–792,467Final – Saturday, March 1497:30 p.m.No. 4 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 6 Kennesaw State60–713,235CBSSN* Game times in CDT; ()-ranking denotes tournament seeding. Source:

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Game Summaries First Round

Quarterfinal Round

Semifinal Round

Final Round

Awards and Honors All-Tournament Team Player Team A J Bates Louisiana Tech R J Johnson Kennesaw State Michael Osei-Bonsu Missouri State Amir Taylor Kennesaw State Avery Thomas II Louisiana Tech MVP denotes Most Valuable Player

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See also 2026 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

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