2026 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

2026 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams12
SitePropst Arena
Huntsville, Alabama
ChampionsMissouri State (1st title)
Winning coachBeth Cunningham (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, CBSSN
2025–26 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Louisiana Tech 17 – 1   .944 26 – 7   .788
FIU 12 – 6   .667 21 – 11   .656
Middle Tennessee 11 – 7   .611 16 – 15   .516
Sam Houston 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581
Liberty 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581
Missouri State † 11 – 7   .611 23 – 13   .639
Jacksonville State 9 – 9   .500 16 – 16   .500
Delaware 6 – 12   .333 13 – 19   .406
Kennesaw State 6 – 12   .333 13 – 17   .433
UTEP 5 – 13   .278 13 – 17   .433
New Mexico State 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300
Western Kentucky 4 – 14   .222 8 – 21   .276
† 2026 CUSA tournament winner
As of March 20, 2026

The 2026 Conference USA women's basketball tournament is an upcoming postseason women's basketball tournament that will be complete the 2025–26 season in the Conference USA. The tournament will be held at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, from March 10–14, 2025.[1] The tournament winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only ten of the conference's 12 teams will compete in the tournament. The top six teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference
record 		Tiebreaker
1 Louisiana Tech 17–1
2 FIU 12–6
3 Middle Tennessee 11–7
4 Sam Houston 11–7
5 Liberty 11–7
6 Missouri State 11–7
7 Jacksonville State 9–9
8 Delaware 6–12 1–0 vs. Kennesaw State
9 Kennesaw State 6–12 0–1 vs. Delaware
10 UTEP 5–13 2–0 vs. New Mexico State
DNQ New Mexico State 5–13 0–2 vs. UTEP
DNQ Western Kentucky 4–14

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – March 10, 2026
1 11:30 am No. 8 Delaware vs. No. 9 Kennesaw State 66–47 ESPN+
2 2:00 pm No. 7 Jacksonville State vs. No. 10 UTEP 82–772OT
Quarterfinals – March 11, 2026
3 11:30 am No. 1 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 8 Delaware 72–43 ESPN+ 1,905
4 2:00 pm No. 2 FIU vs. No. 7 Jacksonville State 76–66
Quarterfinals – March 12, 2026
5 11:30 am No. 4 Sam Houston vs. No. 5 Liberty 57–89 ESPN+ 2,346
6 2:00 pm No. 3 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Missouri State 66–69 3,528
Semifinals – March 13, 2026
7 5:30 pm No. 1 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 5 Liberty 61–48 ESPN+ 2,035
8 8:00 pm No. 2 FIU vs. No. 6 Missouri State 69–74 2,187
Championship – March 14, 2026
9 4:30 pm No. 1 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 6 Missouri State 38–43 CBSSN 2,623
*Game times in CDT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Source:[2]

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 10 		Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 11
Thursday, March 12 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13 		Championship
Saturday, March 14
1 Louisiana Tech 72
8 Delaware 66 8 Delaware 43
9 Kennesaw State 47 1 Louisiana Tech 61
5 Liberty 48
4 Sam Houston 57
5 Liberty 89
1 Louisiana Tech 38
6 Missouri State 43
2 FIU 76
7 Jacksonville State 82** 7 Jacksonville State 66
10 UTEP 77 2 FIU 69
6 Missouri State 74
3 Middle Tennessee 66
6 Missouri State 69


* – Denotes overtime period

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2026 CUSA Basketball Championships". www.vonbrauncenter.com. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  2. ^ "WBB: CUSA Announces Women's Basketball Broadcast Schedule". conferenceusa.com. October 17, 2027. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  3. ^ "BKBCH25_Bracket (PDF) - Conference USA" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
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