2021 Conference USA men's basketball tournament: Matchups, players to know & more
WKU and Louisiana Tech locked up the No. 1 seeds in the C-USA tourney
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 2021 Conference USA men’s basketball tournament will determine which team gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
The conference tournament begins March 9 and runs through March 13.
There will be 14 teams in the tournament and each game will take place at the Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}North Texas received the automatic bid.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}MARCH 9 – PRELIMINARY ROUND
(6W) Rice def. (7W) Southern Miss, 61-52
(6E) Middle Tennessee over (7E) FIU (No Contest)
MARCH 10 – FIRST ROUND
(4W) UTSA def. (5E) Charlotte, 72-62
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}(6W) Rice def. (3E) Marshall, 72-68
(4E) Florida Atlantic def. (5W) UTEP, 76-70
(3W) North Texas def. (6E) Middle Tennessee, 76-56
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}MARCH 11 – QUARTERFINALS
(1E) Western Kentucky def. (4W) UTSA, 80-67
(2W) UAB def. (6W) Rice, 73-60
(1W) Louisiana Tech def. (4E) Florida Atlantic, 75-69
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}(3W) North Texas def. (2E) Old Dominion, 61-55
MARCH 12 – SEMIFINAL ROUND
(1E) Western Kentucky def. (2W) UAB, 64-60
(3W) North Texas def. (1W) Louisiana Tech, 54-48
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}MARCH 13 – CHAMPIONSHIP
(3W) North Texas def. (1E) Western Kentucky, 61-57
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}5 PLAYERS TO KNOW
Jahmir Young, Charlotte: Young, a first-team All-Conference USA selection, averaged 18.0 points during the 2020-21 season. Charlotte is locked in at the No. 5 seed in the East Division.
Taevion Kinsey, Marshall: Kinsey, who averaged 19.9 points per game in 2020-21, was also a member of the All-Conference USA first team. The junior also shot 54% from the field for Marshall, which earned the third-seed in the East Division.
Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA: Jackson led the conference in points (20.6 ppg), and was fourth in three-pointers made per game (2.7). UTSA is the fourth-seed in the West Division.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Charles Bassey, WKU: Bassey, another first-team All-Conference USA player, averaged 17.5 points per game, which was fourth in the conference. He also led Conference USA in rebounds (11.7 RPG), field goal percentage (61%), and blocks (3.1).
Javion Hamlet, UNT: Hamlet, who averaged 14.3 points per contest, also averaged 4.0 assists per game, and he was at the top of the conference in free throw percentage (89%).