2012 Conference USA Basketball Tournament Schedule

The 2012 Conference USA Basketball Tournament will be held in Memphis, Tennessee at the FedEx Forum from March 7^th to March 10^th, 2012. The tournament returns to Memphis after being held in El Paso and Tulsa the previous two seasons. The winner of the 2012 Conference USA basketball tournament will earn an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA basketball tournament. The final Conference USA 2012 tournament bracket will be released at the conclusion of regular season play.

2012 Conference USA Basketball Tournament Venue

The Conference USA basketball tournament returns to FedEX Forum after being played in El Paso and Tulsa the past two seasons. The tournament has been played since 1996 and has seen a fair amount of churn within the conference with past champions leaving for other conferences. The Forum is the home of the Memphis Grizzlies and the Memphis Tigers and seats just over 18,000 people for basketball events. The FedEx Forum originally opened on September 6^th, 2004.

Past Conference USA Basketball Tournament Champions

Year    Champion      Runner-up     Site

1996    Cincinnati        Marquette        The Pyramid; Memphis, Tennessee

FedEX Forum Memphis

1997    Marquette        Charlotte         Kiel Center; St. Louis, Missouri
1998    Cincinnati        Charlotte         Myrl Shoemaker Center; Cincinnati, Ohio
1999    Charlotte         Louisville        Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Arena; Birmingham, Alabama
2000    Saint Louis      DePaul                        The Pyramid; Memphis, Tennessee
2001    Charlotte         Cincinnati        Freedom Hall; Louisville, Kentucky
2002    Cincinnati        Marquette        Firstar Center; Cincinnati, Ohio
2003    Louisville        UAB               Freedom Hall; Louisville, Kentucky
2004    Cincinnati        DePaul                        U.S. Bank Arena; Cincinnati, Ohio
2005    Louisville        Memphis         FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2006    Memphis         UAB               FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2007    Memphis         Houston          FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2008    Memphis*       Tulsa                FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2009    Memphis         Tulsa                FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2010    Houston          UTEP              BOK Center; Tulsa, Oklahoma
2011    Memphis         UTEP              Don Haskins Center; El Paso, Texas

2012 Conference USA Basketball Tournament Schedule

2012 Conference USA Tournament First Round

March 7^th, 2012

#10 Seed – #7 Seed 11:30 AM
#11 Seed– #6 Seed 1:30 P.M.
#8 Seed – #9 Seed  5:30 P.M.
#5 Seed – #12 Seed 8:00 P.M.

2012 Conference USA Tournament Quarterfinals

FedEX Forum Seating Chart

March 8^th, 2012

#2 Seed – #10/7 Seed   11:00 AM

#3 Seed – #11/6 Seed    1:30 PM

#1 Seed – #8/9 seed         5:30 PM

#4 Seed – #5/12 seed       8:00 PM

2012 Conference USA Tournament Semifinals

March 9^th, 2012

2012 C-USA Basketball Tournament Semifinals Game 1 2:00 PM CBS College Sports

2012 C-USA Basketball Tournament Semifinals Game 2 4:30 PM CBS College Sports

2012 Conference USA Tournament Finals

March 10^th, 2012

Winner Semifinal Game 1 vs Winner Semi Final Game 2 9:30 AM CBS

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