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Conference USA women's basketball tournament

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Conference USA women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship

Sport	College basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Number of teams	10 (as of 2024–25)
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Propst Arena
Current location	Huntsville, Alabama
Played	1996–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (5)
Most championships	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders & Tulane Green Wave (5)
Official website	ConferenceUSA.com

The Conference USA women's basketball tournament is held annually following the end of the regular season of NCAA Division I women's basketball.

The tournament has been played every year since the inception of Conference USA in 1996. The winner receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Tournament champions

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Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Site	MVP
1996	Memphis	93–87 (OT)	DePaul	Bartow Arena, Birmingham, Alabama	Keeta Matthews, Memphis
1997	Tulane	76–53	Marquette	Alumni Hall, Chicago, Illinois	Mary Lowry, Tulane
1998	Memphis	79–75	Louisville	Louisville Gardens, Louisville, Kentucky	LaTonya Johnson, Memphis
1999	Tulane	58–44	Cincinnati	Fogelman Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana	Grace Daley, Tulane
2000	Tulane	73–70	UAB	Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky	Janell Burse, Tulane
2001	Tulane	63–50	Cincinnati	U.S. Cellular Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Valerie King, Cincinnati
2002	Cincinnati	68–56	Tulane	DePaul Athletic Center, Chicago, Illinois	Valerie King, Cincinnati
2003	TCU	85–76 (OT)	Cincinnati	The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee	Sandora Irvin, TCU
2004	Houston	86–75	TCU	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas	Chandi Jones, Houston
2005	TCU	60–41	Louisville	Dale F. Halton Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina	Sandora Irvin, TCU
2006	Tulsa	55–52	Rice	Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas	Jillian Robbins, Tulsa
2007	East Carolina	79–70	Rice	Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma	LaCoya Terry, East Carolina
2008	SMU	73–57	UTEP	UCF Arena, Orlando, Florida	Janielle Dodds, SMU
2009	UCF	65–54 (OT)	Southern Miss	Fogelman Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana	Emma Cannon, UCF
2010	Tulane	62–54	UAB	Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma	Danielle Nunn, Tulane
2011	UCF	85–73	Tulane	Don Haskins Center Memorial Gym, El Paso, Texas	Jelisa Caldwell, UCF
2012	UTEP	69–65	Tulane	FedExForum Elma Roane Fieldhouse, Memphis, Tennessee	Gloria Brown, UTEP
2013	Tulsa	75–66	UCF	BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma	Taleya Mayberry, Tulsa
2014	Middle Tennessee	84–55	Tulsa	Don Haskins Center Memorial Gym, El Paso, Texas	Ebony Rowe, Middle Tennessee
2015	Western Kentucky	60–57	Southern Miss	Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama	Alexis Govan, Western Kentucky
2016	Middle Tennessee	70–54	Old Dominion	Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama	Ty Petty, Middle Tennessee
2017	Western Kentucky	67–56	Southern Miss	Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama	Kendall Noble, Western Kentucky
2018	Western Kentucky	72–57	UAB	The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas	Tashia Brown, Western Kentucky
2019	Rice	69–54	Middle Tennessee	The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas	Nancy Mulkey, Rice
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Middle Tennessee	68–65	Rice	The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas	Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
2022	Charlotte	68–63	Louisiana Tech	The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas	Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte
2023	Middle Tennessee	82-70	Western Kentucky	The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas	Jalynn Gregory, Middle Tennessee
2024	Middle Tennessee	67–51	Liberty	Propst Arena, Huntsville, Alabama	Savannah Wheeler, Middle Tennessee
2025				Propst Arena, Huntsville, Alabama

Tournament Championships by School

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Current members

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Members as of July 1, 2024. Kennesaw State, in italics, will play its first CUSA season in 2024–25.

School	Championships	Years
Middle Tennessee	5	2014, 2016, 2021, 2023, 2024
Western Kentucky	3	2015, 2017, 2018
UTEP	1	2012
FIU	0
Jacksonville State	0
Kennesaw State	0
Liberty	0
Louisiana Tech	0
New Mexico State	0
Sam Houston	0

Former members

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Former members that have won the tournament as of July 1, 2024.

School	Championships	Years
Tulane	5	1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
Memphis	2	1996, 1998
TCU	2	2003, 2005
Tulsa	2	2006, 2013
UCF	2	2009, 2011
Charlotte	1	2022
Cincinnati	1	2002
East Carolina	1	2007
Houston	1	2004
Rice	1	2019
SMU	1	2008

References

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Conference USA official website

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v t e Conference USA women's basketball
Teams	FIU Panthers Jacksonville State Gamecocks Kennesaw State Owls Liberty Lady Flames Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders New Mexico State Aggies Sam Houston Bearkats UTEP Miners (leaving in 2026) Western Kentucky Lady Toppers
Future teams	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Missouri State Lady Bears (both joining in 2025)
Championships & awards	Conference USA women's basketball tournament
Seasons	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

NCAA women's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Early season	Acrisure Holiday Invitational Ball Dawgs Classic Battle 4 Atlantis Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic Daytona Beach Invitational Emerald Coast Classic Fort Myers Tip-Off Goombay Splash Great Alaska Shootout Gulf Coast Showcase Holiday Hoops Classic Paradise Jam San Juan Shootout Savannah Invitational Southland Basketball Tip-Off South Point Thanksgiving Shootout St Pete Showcase Tulane DoubleTree Classic Vancouver Showcase West Palm Beach Invitational Preseason WNIT
Conference postseason	ACC America East The American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 (on hiatus until 2027) Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Postseason	AIAW NCAA WBIT WNIT WBI

Division II

Conference postseason	CACC CCAA CIAA Carolinas East Coast Great American GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Lone Star MIAA Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun PacWest Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic SIAC Sunshine State
Postseason	NCAA

Division III

Postseason	NCAA

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