2021 C-USA Men's Basketball Tournament Pairings Set

UPDATED throughout C-USA Tournament

POSTED: March 6, 2021 -- 8:02 p.m. CT

After winning their divisions in the regular season, WKU and Louisiana Tech will be the No. 1 seeds at the 2021 C-USA Basketball Championships in Frisco, Texas. The Hilltoppers won the East Division with a conference record of 11-3 and an overall mark of 18-6, while the Bulldogs took the West Division with a 12-4 league ledger and a 20-6 overall mark As the top seeds, WKU and Louisiana Tech will each have a first-round bye at the championship.

The other teams receiving first-round byes are No. 2 seeds Old Dominion and UAB. The Monarchs closed the regular season at 11-5 in conference and 15-7 overall, while Blazers were 13-5 in C-USA and 21-6 in all games.

The Championship begins with a pair of preliminary round games on Tuesday night, the first time since 2014 that more than 12 schools will participate in the event. No. 6 Rice and No. 7 Southern Miss will face off in an East Division clash at 7 p.m. CT on Court A. In the East, No. 7 FIU and No. 6 Middle Tennessee meet at 7:30 p.m. CT on Court B. FIU and Middle Tennessee split their two regular season meetings in Murfreesboro in early January, while Rice won both contests against Southern Miss in Houston the first weekend of February.

Wednesday's four-game action begins at 5:30 p.m. CT on Court A when the West No. 4 seed UTSA squares off with East No. 5 Charlotte. The Roadrunners and 49ers had their regular season series canceled.

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Next door on Court B, East No. 3 seed Marshall meets the winner of the Rice-Southern Miss showdown at 6 p.m.

East No. 4 seed Florida Atlantic will face West No. 5 UTEP at 8:30 p.m. The regular season meetings between these teams were postponed due to weather-related issues.

West No. 3 seed North Texas will close out Wednesday evening play at 9 p.m. CT on Court B, facing the winner of the FIU-Middle Tennessee matchup.

In Thursday's quarterfinal round, East No. 1 WKU will take on the winner of the UTSA-Charlotte game at 5:30 p.m. on Court A and West No. 2 UAB will face Marshall, Rice or Southern Miss beginning at 6 p.m. on Court B. West No. 1 seed Louisiana Tech will battle the winner of Florida Atlantic-UTEP at 8:30 p.m. on Court A, while East No. 2 seed Old Dominion will close out Thursday night against North Texas, Middle Tennessee or FIU at 9 p.m. on Court B.

Coverage of the preliminary and first rounds will be available through ESPN+, while the four quarterfinal games will be available on affiliates of Stadium. The semifinal games will be shown on CBS Sports Network at 11 a.m. and 2 pm (CT). CBS Sports Network will also broadcast the championship game on Saturday, beginning at 8 p.m. (CT).

For more information on the 2021 C-USA Basketball Tournament, visit www.ConferenceUSA.com/HoopsAtTheStar.

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