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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.

North Texas received the automatic bid.

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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

(6W) Rice def. (3E) Marshall, 72-68

(4E) Florida Atlantic def. (5W) UTEP, 76-70

(3W) North Texas def. (6E) Middle Tennessee, 76-56

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

(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

MARCH 13 – CHAMPIONSHIP

(3W) North Texas def. (1E) Western Kentucky, 61-57

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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.

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%).