C-USA Women's Basketball Tournament Pairings Set
2/25/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 25, 2001
CHICAGO - Regular season champion Louisville leads the field of 12 Conference USA women's basketball teams that will descend on Milwaukee this week for the 2001 C-USA Women's Basketball Tournament, presented by Kohl's and Nike.
Tourney action gets underway on Friday, March 2 at 1 p.m. when no. 9 seed Southern Miss (12-15) faces no. 8 seed DePaul (15-12). USM will be seeking revenge for a regular season loss to the Blue Demons in Chicago. The winner of that game will face no. 1 seed Louisville (19-8) on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Friday's second opening-round game features no. 5 seed Cincinnati (19-8) against no. 12 South Florida (4-23) at 3 p.m. Cincinnati is eying its fourth consecutive postseason bid, while South Florida looks for a second straight first round upset in the conference tournament. The winner of this matchup will face no. 4 seed UAB, an NCAA Sweet Sixteen participant a year ago, at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Friday's evening session begins with no. 6 seed Memphis (16-11), winners of six straight, squaring off against no. 11 seed Saint Louis (14-13), which needs a win to secure a second straight winning season. The winner will advance to face no. 3 Houston (18-11), the conference's most improved team in the regular season (+11 wins from last season), at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Host Marquette (12-15) will take the court as the no. 7 seed at 8 p.m. on Friday to battle no. 10 seed Charlotte. Marquette has won three in a row, its last a 46-35 win over Charlotte in the season finale. The winner of the Marquette-Charlotte matchup will take on two-time defending tournament champion Tulane (19-9) in Saturday's nightcap at 8 p.m.
The semifinals on Sunday, March 4 will be televised on The C-USA Network, which will syndicate the games throughout the league's markets. The championship game on Monday, March 5 will be televised by ESPN 2 on a same night tape delay basis, beginning at 10:30 p.m.
All games will take place at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee. For ticket information, call 414-288-GOMU.
2001 Conference USA TournamentPresented by Kohl's and Nike
Friday, March 2(8) DePaul vs. (9) Southern Miss, 1 p.m.(5) Cincinnati vs. (12) South Florida, 3 p.m.(6) Memphis vs. (11) Saint Louis, 6 p.m.(7) Marquette vs. (10) Charlotte, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 3DPU/USM winner vs. (1) Louisville, 1 p.m.CIN/USF winner vs. (4) UAB, 3 p.m.MEM/SLU winner vs. (3) Houston, 6 p.m.MAR/CHA winner vs. (2) Tulane, 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 4Semifinal no. 1 (C-USA Network), 2 p.m.Semifinal no. 2 (C-USA Network), 5 p.m.
Monday, March 5Championship (ESPN2), 7 p.m.