The 2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016, in Birmingham, Alabama, at Legacy Arena.
[1][2] Southern Miss did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed a postseason ban for pending NCAA violations.
As a result, the top 11 teams received a bye to the Second Round of the tournament.
The top 4 teams received a double bye to the Quarterfinals of the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.