C-USA Basketball Championships to Return to Birmingham
Conference USA Board of Directors Approve Championship Hosts
IRVING, Texas – The Conference USA Board of Directors approved the return of the C-USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships to the city of Birmingham, Alabama, in 2016.
It was also approved that the Championships, hosted by UAB, will now include all 14 member schools. The 2016 Basketball Championships are scheduled for Tuesday, March 8 through Saturday, March 12. Games will be held at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center and Bartow Arena on the UAB campus.
UAB and Birmingham hosted the 2015 Championships, as well as the 1999 C-USA Men’s Basketball Championship and the 1996 C-USA Women’s Basketball Championship.
“Birmingham is a wonderful location for our basketball championships,” C-USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky said. “We appreciate the two great arenas and the city’s proximity to many of our fans. The downtown development is impressive, but most of all, we appreciate the spirit of the community. We look forward to another great tournament week in 2016.”
Sites for several 2015-16 Conference USA Championships were also approved by the C-USA Board of Directors.