With the success of Florida Atlantic and other mid-majors in the NCAA tournament, attention has turned to these conferences. The following is a look at Conference USA and its unique position in this year's men's basketball tournaments. Follow along as this gets to be quite a unique chain of events.
FAU won the conference tournament against the University of Alabama-Birmingham. They received the only conference NCAA bid. The NIT tourney took North Texas and UAB. Those two teams will face off Thursday in the NIT finals. The winner will be from Conference USA. Meanwhile, in the CBI Tournament, Charlotte ran the table, winning that tournament.