March 7, 2010

Tulsa, Okla. - The 2010 GMC Sierra Conference USA Championships open play with the women's tournament tomorrow at 12 p.m. CT inside the Donald W. Reynolds Center. After an exciting and tense women's regular season of upsets and head-to-head play, fans can expect the excitement to carry over into this week's Championship. Eighth seeded UCF and No. 9 Marshall will kick off the 11-game tournament followed by No. 5 East Carolina and No. 12 Southern Miss with a 2:30 p.m. bout. Sixth-seeded UAB will face host Tulsa at 6 p.m. with Rice and UTEP scheduled to complete in the final contest of the day at 8:30 p.m.

C-USA Women's Basketball Championship Notebook

C-USA Women's Basketball Head Coaches Pre-Championship Quotes

The league office will offer live online streaming video of the first eight games of the C-USA Women's Basketball Championship. All of those games except for the games broadcast on the CBS College Sports Network are available by purchasing a subscription to CBS College Sports XXL. For more information on CBSC XXL and how to order, go to www.cbssports.com/xxl. If you are a current Annual or Monthly subscriber to CBS College Sports XXL, you will be able to access ALL of the non-televised games as part of your subscription, PLUS audio/video coverage from other conference tournaments.

If you are a current Annual or Monthly subscriber to a C-USA school's All-Access package, you will receive all of that team's C-USA Championship games for FREE as part of your Annual/Monthly package. Current subscribers should either (1) refer to the interactive bracket here, click on the matchup, click on the Watch link next to their school and then log in with their normal information; or (2) go to their school's website (Links Here), log in with their normal account information and begin watching the game.

Annual subscriptions to a C-USA school's All-Access are for a 12-month period. Fans who wish to purchase an Annual subscription to a C-USA school's All-Access can do so by visiting the official athletics website (Links Here) and clicking on the All-Access graphic link.

Free Gametracker live stat tracking will also be available for every game. Highlights for each game will also be featured on ConferenceUSA.com. For full tournament coverage, go to the C-USA Championship Central and don't miss a minute of the action!

Purchase your tickets today for the C-USA Championship. All seats are general admission and are as low as $10 for an adult single-session ticket. You can also receive free admission to the women's tournament with the purchase of a 2010 Men's Basketball Championship all-session ticket.

Also included above are the women's basketball notebook and head coaches' quotes for the Championship.

2010 GMC SIERRA C-USA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Tulsa, Okla. * Reynolds Center
March 8-12

FIRST ROUNDS - Monday, March 8
Morning Session
Game 1: (8) UCF vs. (9) Marshall 12 p.m.
Game 2: (5) East Carolina vs. (12) Southern Miss 2:30 p.m.

Afternoon Session
Game 3: (6) UAB vs. (11) Tulsa 6 p.m.
Game 4: (7) Rice vs. (10) UTEP 8:30 p.m.

QUARTERFINALS - Tuesday, March 9
Morning Session
Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs. (1) Tulane 12 p.m.
Game 6: Winner of Game 2 vs. (4) Memphis 2:30 p.m.

Afternoon Session
Game 7: Winner of Game 3 vs. (3) SMU 6 p.m.
Game 8: Winner of Game 4 vs. (2) Houston 8:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS - Wednesday, March 10
Game 9: Winners of Game 5 vs. Winners of Game 6 5 p.m. (CBS C)
Game 10: Winners of Game 7 vs. Winners of Game 8 7:30 p.m. (CBS C)

CHAMPIONSHIP - Saturday, MARCH 12
Game 11: Winners of Game 9 vs. Winners of Game 10 12:30 p.m. (CBS C)

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