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The UAB Blazers were selected as the preseason favorite to win the Conference USA men’s basketball tournament trophy to their regular season title, according to the league’s coaches. After earning its third ever regular season C-USA championship, UAB is set as the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament and as the favorite to earn the conference’s NCAA tournament auto bid.
The four highest seeds, UAB, Middle Tennessee, Marshall and Louisiana Tech, received byes through the first two rounds and will not play until the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 10.