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2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season

2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season
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League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Duration January 7, 2010
through March 7, 2010
Number of teams 12
TV partner(s) CBS College Sports Network
Regular Season
2010 C-USA Champions UTEP
Season MVP Randy Culpepper
Tournament
Champions Houston
  Runners-up UTEP
Finals MVP Kelvin Lewis, Houston
Basketball seasons
← 08–09
10–11 →
2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UTEP 15 1   .938     26 7   .788
Memphis 13 3   .813     24 10   .706
UAB 11 5   .688     25 9   .735
Marshall 11 5   .688     24 9   .727
Tulsa 10 6   .625     23 12   .657
Southern Miss 8 8   .500     20 13   .606
Houston 7 9   .438     19 16   .543
SMU 7 9   .438     14 17   .452
UCF 6 10   .375     15 17   .469
East Carolina 4 12   .250     10 21   .323
Tulane 3 13   .188     8 22   .267
Rice 1 15   .063     8 23   .258
2010 CUSA Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll


The 2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season marks the 15th season of Conference USA basketball.

In a vote of league coaches, Tulsa center Jerome Jordan headed up the preseason All-CUSA team and was named preseason conference player of the year. On October 29, Jordan was named to the Naismith Award watch list. Jordan's teammate Ben Uzoh was named to the 30-man preseason candidate list for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

Preseason Player of the Year

This season, the Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament started on March 10, 2010 and ended on March 13, 2010. The games were played in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the BOK Center, where 7th seeded Houston upset number 1 seeded UTEP in the championship game.

Conference USA Players of the week
Throughout the conference season, the Conference USA offices name a player and rookie of the week.

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Freshman Team

Defensive Team

Academic Team

District 11 Coach of the Year: Tony Barbee

On March 9, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2009–10 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following enumerates all the Conference USA representatives selected within their respective regions.

All-District Team

All-District Team

All-District Team


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