2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

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2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 CUSA men's basketball tournament.jpg
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams12
SiteBOK Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
ChampionsHouston (1st title)
Winning coachTom Penders (1st title)
MVPKelvin Lewis (Houston)
TelevisionCBS College Sports
CBS
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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 – 10   .706
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 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 10–13, 2010 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The tournament was won by #7 seed Houston who receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. All Quarterfinal and semifinal games were broadcast on CBS College Sports and the championship game was broadcast on CBS. Houston's Kelvin Lewis was declared the tournament's MVP.[1] Houston's Aubrey Coleman, Southern Mississippi's , and UTEP's Randy Culpepper and Arnett Moultrie joined Lewis on the all-tournament team.[2]

Bracket[]

First round
March 10 		Second round
March 11 		Semifinals
March 12 		Championship Game
March 13
            
1 UTEP (#25) 76
9 UCF 54
8 SMU 53
9 UCF 69
1 UTEP (#25) 75
5 Tulsa 61
4 Marshall 64
5 Tulsa 80
5 Tulsa 73
12 Rice 62
1 UTEP (#25) 73
7 Houston 81
2 Memphis 65
7 Houston 66
7 Houston 93
10 East Carolina 80
6 Southern Miss 66
7 Houston 74
3 UAB 44
6 Southern Miss 58
6 Southern Miss 57
11 Tulane 47

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
Rankings from the AP poll.

References[]

  1. ^ Knight, Bill. Conference USA tournament heartbreak: Houston stuns UTEP in finals, El Paso Times, March 13, 2010.
  2. ^ USM player named to All-C-USA tournament team[permanent dead link], Hattiesburg American, March 14, 2010.
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