2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season

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2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season
Conference USA logo.svg
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS Sports Network, Stadium, ESPNU, ESPN+
2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season MVPJordan Walker
Tournament
Basketball seasons
← 2020–21
2022–23 →
2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Middle Tennessee 13 – 5   .722 26 – 10   .722
Western Kentucky 11 – 7   .611 19 – 13   .594
Florida Atlantic 11 – 7   .611 19 – 15   .559
Charlotte 10 – 8   .556 17 – 14   .548
Old Dominion 8 – 10   .444 13 – 19   .406
FIU 5 – 13   .278 15 – 17   .469
Marshall 4 – 14   .222 12 – 21   .364
West
North Texas 16 – 2   .889 25 – 7   .781
UAB † 14 – 4   .778 27 – 8   .771
Louisiana Tech 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706
UTEP 11 – 7   .611 20 – 14   .588
Rice 7 – 11   .389 16 – 17   .485
UTSA 3 – 15   .167 10 – 22   .313
Southern Miss 1 – 17   .056 7 – 26   .212
† 2022 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2022; 

The 2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play starts in late December 2021 and will end in March 2022, after which all 14 member teams will participate in the 2022 Conference USA Tournament at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2022 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Preseason[]

UAB was picked as a narrow favorite to finish first in Conference USA by a poll of the league's 14 head coaches.[2]

Preseason Poll[]

1. UAB (8)
2. Louisiana Tech (6)
3. WKU
4. Marshall
5. Old Dominion
6. North Texas
7. Charlotte
8. Rice
9. Florida Atlantic
10. UTEP
11. UTSA
12. Southern Miss
13. FIU
14. Middle Tennessee

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference teams[]

Media
Jahmir Young Charlotte
Taevion Kinsey Marshall
Kenneth Lofton Jr. Louisiana Tech
Josh Anderson WKU
Quincy Olivari Rice
Tyler Stevenson Southern Miss
Tavin Lovan UAB
Souley Boum UTEP
Kalu Ezikpe Old Dominion
Isaiah Crawford Louisiana Tech

Head coaches[]

Coaching changes[]

Rodney Terry resigned as head coach of UTEP after three seasons to accept an assistant coaching position at Texas.[3]Joe Golding was then hired as the new head coach of the Miners.[4]

Coaches[]

Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record C-USA record C-USA championships NCAA Tournaments
Charlotte Ron Sanchez Virginia
(asst.) 		4 33-50 20-32 0 0
FIU Jeremy Ballard VCU
(asst.) 		4 48-44 21-32 0 0
Florida Atlantic Dusty May Florida
(asst.) 		4 47-41 23-25 0 0
Louisiana Tech Eric Konkol Miami
(asst.) 		7 129–65 67–39 0 0
Marshall Dan D'Antoni Los Angeles Lakers
(asst.) 		8 128-99 71-51 1 1
Middle Tennessee Nick McDevitt UNC Asheville 4 24-60 15-36 0 0
North Texas Grant McCasland Arkansas State 5 78-51 39-29 1 0
Old Dominion Jeff Jones American 9 167-92 93-45 1 1
Rice Scott Pera Rice
(asst.) 		5 50-73 25-44 0 0
Southern Miss Jay Ladner Southeastern Louisiana 3 17-39 9-26 0 0
UAB Andy Kennedy Ole Miss 2 22-7 13-5 0 0
UTEP Joe Golding Abilene Christian 2 0-0 0-0 0 0
UTSA Steve Henson Oklahoma
(asst.) 		6 79-79 46-42 0 0
WKU Rick Stansbury Texas A&M
(asst.) 		6 103-60 58-28 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
  • Overall and C-USA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.

Regular Season[]

Conference matrix[]

Charlotte FIU Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech Marshall Middle Tennessee North Texas Old Dominion Rice Southern Miss UAB UTEP UTSA WKU
vs. Charlotte – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. FIU 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Florida Atlantic 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Louisiana Tech 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Marshall 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Middle Tennessee 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. North Texas 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Old Dominion 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Rice 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Southern Miss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. UAB 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. UTEP 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. UTSA 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0
vs. WKU 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0
Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Player of the week[]

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week Reference
Week 1 – Nov 15 Dayvion McKnight - WKU Aly Khalifa - Charlotte [5]
Week 2 – Nov 22 Tevin Brewer – FIU Teafale Lenard – Middle Tennessee [6]
Week 3 – Nov 29 Kenneth Lofton, Jr. – Louisiana Tech Rashad Bolden – Southern Miss [7]


All-Conference Teams and Awards[]

Award Recipients
Player of the Year
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
All-Freshman Team
All-Defensive Team

References[]

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball Format".
  2. ^ "MBB: UAB Picked First in Preseason Poll; 11 Student-Athletes Recognized". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. October 21, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "UTEP men's basketball coach Rodney Terry taking assistant job at Texas". El Paso Times. April 6, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Abilene Christian's Golding hired as new UTEP head basketball coach". KVIA. April 13, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "MBB: Nov. 15 Players of the Week". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "MBB: Nov. 22 Players of the Week". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "MBB: Nov. 29 Players of the Week". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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