C-USA Men's Basketball Tournament Sport Basketball Conference Conference USA Number of teams 12 Format Single-elimination tournament Current stadium Ford Center at The Star Current location Frisco , TexasPlayed 1996–present Last contest 2022 Current champion UAB Blazers Most championships Memphis Tigers (6)Official website ConferenceUSA.CSTV.com Men's Basketball
The Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament is held annually following the end of the regular season of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball.
Format and hosts [ ]
After the conference realignment, the tournament was held at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee , for five seasons. It moved to the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the 2010, and then to El Paso, Texas , at the Don Haskins Center for 2011. It returned to FedExForum in 2012, and was set to be played there in 2013, as well. However, after Memphis' decision to leave Conference USA for what ultimately became the American Athletic Conference in 2013–14, the league decided to move the tournament to a site near a school remaining in the conference, ultimately selecting the BOK Center in Tulsa. The tournament returned to the Haskins Center in El Paso in 2014. In 2015, the tournament moved to Birmingham, Alabama and the Legacy Arena for three years. Most recently, C-USA signed a deal with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys to move its men's and women's tournaments to the Ford Center , an indoor stadium at the Cowboys' headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas . This deal, originally for the 2018 and 2019 tournaments,[1] has since been extended through 2021.[2]
Tournament results [ ]
Year
Champion
Score
Runner-up
Most Valuable Player
Site
1996
Cincinnati
85–83 (OT)
Marquette
Danny Fortson , Cincinnati
The Pyramid ; Memphis, Tennessee
1997
Marquette
60–52
Charlotte
, Marquette
Kiel Center ; St. Louis
1998
Cincinnati
71–57
Charlotte
Kenyon Martin , Cincinnati
Myrl Shoemaker Center ; Cincinnati
1999
Charlotte
68–59
Louisville
Galen Young , Charlotte
Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex ; Birmingham, Alabama
2000
Saint Louis
56–49
DePaul
Justin Love , Saint Louis
The Pyramid; Memphis, Tennessee
2001
Charlotte
80–72
Cincinnati
Rodney White , Charlotte
Freedom Hall ; Louisville, Kentucky
2002
Cincinnati
77–63
Marquette
Steve Logan , Cincinnati
Firstar Center ; Cincinnati, Ohio
2003
Louisville
83–78
UAB
Luke Whitehead , Louisville
Freedom Hall; Louisville, Kentucky
2004
Cincinnati
55–50
DePaul
Tony Bobbitt , Cincinnati
U.S. Bank Arena ; Cincinnati, Ohio
2005
Louisville
75–74
Memphis
Taquan Dean , Louisville
FedExForum ; Memphis, Tennessee
2006
Memphis
57–46
UAB
Shawne Williams , Memphis
2007
Memphis
71–59
Houston
Chris Douglas-Roberts , Memphis
2008
Memphis *
77–51
Tulsa
Antonio Anderson , Memphis
2009
Memphis
64–39
Tulsa
Tyreke Evans , Memphis
2010
Houston
81–73
UTEP
Kelvin Lewis , Houston
BOK Center ; Tulsa, Oklahoma
2011
Memphis
67–66
UTEP
Joe Jackson , Memphis
Don Haskins Center ; El Paso, Texas
2012
Memphis
83–57
Marshall
FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2013
Memphis
91–79 (2OT)
Southern Miss
Chris Crawford , Memphis
BOK Center; Tulsa, Oklahoma
2014
Tulsa
69–60
Louisiana Tech
James Woodard , Tulsa
Don Haskins Center; El Paso, Texas
2015
UAB
73–60
Middle Tennessee
Robert Brown, UAB
Legacy Arena ; Birmingham, Alabama
2016
Middle Tennessee
55–53
Old Dominion
Reggie Upshaw , Middle Tennessee
2017
Middle Tennessee
83–72
Marshall
Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee
2018
Marshall
67–66
Western Kentucky
Jon Elmore , Marshall
Ford Center at The Star ; Frisco, Texas
2019
Old Dominion
62–56
Western Kentucky
Xavier Green, Old Dominion
2020
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021
North Texas
61–57
Western Kentucky
Javion Hamlet , North Texas
Ford Center at The Star ; Frisco, Texas
2022
UAB
82–73
Louisiana Tech
Jordan Walker , UAB
NCAA ruled that Memphis vacate wins from the 2007–2008 season.
Tournament Championships by School [ ]
Current members [ ]
Members as of July 1, 2014.
School
Championships
Years
Charlotte
2
1999, 2001
Middle Tennessee
2
2016, 2017
UAB
2
2015, 2022
Marshall
1
2018
North Texas
1
2021
Old Dominion
1
2019
Florida Atlantic
0
Florida International
0
Louisiana Tech
0
Rice
0
Southern Miss
0
UTEP
0
UTSA
0
Western Kentucky
0
Former members [ ]
Former members that have won the tournament as of July 1, 2014.
School
Championships
Years
Memphis
7
2006, 2007, 2008*, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
Cincinnati
4
1996, 1998, 2002, 2004
Louisville
2
2003, 2005
Tulsa
1
2014
Marquette
1
1997
Houston
1
2010
Saint Louis
1
2000
NCAA ruled that Memphis vacate wins from the 2007–2008 season.
Broadcasters [ ]
Television [ ]
Radio [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Conference USA men's basketball
East Division West Division Future teams Championships & awards Seasons
Conference USA championships
NCAA men's college basketball tournaments
Division I
Early season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Postseason
Division III
Conference postseason Postseason