The 2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season marked the 15th season of Conference USA basketball.
Preseason 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.Tulsa's Jordan Named C-USA Men's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year , Conference USA, retrieved 2009-10-15 On October 29, Jordan was named to the Naismith Award watch list.Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List announced, CBS Sports, retrieved 2009-10-30 Jordan's teammate Ben Uzoh was named to the 30-man preseason candidate list for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Names 2009-10 Men's and Women's Basketball Candidates, Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, retrieved 2009-11-06
Preseason All-CUSA Team Aubrey Coleman, Houston Jerome Jordan, Tulsa Kelvin Lewis, Houston Arnett Moultrie, UTEP Ben Uzoh, Tulsa
Preseason Player of the Year Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
Regular season
Postseason
Conference USA tournament
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 awards & honors
Weekly awards Conference USA Players of the week Throughout the conference season, the Conference USA offices name a player and rookie of the week.
Week Player of the week Rookie of the week November 16Nov. 16 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards , Conference USA, retrieved 2009-11-21 Isaac Sosa, UCF Elijah Millsap, UAB November 23 Aubrey Coleman, HOU Elliot Williams, MEM November 30 Aubrey Coleman, HOU Hassan Whiteside, MAR December 7Dec. 7 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards , Conference USA, retrieved 2009-12-07 Justin Hurtt, TLSA Elliot Williams, MEM December 14Dec. 14 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards , Conference USA, retrieved 2009-12-28 Elliot Williams, MEM Hassan Whiteside, MAR December 21Dec. 21 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards , Conference USA, retrieved 2009-12-28Elijah Millsap, UAB Marcus Jordan, UCF Jeremy Williams, UTEP December 28Dec. 28 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards , Conference USA, retrieved 2009-12-28 Aubrey Coleman, HOU Jamarr Sanders, UAB January 4Jan. 4 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards , Conference USA, retrieved 2010-01-11 Elijah Millsap, UAB Derrick Caracter, UTEP January 11Jan. 11 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards , Conference USA, retrieved 2010-01-11Ben Uzoh, TLSA Elijah Millsap, UAB Elliot Williams, MEM January 18 Aubrey Coleman, HOU Hassan Whiteside, MAR January 25 Randy Culpepper, UTEP Hassan Whiteside, MAR February 1 Derrick Caracter, UTEP Arsalan Kazemi, RICE February 8 Wesley Witherspoon, MEM Derrick Caracter, UTEP February 15 Randy Culpepper, UTEP Elliot Williams, MEM February 22 Randy Culpepper, UTEP Hassan Whiteside, MAR March 1 Aubrey Coleman, HOU Hassan Whiteside, MAR March 8Men's Basketball Weekly Awards , Conference USA, retrieved 2010-03-09 Tyler Wilkerson, MAR Jordan Callahan, TULN
All-Conference Awards
Player of the Year: Randy Culpepper, UTEP Freshman of the Year: Hassan Whiteside, Marshall Defensive Player of the Year: Hassan Whiteside, Marshall Sixth Man of the Year: Dago Pena, Marshall and Steven Idlet, Tulsa Newcomer of the Year: Elliot Williams, Memphis Coach of the Year: Tony Barbee, UTEP
Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams First Team Aubrey Coleman, Houston Randy Culpepper, UTEP Elijah Millsap, UAB Ben Uzoh, Tulsa Elliot Williams, Memphis
Second Team Derrick Caracter, UTEP Gary Flowers, Southern Miss Jerome Jordan, Tulsa Hassan Whiteside, Marshall Tyler Wilkerson, Marshall
Third Team Papa Dia, SMU Aaron Johnson, UAB Derek Williams, SMU Wesley Witherspoon, Memphis Brock Young, East Carolina
Freshman Team Keith Clanton, UCF Marcus Jordan, UCF Arsalan Kazemi, Rice Kendall Timmons, Tulane Hassan Whiteside, Marshall
Defensive Team Aaron Johnson, UAB Jerome Jordan, Tulsa Julyan Stone, UTEP Sai'Quon Stone, Southern Miss Hassan Whiteside, Marshall
Academic Team Connor Frizzelle, Rice Lucas Kuipers, Rice George Drake, UAB Isaac Sosa, UCF Isaac Gordon, UTEP
National awards & honors
National awards
NABC District 11 Coach of the Year: Tony Barbee
USBWA 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.
District IV (KY, TN MS, AL, GA, FL) All-District Team Elliot Williams, Memphis District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD) All-District Team None Selected District VII (TX, AR, LA) All-District Team Randy Culpepper, UTEP
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