| 2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Pixels: | 175px |
| Duration: | January 7, 2010 through March 7, 2010 |
| No Of Teams: | 12 |
| Tv: | CBS College Sports Network |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champs: | UTEP |
| Season Champ Name: | 2010 C-USA Champions |
| Mvp: | Randy Culpepper |
| Mvp Link: | Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Houston |
| Finals Runner-Up: | UTEP |
| Finals Mvp: | Kelvin Lewis, Houston |
| Finals Mvp Link: | 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament |
| Seasonslistnames: | Basketball |
| Prevseason Year: | 08–09 |
| Nextseason Year: | 10–11 |
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.[1] On October 29, Jordan was named to the Naismith Award watch list.[2] Jordan's teammate Ben Uzoh was named to the 30-man preseason candidate list for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.[3]
Preseason Player of the Year
See main article: 2010 Conference USA men's basketball 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 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 |
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| November 16[4] | Isaac Sosa, UCF | Elijah Millsap, UAB |
| November 23 | Aubrey Coleman, HOU | Elliot Williams, MEM |
| November 30 | Aubrey Coleman, HOU | Hassan Whiteside, MAR |
| December 7[5] | Justin Hurtt, TLSA | Elliot Williams, MEM |
| December 14[6] | Elliot Williams, MEM | Hassan Whiteside, MAR |
| December 21[7] | Elijah Millsap, UAB | Marcus Jordan, UCF |
| December 28[8] | Aubrey Coleman, HOU | Jamarr Sanders, UAB |
| January 4[9] | Elijah Millsap, UAB | Derrick Caracter, UTEP |
| January 11[10] | Ben 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 8[11] | Tyler Wilkerson, MAR | Jordan Callahan, TULN |
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.[13]
District IV (KY, TN MS, AL, GA, FL)
All-District Team
District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD)
All-District Team
District VII (TX, AR, LA)
All-District Team