Conference USA men's basketball tournament

C-USA men's basketball tournament
SportBasketball
ConferenceConference USA
Number of teams9
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumPropst Arena
Current locationHuntsville, Alabama
Played1996–present
Last contest2024
Current championWestern Kentucky
Most championshipsMemphis Tigers (6)
Official websiteConferenceUSA.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] was later extended through 2021,[2] and eventually 2023. After that season, C-USA announced that the men's and women's tournaments would move to Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama for at least 2024 and 2025.[3]

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 Aaron Hutchins, 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 Canceled due to the COVID-19 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
2023 Florida Atlantic 78–56 UAB Alijah Martin, FAU
2024 Western Kentucky 78–71 UTEP Don McHenry, Western Kentucky Propst Arena; Huntsville, Alabama
2025
  • NCAA ruled that Memphis vacate wins from the 2007–2008 season.

Tournament Championships by School

Current members

Kennesaw State will play its first CUSA season in 2024–25.

School Championships Years
Middle Tennessee
2
2016, 2017
Western Kentucky
1
2024
FIU
0
Jacksonville State
0
Liberty
0
Louisiana Tech
0
New Mexico State
0
Sam Houston
0
UTEP
0

Former members

Former members that have won the tournament as of July 1, 2023.

School Championships Years
Memphis
7
2006, 2007, 2008*, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
Cincinnati
4
1996, 1998, 2002, 2004
Charlotte
2
1999, 2001
Louisville
2
2003, 2005
UAB
2
2015, 2022
Florida Atlantic
1
2023
Houston
1
2010
Marquette
1
1997
Marshall
1
2018
North Texas
1
2021
Old Dominion
1
2019
Saint Louis
1
2000
Tulsa
1
2014
  • NCAA ruled that Memphis vacate wins from the 2007–2008 season.

Broadcasters

Television

Year Network Play-by-play Analyst Sideline
2024 CBSSN Carter Blackburn Avery Johnson Tiffany Blackmon
2023 Jenny Dell
2022 John Sadak AJ Ross
2021 Carter Blackburn
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2019 CBSSN Carter Blackburn Pete Gillen John Schriffen
2018 Jamie Erdahl
2017
2016 Fox Sports 1 Aaron Goldsmith Mike Jarvis
2015 Joe Davis
2014 CBS Ian Eagle Jim Spanarkel
2010[4] Gus Johnson Dan Bonner
2009[5]
2008[6] Dick Enberg Bob Wenzel
2007[7] Gus Johnson Dan Bonner
2006[8]
2005[9] Verne Lundquist Jim Spanarkel
2004[10] Gus Johnson Dan Bonner
2003[11]
2002[12]
2001[13] Dick Enberg Bill Walton
2000[14] Verne Lundquist Bill Raftery
1999[15] Sean McDonough
1998[16] Gus Johnson Jim Spanarkel
1997[17] Tim Ryan Al McGuire
1996[18] Al McGuire and Denny Crum

Radio

Year Network Play-by-play Analyst
2013 Dial Global Sports Dave Ryan Pete Gillen
2012 [19]
2011[20]
2010[21]
2009[21] Kevin Kugler
2007[22] Marc Vandermeer

See also

References

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