The 2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season marks the 15th season of
Conference USA basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
.
Preseason
In a vote of league coaches,
Tulsa
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center
Jerome Jordan
Jerome Adolphus Jordan (born September 29, 1986) is a Jamaican professional basketball player for Peñarol Mar del Plata of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). He played college basketball for the University of Tulsa and represents the Jamaica ...
headed up the preseason All-CUSA team and was named preseason conference player of the year. On October 29, Jordan was named to the
Naismith Award Naismith Award is a basketball award named after James Naismith, and awarded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
Naismith Awards include:
* Naismith College Player of the Year (men's and women's; NCAA Division I basketball)
* Naismith College Coach of t ...
watch list. Jordan's teammate
Ben Uzoh
Benjamin Chukwukelo Uzoh (born March 18, 1988) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who plays for Marinos of the Venezuelan SuperLiga. He also plays internationally for . Standing at , Uzoh has played in the NBA for the New Jer ...
was named to the 30-man preseason candidate list for the
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
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.
Preseason All-CUSA Team
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Aubrey Coleman
Aubrey Gene Coleman (born October 9, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for Spartak Primorye of the Russian Super League. He played college basketball as an all-Conference USA player for the University of Houston where he becam ...
, Houston
*Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
*
Kelvin Lewis
Kelvin Michaúd Lewis (born April 12, 1988) is an American college basketball coach who is currently an Assistant Basketball Coach at Troy University. He was a former Professional Basketball Player for 13 seasons.
College career
Lewis played col ...
, Houston
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Arnett Moultrie
Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie (born November 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball with UTEP and Mississippi State.
High school
In Mou ...
, 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
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, Tenn ...
started on March 10, 2010 and ended on March 13, 2010. The games were played in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...
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.
All-Conference Awards
*Player of the Year:
Randy Culpepper
Randy Lechard Culpepper (born May 16, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Basket Brno of the NBL.
College career
He played for the University of Texas El Paso Miners. He is in Conference USA's top 15 all-time in career scor ...
, UTEP
*Freshman of the Year:
Hassan Whiteside
Hassan Niam Whiteside (born June 13, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd before being s ...
, 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
Elijah Millsap (born August 12, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of ...
, 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
Marcus James Jordan (born December 24, 1990) is an American former college basketball player who played for the UCF Knights men's basketball team. , UCF
*
Arsalan Kazemi
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, 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
References
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