The Conference USA men's basketball tournament is held annually following the end of the regular season of

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Men's Basketball.

Format and hosts

After the conference realignment, the tournament was held at FedExForum in

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, for five seasons. It moved to the

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for the 2010, and then to

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, 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

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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

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to move its men's and women's tournaments to the Ford Center, an indoor stadium at the Cowboys' headquarters in the

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suburb of

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. This deal, originally for the 2018 and 2019 tournaments, was later extended through 2021, and eventually 2023. After that season, C-USA announced that the men's and women's tournaments would move to Propst Arena in

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for at least 2024 and 2025.

Tournament results

* NCAA ruled that Memphis vacate wins from the 2007–2008 season.

Tournament Championships by School

Current members

Delaware and Missouri State will play its first CUSA season in 2025–26.

Former members

Former members that have won the tournament as of July 1, 2023. * NCAA ruled that Memphis vacate wins from the 2007–2008 season.

Broadcasters

Television

Radio

References

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