2010 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

The 2010 Conference USA men's basketball tournament took place March 10–13, 2010, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The tournament was won by #7 seed Houston who receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. All Quarterfinal and semifinal games were broadcast on CBS College Sports and the championship game was broadcast on CBS. Houston's Kelvin Lewis was declared the tournament's MVP.^[1] Houston's Aubrey Coleman, Southern Mississippi's Gary Flowers, and UTEP's Randy Culpepper and Arnett Moultrie joined Lewis on the all-tournament team.^[2]

2010 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	12
Site	BOK Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Houston (1st title)
Winning coach	Tom Penders (1st title)
MVP	Kelvin Lewis (Houston)
Television	CBS College Sports CBS
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2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UTEP	15	–	1		.938			26	–	7		.788
Memphis	13	–	3		.813			24	–	10		.706
UAB	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Marshall	11	–	5		.688			24	–	10		.706
Tulsa	10	–	6		.625			23	–	12		.657
Southern Miss	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Houston†	7	–	9		.438			19	–	16		.543
SMU	7	–	9		.438			14	–	17		.452
East Carolina	4	–	12		.250			10	–	21		.323
Tulane	3	–	13		.188			8	–	22		.267
Rice	1	–	15		.063			8	–	23		.258
UCF*	0	–	10		.000			0	–	17		.000
† 2010 CUSA Tournament winner As of March 20, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll *UCF vacated its wins from the 2010–11 season after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team.

Bracket

	First round March 10					Second round March 11					Semifinals March 12					Championship Game March 13
						1	UTEP (#25)	76
						9	UCF	54
	8	SMU	53
	9	UCF	69
											1	UTEP (#25)	75
											5	Tulsa	61
						4	Marshall	64
						5	Tulsa	80
	5	Tulsa	73
	12	Rice	62
																1	UTEP (#25)	73
																7	Houston	81
						2	Memphis	65
						7	Houston	66
	7	Houston	93
	10	East Carolina	80
											6	Southern Miss	66
											7	Houston	74
						3	UAB	44
						6	Southern Miss	58
	6	Southern Miss	57
	11	Tulane	47

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
Rankings from the AP poll.

References

1. Knight, Bill. Conference USA tournament heartbreak: Houston stuns UTEP in finals, El Paso Times, March 13, 2010.
2. USM player named to All-C-USA tournament team^{[permanent dead link]}, Hattiesburg American, March 14, 2010.