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.

C-USA men's basketball tournament
Sport	Basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Number of teams	9
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Propst Arena
Current location	Huntsville, Alabama
Played	1996–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Western Kentucky
Most championships	Memphis Tigers (6)
Official website	ConferenceUSA.com 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

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

• Conference USA women's basketball tournament

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