2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season

Preseason

In a vote of league coaches, Tulsa center Jerome Jordan 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 watch list. Jordan's teammate Ben Uzoh was named to the 30-man preseason candidate list for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

Preseason All-CUSA Team

• Aubrey Coleman, Houston
• Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
• Kelvin Lewis, Houston
• Arnett Moultrie, UTEP
• Ben Uzoh, Tulsa

**Preseason Player of the Year **

• Jerome Jordan, Tulsa

Regular season

Postseason

Conference USA tournament

Main article: 2010 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

This season, the Conference USA men's basketball tournament started on March 10, 2010 and ended on March 13, 2010. The games were played in Tulsa, Oklahoma 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, UTEP
• Freshman of the Year: Hassan Whiteside, 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, 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, UCF
• Arsalan Kazemi, 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.{{cite web

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

References

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