2010 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams12
SiteBOK Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
ChampionsHouston (1st title)
Winning coachTom Penders (1st title)
MVPKelvin Lewis (Houston)
TelevisionCBS College Sports
CBS
2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UTEP15–1 .93826–7  .788
Memphis13–3 .81324–10  .706
UAB11–5 .68825–9  .735
Marshall11–5 .68824–10  .706
Tulsa10–6 .62523–12  .657
Southern Miss8–8 .50020–13  .606
Houston†7–9 .43819–16  .543
SMU7–9 .43814–17  .452
UCF6–10 .37515–17  .469
East Carolina4–12 .25010–21  .323
Tulane3–13 .1888–22  .267
Rice1–15 .0638–23  .258
† 2010 CUSA Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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

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