2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season
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{{Infobox sports season
|title=2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season
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| league =NCAA Division I
| sport =Basketball
| logo =CUSAlogoPNG.png
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| duration =January 7, 2010
through March 7, 2010
| no_of_teams =12
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| TV =CBS College Sports Network
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| season = Regular Season
| season_champs = UTEP
| season_champ_name= 2010 C-USA Champions
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| MVP = Randy Culpepper
| MVP_link = Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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| finals = Tournament
| finals_link = 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
| finals_champ = Houston
| finals_runner-up = UTEP
| finals_MVP = Kelvin Lewis, Houston
| finals_MVP_link = 2010 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
| seasonslist =
| seasonslistnames =Basketball
| prevseason_link =
| prevseason_year =08–09
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| nextseason_year =10–11
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{{2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings}}
The 2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball season marked the 15th season of Conference USA basketball.
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.[http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101509aac.html Tulsa's Jordan Named C-USA Men's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031094331/http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101509aac.html |date=2009-10-31 }}, Conference USA, retrieved 2009-10-15 On October 29, Jordan was named to the Naismith Award watch list.[http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/17967329 Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List announced], CBS Sports, retrieved 2009-10-30 Jordan's teammate Ben Uzoh was named to the 30-man preseason candidate list for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.[http://www.seniorclassaward.com/news/view/lowes_senior_class_award_names_2009-10_mens_and_womens_basketball_candidate/ Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Names 2009-10 Men's and Women's Basketball Candidates], Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, retrieved 2009-11-06
=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
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Postseason
=Conference USA tournament=
{{Main|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
| url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2010/alldistrict100309.html
| publisher=U.S. Basketball Writers Association
| title=USBWA Names 2009-10 Men's All-District Teams
| accessdate=2010-03-10
|date=2010-03-09
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100413113026/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2010/alldistrict100309.html| archivedate= 13 April 2010 | url-status= live}}
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{{Col-1-of-3}}District IV (KY, TN MS, AL, GA, FL)
All-District Team
- Elliot Williams, Memphis
{{Col-2-of-3}}District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD)
All-District Team
- None Selected
{{Col-3-of-3}}District VII (TX, AR, LA)
All-District Team
- Randy Culpepper, UTEP
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