Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

C-USA Men's Basketball Tournament
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Sport	Basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Number of teams	12
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Don Haskins Center in 2011
Current location	El Paso, Texas in 2011
Played	1996–present
Last contest	2011 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Current champion	Memphis Tigers
Most championships	Memphis Tigers (5)
Official website	ConferenceUSA.CSTV.com Men's Basketball

The Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament is held annually following the end of the regular season of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball.

After the conference realignment, the tournament was held at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee, for five seasons. In 2011, the tournament was held in El Paso, Texas, at the Don Haskins Center.

Tournament results

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Most Valuable Player	Site
1996	Cincinnati	Marquette	Danny Fortson, Cincinnati	The Pyramid; Memphis, Tennessee
1997	Marquette	Charlotte	Aaron Hutchins, Marquette	Kiel Center; St. Louis, Missouri
1998	Cincinnati	Charlotte	Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati	Myrl Shoemaker Center; Cincinnati, Ohio
1999	Charlotte	Louisville	Galen Young, Charlotte	Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Arena; Birmingham, Alabama
2000	Saint Louis	DePaul	Justin Love, Saint Louis	The Pyramid; Memphis, Tennessee
2001	Charlotte	Cincinnati	Rodney White, Charlotte	Freedom Hall; Louisville, Kentucky
2002	Cincinnati	Marquette	Steve Logan, Cincinnati	Firstar Center; Cincinnati, Ohio
2003	Louisville	UAB	Luke Whitehead, Louisville	Freedom Hall; Louisville, Kentucky
2004	Cincinnati	DePaul	Tony Bobbitt, Cincinnati	U.S. Bank Arena; Cincinnati, Ohio
2005	Louisville	Memphis	Taquan Dean, Louisville	FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2006	Memphis	UAB	Shawne Williams, Memphis	FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2007	Memphis	Houston	Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis	FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2008	Memphis*	Tulsa	Antonio Anderson, Memphis	FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2009	Memphis	Tulsa	Tyreke Evans, Memphis	FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee
2010	Houston	UTEP	Kelvin Lewis, Houston	BOK Center; Tulsa, Oklahoma
2011	Memphis	UTEP	Joe Jackson, Memphis	Don Haskins Center; El Paso, Texas
2012				FedExForum; Memphis, Tennessee

• NCAA ruled that Memphis vacate wins from the 2007–2008 season.

Performance by school

Member	Winners	Winning Years
Memphis	5	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
¹Cincinnati	4	1996, 1998, 2002, 2004
¹Louisville	2	2003, 2005
¹Charlotte	2	1999, 2001
¹St. Louis	1	2000
¹Marquette	1	1997
Houston	1	2010
TOTAL	16

¹no longer a conference member

Television coverage

Main article: Conference USA Tournament Finals broadcasters

See also

• Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament

References

Conference USA Men's Basketball statistics from 1996–2004