2011–12 Conference USA men's basketball season

2011–12 Conference USA men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports/ CBS Sports Network
Regular Season
Tournament

2011–12 Conference USA men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Memphis†	13	–	3		.813			26	–	8		.765
Southern Miss	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Tulsa	10	–	6		.625			17	–	14		.548
UCF	10	–	6		.625			22	–	11		.667
UAB	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
Marshall	9	–	7		.563			21	–	14		.600
Rice	8	–	8		.500			18	–	15		.545
UTEP	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
Houston	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
East Carolina	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
SMU	4	–	12		.250			13	–	19		.406
Tulane	3	–	13		.188			15	–	19		.441
† 2012 CUSA Tournament winner As of March 15, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011–12 Conference USA men's basketball season marks the 17th season of Conference USA basketball.

Preseason

On October 10, 2011, Cameron Moore of UAB was named Preseason Player of the Year.

Preseason teams

Award	Recipients
First Team	Keith Clanton (UCF) Arsalan Kazemi (Rice) Cameron Moore (UAB) Will Barton (Memphis) Kendall Timmons (Tulane) DeAndre Kane (Marshall)
Second Team	Tarik Black (Memphis) Marcus Jordan (UCF) Joe Jackson (Memphis) Robert Nyakundi (SMU) Darrius Morrow (East Carolina) Jordan Clarkson (Tulsa)