| 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 | Propst Arena |
| Current location | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Played | 1996–present |
| Last contest | 2025 |
| Current champion | Liberty Flames |
| Most championships | Memphis Tigers (6) |
| Official website | ConferenceUSA.com Men's Basketball |
TheConference USA men's basketball tournament is held annually following the end of the regular season ofNCAA Division I Men's Basketball.
After the conference realignment, the tournament was held atFedExForum inMemphis, Tennessee, for five seasons. It moved to theBOK Center inTulsa, Oklahoma for the 2010, and then toEl Paso, Texas, at theDon Haskins Center for 2011. It returned to FedExForum in 2012, and was set to be played there in 2013, as well. However, after Memphis' decision to leave Conference USA forwhat ultimately became theAmerican Athletic Conference in 2013–14, the league decided to move the tournament to a site near a school remaining in the conference, ultimately selecting the BOK Center in Tulsa. The tournament returned to the Haskins Center in El Paso in 2014. In 2015, the tournament moved to Birmingham, Alabama and theLegacy Arena for three years. In 2017, C-USA signed a deal with theNFL'sDallas Cowboys to move its men's andwomen's tournaments to theFord Center, an indoor stadium at the Cowboys' headquarters in theDallas suburb ofFrisco, Texas. This deal, originally for the 2018 and 2019 tournaments,[1] was later extended through 2021,[2] and eventually 2023. After that season, C-USA announced that the men's and women's tournaments would move toPropst Arena inHuntsville, Alabama for at least 2024 and 2025,[3] extended to 2026.[4]
Delaware and Missouri State will play its first CUSA season in 2025–26.
| School | Championships | Championship Years |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Western Kentucky | 1 | 2024 |
| Liberty | 1 | 2025 |
| FIU | 0 | |
| Jacksonville State | 0 | |
| Kennesaw State | 0 | |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | |
| New Mexico State | 0 | |
| Sam Houston State | 0 | |
| UTEP | 0 |
Former members that have won the tournament as of July 1, 2023.
| School | Championships | Championship Years |
|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 7 | 2006, 2007, 2008*, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Cincinnati | 4 | 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004 |
| Charlotte | 2 | 1999, 2001 |
| Louisville | 2 | 2003, 2005 |
| UAB | 2 | 2015, 2022 |
| Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2023 |
| Houston | 1 | 2010 |
| Marquette | 1 | 1997 |
| Marshall | 1 | 2018 |
| North Texas | 1 | 2021 |
| Old Dominion | 1 | 2019 |
| Saint Louis | 1 | 2000 |
| Tulsa | 1 | 2014 |
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst | Sideline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CBSSN | Carter Blackburn | Avery Johnson | Tiffany Blackmon |
| 2023 | Jenny Dell | |||
| 2022 | John Sadak | AJ Ross | ||
| 2021 | Carter Blackburn | |||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to thecoronavirus pandemic | |||
| 2019 | CBSSN | Carter Blackburn | Pete Gillen | John Schriffen |
| 2018 | Jamie Erdahl | |||
| 2017 | ||||
| 2016 | Fox Sports 1 | Aaron Goldsmith | Mike Jarvis | |
| 2015 | Joe Davis | |||
| 2014 | CBS | Ian Eagle | Jim Spanarkel | |
| 2010[5] | Gus Johnson | Dan Bonner | ||
| 2009[6] | ||||
| 2008[7] | Dick Enberg | Bob Wenzel | ||
| 2007[8] | Gus Johnson | Dan Bonner | ||
| 2006[9] | ||||
| 2005[10] | Verne Lundquist | Jim Spanarkel | ||
| 2004[11] | Gus Johnson | Dan Bonner | ||
| 2003[12] | ||||
| 2002[13] | ||||
| 2001[14] | Dick Enberg | Bill Walton | ||
| 2000[15] | Verne Lundquist | Bill Raftery | ||
| 1999[16] | Sean McDonough | |||
| 1998[17] | Gus Johnson | Jim Spanarkel | ||
| 1997[18] | Tim Ryan | Al McGuire | ||
| 1996[19] | Al McGuire andDenny Crum | |||
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dial Global Sports | Dave Ryan | Pete Gillen |
| 2012[20] | |||
| 2011[21] | |||
| 2010[22] | |||
| 2009[22] | Kevin Kugler | ||
| 2007[23] | Marc Vandermeer |