Sports season
The 2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play starts in late December 2021 and will end in March 2022, after which all 14 member teams will participate in the 2022 Conference USA tournament at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas . The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2022 NCAA tournament .[1]
Preseason
UAB was picked as a narrow favorite to finish first in Conference USA by a poll of the league's 14 head coaches.[2]
Preseason Poll
1.
UAB (8)
2.
Louisiana Tech (6)
3.
WKU
4.
Marshall
5.
Old Dominion
6.
North Texas
7.
Charlotte
8.
Rice
9.
Florida Atlantic
10.
UTEP
11.
UTSA
12.
Southern Miss
13.
FIU
14.
Middle Tennessee
() first place votes
Preseason All-Conference teams
Head coaches
Coaching changes
Rodney Terry resigned as head coach of UTEP after three seasons to accept an assistant coaching position at Texas .[3] Joe Golding was then hired as the new head coach of the Miners.[4]
Coaches
Notes:
All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
Overall and C-USA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
Regular season
Conference matrix
Charlotte
FIU
Florida Atlantic
Louisiana Tech
Marshall
Middle Tennessee
North Texas
Old Dominion
Rice
Southern Miss
UAB
UTEP
UTSA
WKU
vs. Charlotte
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. FIU
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Florida Atlantic
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Louisiana Tech
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Marshall
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Middle Tennessee
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. North Texas
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Old Dominion
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Rice
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. Southern Miss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. UAB
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. UTEP
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
0–0
vs. UTSA
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
0–0
vs. WKU
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
–
0–0
Total
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
Player of the week
All-Conference Teams and Awards
References
^ "Men's Basketball Format" .
^ "MBB: UAB Picked First in Preseason Poll; 11 Student-Athletes Recognized" . conferenceusa.com . Conference USA. October 21, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021 .
^ "UTEP men's basketball coach Rodney Terry taking assistant job at Texas" . El Paso Times . April 6, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021 .
^ "Abilene Christian's Golding hired as new UTEP head basketball coach" . KVIA . April 13, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021 .
^ "MBB: Nov. 15 Players of the Week" . conferenceusa.com . Conference USA. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021 .
^ "MBB: Nov. 22 Players of the Week" . conferenceusa.com . Conference USA. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021 .
^ "MBB: Nov. 29 Players of the Week" . conferenceusa.com . Conference USA. November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021 .
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