2009 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

2009 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	12
Site	FedExForum Memphis, Tennessee
Champions	Memphis (4th title)
Winning coach	John Calipari (4th title)
MVP	Tyreke Evans (Memphis)
Conference USA men's basketball tournaments

2008–09 Conference USA men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Memphis †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	4		.892
Tulsa	12	–	4		.750			25	–	11		.694
UAB	11	–	5		.688			22	–	12		.647
Houston	10	–	6		.625			21	–	12		.636
UTEP	10	–	6		.625			23	–	14		.622
Marshall	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
Tulane	7	–	9		.438			14	–	17		.452
East Carolina	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
Southern Miss	4	–	12		.250			15	–	17		.469
Rice	4	–	12		.250			10	–	22		.313
SMU	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
UCF	0	–	9		.000			0	–	14		.000
† 2009 CUSA Tournament winner As of April 1, 2009 Rankings from AP Poll *UCF vacated its wins from the 2008–09 season after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team.

The 2009 Conference USA men's basketball tournament took place March 11–14, 2009, at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis beat Tulsa 64-39 in the championship game.

Bracket

	First round March 11					Second round March 12					Semifinals March 13					Championship game March 14
	8	Tulane	69
	9	East Carolina	59
						8	Tulane	41
						1	#4 Memphis	51
											1	#4 Memphis	74
											5	Houston	49
	5	Houston	85
	12	SMU	76
						5	Houston	89*
						4	UTEP	85
																1	#4 Memphis	64
																2	Tulsa	39
	7	Marshall	59
	10	Rice	60
						10	Rice	51
						2	Tulsa	73
											2	Tulsa	70
											3	UAB	67
	6	UCF	53
	11	Southern Miss	77
						11	Southern Miss	73
						3	UAB	74*

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.