2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball 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]

2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Network, Stadium, ESPNU, ESPN+
2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season MVP	Jordan Walker
Tournament

2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Middle Tennessee	13	–	5		.722			26	–	11		.703
Western Kentucky	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Florida Atlantic	11	–	7		.611			19	–	15		.559
Charlotte	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Old Dominion	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
FIU	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
Marshall	4	–	14		.222			12	–	21		.364
West
North Texas	16	–	2		.889			25	–	7		.781
UAB †	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
Louisiana Tech	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
UTEP	11	–	7		.611			20	–	14		.588
Rice	7	–	11		.389			16	–	17		.485
UTSA	3	–	15		.167			10	–	22		.313
Southern Miss	1	–	17		.056			7	–	26		.212
† 2022 C-USA Tournament winner

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

Media
Jahmir Young Charlotte
Taevion Kinsey Marshall
Kenneth Lofton Jr. Louisiana Tech
Josh Anderson WKU
Quincy Olivari Rice
Tyler Stevenson Southern Miss
Tavin Lovan UAB
Souley Boum UTEP
Kalu Ezikpe Old Dominion
Isaiah Crawford Louisiana Tech

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

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Year at school	Overall record	C-USA record	C-USA championships	NCAA Tournaments
Charlotte	Ron Sanchez	Virginia (asst.)	4	33-50	20-32	0	0
FIU	Jeremy Ballard	VCU (asst.)	4	48-44	21-32	0	0
Florida Atlantic	Dusty May	Florida (asst.)	4	47-41	23-25	0	0
Louisiana Tech	Eric Konkol	Miami (asst.)	7	129–65	67–39	0	0
Marshall	Dan D'Antoni	Los Angeles Lakers (asst.)	8	128-99	71-51	1	1
Middle Tennessee	Nick McDevitt	UNC Asheville	4	24-60	15-36	0	0
North Texas	Grant McCasland	Arkansas State	5	78-51	39-29	1	0
Old Dominion	Jeff Jones	American	9	167-92	93-45	1	1
Rice	Scott Pera	Rice (asst.)	5	50-73	25-44	0	0
Southern Miss	Jay Ladner	Southeastern Louisiana	3	17-39	9-26	0	0
UAB	Andy Kennedy	Ole Miss	2	22-7	13-5	0	0
UTEP	Joe Golding	Abilene Christian	2	0-0	0-0	0	0
UTSA	Steve Henson	Oklahoma (asst.)	6	79-79	46-42	0	0
WKU	Rick Stansbury	Texas A&M (asst.)	6	103-60	58-28	0	0

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

Week	Player of the week	Freshman of the week	Reference
Week 1 – Nov 15	Dayvion McKnight - WKU	Aly Khalifa - Charlotte	[5]
Week 2 – Nov 22	Tevin Brewer – FIU	Teafale Lenard – Middle Tennessee	[6]
Week 3 – Nov 29	Kenneth Lofton, Jr. – Louisiana Tech	Rashad Bolden – Southern Miss	[7]

All-Conference Teams and Awards

Award	Recipients
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
All-Freshman Team
All-Defensive Team

References

1. "Men's Basketball Format".
2. "MBB: UAB Picked First in Preseason Poll; 11 Student-Athletes Recognized". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. October 21, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
3. "UTEP men's basketball coach Rodney Terry taking assistant job at Texas". El Paso Times. April 6, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
4. "Abilene Christian's Golding hired as new UTEP head basketball coach". KVIA. April 13, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
5. "MBB: Nov. 15 Players of the Week". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
6. "MBB: Nov. 22 Players of the Week". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
7. "MBB: Nov. 29 Players of the Week". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.