2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball season

2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 14
TV partner(s) CBS Sports Network, Stadium, beIN Sports, ESPN3
2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Tournament
2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Charlotte0–0 –  0–0  –
Florida Atlantic0–0 –  0–0  –
FIU0–0 –  0–0  –
Louisiana Tech0–0 –  0–0  –
Marshall0–0 –  0–0  –
Middle Tennessee0–0 –  0–0  –
North Texas0–0 –  0–0  –
Old Dominion0–0 –  0–0  –
Rice0–0 –  0–0  –
Southern Miss0–0 –  0–0  –
UAB0–0 –  0–0  –
UTEP0–0 –  0–0  –
UTSA0–0 –  0–0  –
Western Kentucky0–0 –  0–0  –
† 2019 C-USA Tournament winner
As of April 9, 2018; 

The 2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in late December and conclude in early March.

The C-USA Tournament will be held from March 13–16, 2019 at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Middle Tennessee is the two-time defending regular season champions while Marshall is the defending C-USA Tournament champions.

The conference will use a regular season schedule format which the conference hopes will increase NCAA Tournament berths. whereby the 14 teams will play each other once with a second game for travel partners in the first seven weeks of C-USA play.[1] After those 14 games, the league standings will determine the matchups for the rest of the regular season.[2] The teams will then be divided into two groups of five (teams in first through fifth place and 6–10) and a group of four (11–14).[3] During the final three weeks, teams will play within their respective grouping for the last four games of conference play. Home and away games within the groups will be determined by a preset formula.C-USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod said that "With the goals to improve seeding and increase the number of teams that advance to the postseason, we viewed this as a great opportunity to enhance our top teams’ resumes by providing them additional quality games within their conference schedule."[4]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Following a loss to Lamar on November 27, 2017 that saw UTEP drop to 1–5 on the season, head coach Tim Floyd announced that he was retiring effective immediately.[5][6] The school had previously announced a new athletic director, Jim Senter, a week prior, but Floyd said that had nothing to do with his decision.[7][8] Assistant Phil Johnson was named interim head coach of the Miners the next day.[9] On March 12, 2018, the school hired Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry as the new head coach of the Miners.[10]

On December 14, 2017, head coach Mark Price was fired by Charlotte after a 3–6 start to the season and was replaced by Houston Fancher.[11] Houston Fancher was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.[12] On March 6, 2018, new athletic director Mike Hill fired Fancher.[13] On March 19, the school hired Virginia associate head coach Ron Sanchez as the school's new head coach.[14]

March 16, 2018, Florida Atlantic head coach Michael Curry was fired after four seasons.[15] On March 22, it was announced that the school had hired Florida assistant head coach Dusty May as head coach.[16]

Middle Tennessee head coach Kermit Davis left the school on March 19, 2018 to accept the head coaching job at Ole Miss.[17][18] On March 24, the Blue Raiders named UNC Asheville head coach Nick McDevitt as the team's new head coach.[19]

On April 2, 2018, FIU fired head coach Anthony Evans after five seasons.[20][21] On April 20, the school announced VCU associate head coach Jeremy Ballard was hired as the new head coach.[22][23]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record C-USA record C-USA championships NCAA Tournaments
Charlotte Ron Sanchez Virginia
(asst.)		 1 0–0 0–0 0 0
FIU Jeremy Ballard VCU
(asst.)		 1 0–0 0–0 0 0
Florida Atlantic Dusty May Florida
(asst.)		 1 0–0 0–0 0 0
Louisiana Tech Eric Konkol Miami
(asst.)		 4 63–36 33–21 0 0
Marshall Dan D'Antoni Los Angeles Lakers
(asst.)		 5 73–63 41–31 1 1
Middle Tennessee Nick McDevitt UNC Asheville 1 0–0 0–0 0 0
North Texas Grant McCasland Arkansas State 2 20–18 8–10 0 0
Old Dominion Jeff Jones American 6 114–58 61–27 0 0
Rice Scott Pera Rice
(asst.)		 2 7–24 4–14 0 0
Southern Miss Doc Sadler Iowa State
(asst.)		 5 38–81 21–50 0 0
UAB Robert Ehsan UAB
(asst.)		 3 37–29 19–17 0 0
UTEP Rodney Terry Fresno State 1 0–0 0–0 0 0
UTSA Steve Henson Oklahoma
(asst.)		 4 34–33 18–18 0 0
WKU Rick Stansbury Texas A&M
(asst.)		 3 42–28 23–13 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2018–19 season.
  • Overall and C-USA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2017–18 season.

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Charlotte FIU FAU LaTech Marshall MTSU UNT ODU Rice USM UAB UTEP UTSA WKU
vs. Charlotte –0–0 0–0 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. FIU 0–0–0–00–0 0–00–00–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–00–00–00–0
vs. Florida Atlantic 0–0 0–0–0–0 0–00–00–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–00–00–00–0
vs. Louisiana Tech 0–00–0 0–0 –0–0 0–00–00–00–00–00–0 0–00–00–0
vs. Marshall 0–00–00–00–0 –0–00–0 0–00–0 0–0 0–00–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Middle Tennessee 0–0 0–00–00–0 0–0–0–00–0 0–00–0 0–00–0 0–0 0–0
vs. North Texas 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–00–0 0–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–0 0–0
vs. Old Dominion 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Rice 0–00–0 0–0 0–00–0 0–00–00–0–0–00–00–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Southern Miss 0–00–0 0–0 0–00–0 0–00–00–00–0–0–0 0–00–00–0
vs. UAB 0–0 0–00–00–0 0–00–00–00–0 0–00–0 –0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. UTEP 0–0 0–00–00–00–0 0–00–0 0–0 0–0 0–00–0 –0–00–0
vs. UTSA 0–0 0–00–00–00–0 0–00–0 0–0 0–0 0–00–0 0–0–0–0
vs. WKU 0–00–00–00–0 0–00–00–0 0–00–0 0–0 0–00–0 0–0 –
Total 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

Postseason

C-USA Tournament

Only the top 12 conference teams will be eligible for the tournament.

References

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  5. ↑ "UTEP's Tim Floyd, a former coach of the Chicago Bulls, announces his retirement". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  6. ↑ "UTEP's Floyd retires after Miners fall to 1–5". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
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  13. ↑ "Why new 49ers AD's first act was firing interim basketball coach Houston Fancher". charlotteobserver. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
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  15. ↑ Richardson, Shandel (March 16, 2018). "Florida Atlantic fires men's basketball coach Michael Curry". Sun-Sentinel. Boca Raton, Florida. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
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  18. ↑ "Ole Miss formally introduced Kermit Davis as its new men's basketball coach late Monday evening". Retrieved 2018-03-21.
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