2013 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

2013 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2012–13
Teams11
SiteBOK Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
ChampionsMemphis Tigers (7th title)
Winning coachJosh Pastner (3rd title)
MVPChris Crawford (Memphis Tigers)
TelevisionCBS, CBS Sports Network
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2012–13 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Memphis 16 0   1.000 31 5   .861
Southern Miss 12 4   .750 27 10   .730
UTEP 10 6   .625 18 14   .563
East Carolina 9 7   .563 23 12   .657
UCF* 9 7   .563 20 11   .645
Tulsa 8 8   .500 17 16   .515
Houston 7 9   .438 20 13   .606
UAB 7 9   .438 16 17   .485
Tulane 6 10   .375 20 15   .571
Marshall 6 10   .375 13 19   .406
SMU 5 11   .313 15 17   .469
Rice 1 15   .063 5 26   .161
2013 C-USA tournament winner
As of April 2, 2013
Rankings from AP poll
*Ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions


The 2013 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma from March 13–16, 2013.[1] Memphis was slated to host the 2013 edition but the conference moved it to Tulsa in order to keep Memphis from having home-court advantage during their final appearance in the tournament.[2]

The 2013 tournament was the last to feature participation from Memphis, Houston, and SMU, as the three schools joined the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2013. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. UCF would also have been participating in the tournament for the last time, but was banned due to sanctions handed down by the NCAA in August 2012.[3]

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 13
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
CBSSN
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
CBSSN
Championship
Saturday, March 16
CBS
            
9 Marshall 64
8 Tulane 66
8 Tulane 68
1 #20 Memphis 81
1 #20 Memphis 85
5 Tulsa 74
5 Tulsa 79
4 East Carolina 72
1 #20 Memphis 912OT
2 Southern Miss 79
10 SMU 52
7 UAB 53
7 UAB 66
2 Southern Miss 81
2 Southern Miss 85
3 UTEP 67
11 Rice 67
6 Houston 72
6 Houston 69
3 UTEP 80

All times listed are Central

References

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  1. ^ "2013 Men's Basketball Championship". Conference USA. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  2. ^ Veazey, Kyle. "Conference USA to move basketball tournament to Tulsa". si.com. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "UCF banned from postseason for year". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2012.