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2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2005–06
Teams 12
Site FedExForum
Memphis, TN
Champions Memphis (1st title)
Winning coach John Calipari (1st title)
MVP Shawne Williams (Memphis)
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2005–06 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#4 Memphis 13 1   .929     33 4   .892
UAB 12 2   .857     24 7   .774
UTEP 11 3   .786     21 10   .677
Houston 9 5   .643     21 10   .677
UCF 7 7   .500     14 15   .483
Rice 6 8   .429     12 16   .429
Tulane 6 8   .429     12 17   .414
Tulsa 6 8   .429     11 17   .393
Marshall 5 9   .357     12 16   .429
SMU 4 10   .286     13 16   .448
Southern Miss 3 11   .214     10 21   .323
East Carolina 2 12   .143     8 20   .286
2006 C-USA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2006 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Top-seeded Memphis defeated UAB in the championship game, 57–46, to clinch their first Conference USA men's tournament championship. It would be the Tigers' first of seven C-USA titles in an eight-year period.

The Tigers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA member UAB, who earned an at-large bid.

Conference USA saw some drastic changes to its membership prior to the season. Eight teams, Charlotte (Atlantic 10), Cincinnati (Big East), DePaul (Big East), Louisville (Big East), Marquette (Big East), Saint Louis (Atlantic 10), South Florida (Big East), and TCU (Mountain West), departed the conference, while six new teams were added, Marshall (MAC), Rice (WAC), SMU (WAC), Tulsa (WAC), UCF (Sun Belt), and UTEP (WAC). Total membership settled at twelve teams.


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