Conference USA returns all of its coaches from last season, but it’s losing a lot of very talented players. Memphis is lucky to retain everyone from last year except Will Coleman. If they play like the Tigers did in the conference tournament, they will have no problem dominating the conference.
If there is one team that can give Memphis a run for its money, it’s Marshall. Marshall guards Damien Pitts, Shaquille Johnson and DeAndre Kane will be a scary match up for any C-USA foe.
UCF has the talent and UAB has the coaching to make some noise, but after that, the talent drop-off is remarkable. Don’t expect to see the same in-conference parity that we saw last year.
Predicted order of finish:
- Memphis
- Marshall
- UAB
- UCF
- Tulsa
- UTEP
- Rice
- Southern Methodist
- Southern Miss
- Tulane
- East Carolina
- Houston
Player of the Year: Will Barton
Coach of the Year: Mike Davis
First Team All-C-USA:
Will Barton
Marcus Jordan
Camerone Moore
Arsalan Kazemi
Tarik Black
