2004-05 Conference Usa Men's Basketball (Final)
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Conference USA 5201 N. O’Connor Boulevard, Suite 300, Irving, TX 75039 214.774.1300 CONTACT: COURTNEY MORRISON-ARCHER ([email protected]) APRIL 12, 2005 RUSS ANDERSON ([email protected]) 2004-05 CONFERENCE USA MEN'S BASKETBALL (FINAL) C-USA GAMES ALL GAMES TEAM W-L PCT. H A W-L PCT. H A N L 10 Streak x, y - LOUISVILLE 14-2 .875 7-1 7-1 33-5 .868 15-2 10-1 8-2 9-1 L1 y - CHARLOTTE 12-4 .750 8-0 4-4 21-8 .724 12-2 7-5 2-1 6-4 L4 y - CINCINNATI 12-4 .750 7-1 5-3 25-8 .758 15-2 6-3 4-3 7-3 L1 y - UAB 10-6 .625 5-3 5-3 22-11 .667 11-3 7-5 4-3 6-4 L1 z - DE PAUL 10-6 .625 7-1 3-5 20-11 .645 14-3 5-7 1-1 4-6 L1 z - HOUSTON 9-7 .563 6-2 3-5 18-14 .563 12-2 4-9 2-3 5-5 L4 z - MEMPHIS 9-7 .563 5-3 4-4 22-16 .579 16-7 5-5 1-4 6-4 L1 z - TCU 8-8 .563 6-2 2-6 21-14 .600 14-3 5-10 2-1 5-5 L1 z - MARQUETTE 7-9 .438 4-4 3-5 19-12 .613 15-6 4-5 0-1 4-6 L3 SAINT LOUIS 6-10 .375 3-5 3-5 9-21 .300 5-10 3-9 1-2 4-6 L1 USF 5-11 .313 3-5 2-6 14-16 .467 8-5 2-10 4-1 4-6 L1 TULANE 4-12 .250 3-5 1-7 10-18 .357 8-5 1-11 1-3 2-8 L1 EAST CAROLINA 4-12 .250 3-5 1-7 9-19 .321 6-7 1-10 2-1 4-6 L2 SOUTHERN MISS 2-14 .125 2-6 0-8 11-17 .393 7-6 0-9 4-2 1-9 W1 x – 2005 Conference USA Regular Season & Kelly Tires C-USA Tournament Champions y – Earned a NCAA Championship berth z – Earned a NIT bid NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT C-USA TOURNAMENT Thursday, March 17 Monday, March 14 2005 Kelly Tires C-USA Men’s Basketball RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Ind. Western Michigan 54, Marquette 40 Tournament, FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. (7) Cincinnati 76, (10) Iowa 64 Wednesday, March 9 Tuesday, March 15 Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho DePaul 75, Missouri 70 (8) TCU 60, (9) Marquette 57 (OT) (11) UAB 82, (6) LSU 68 (5) DePaul 81, (12) Tulane 71 Wednesday, March 16 (7) Memphis 79, (10) Saint Louis 59 Friday, March 18 TCU 60, Miami (Ohio) 58 (11) USF 69, (6) Houston 64 DCU Center, Worcester, Mass. Memphis 90, Northeastern 65 (10) North Carolina State 75, (7) Charlotte 63 Thursday, March 10 Wichita State 85, Houston 69 (1) Louisville 85, TCU 61 Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tenn. Sunday, March 19 (4) UAB 59, DePaul 56 (4) Louisville 68, (13) Louisiana-Lafayette 62 Memphis 83, Virginia Tech 62 Memphis 83, (2) Charlotte 69 Saturday, March 19 Texas A&M 75, DePaul 72 USF 80, (3) Cincinnati 68 (2) Kentucky 69, (7) Cincinnati 60 Monday, March 21 Friday, March 11 (3) Arizona 85, (11) UAB 63 TCU 78, Western Michigan 76 (OT) Louisville 74, UAB 67 Sunday, March 20 Memphis 81, USF 68 Wednesday, March 23 (4) Louisville 76, (5) Georgia Tech 54 Saturday, March 12 NIT Quarterfinals, Memphis, Tenn. Memphis 81, Vanderbilt 68 Louisville 75, Memphis 74 Thursday, March 24 NCAA Tournament - Albuquerque Regional Saturday, March 26 2005 Conference USA All-Tournament Team The Pit, Albuquerque, N.M. NIT Quarterfinals, College Park, Md. Taquan Dean, Louisville ** MVP ** (4) Louisville 93, (1) Washington 79 Francisco Garcia, Louisville Maryland 85, TCU 73 Saturday, March 26 Terrence Leather, USF Tuesday, March 29 (4) Louisville 93, (7) West Virginia 85 (OT) Anthony Rice, Memphis NIT Semifinals Darius Washington Jr., Memphis Saturday, April 2 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY NCAA Tournament – Final Four St. Joseph’s 70, Memphis 58 CONFERENCEUSA.COM Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Mo. Get all the latest news on Conference USA men’s (1) Illinois 72, (4) Louisville 57. basketball, as well as the league’s 18 other sports, at the C-USA official website www.conferenceusa.com. C-USA POLLING PLACE SAGARIN AND RPI RATINGS Associated Press (FINAL) USA Today/ESPN Coaches (FINAL) THE RPI REPORT (FINAL) SAGARIN RATINGS (FINAL) 1. Illinois 1. North Carolina Schools Schools 2. North Carolina 2. Illinois 10. Louisville 3. Louisville 3. Duke 3. LOUISVILLE 25. Cincinnati 21. Cincinnati 4. LOUISVILLE 4. Michigan State 43. Charlotte 45. UAB 5. Wake Forest 5. Kentucky 54. UAB 49. Charlotte 6. Oklahoma State 6. Arizona 79. DePaul 57. Memphis 83. TCU 64. DePaul 7. Kentucky 7. Duke 91. Houston 74. TCU 8. Washington 8. Oklahoma State 98. Marquette 96. Marquette 9. Arizona 9. Washington 112. Memphis 102. Houston 10. Gonzaga 10. Wisconsin 194. USF 141. USF 11. Syracuse 11. Wake Forest 209. Saint Louis 175. Saint Louis 12. Kansas 12. West Virginia 213. East Carolina 188. East Carolina 13. Connecticut 13. Villanova 264. Southern Miss 221. Southern Miss 14. Boston College 14. Utah 266. Tulane 229. Tulane 15. Michigan State 15. Kansas 16. Florida 16. Texas Tech Conferences Conferences 1. ACC 1. ACC 17. Oklahoma 17. Connecticut 2. Pac-10 2. Big East 18. Utah 18. Gonzaga 3. Big 12 3. Big 12 19. Villanova 19. Boston College 4. Big East 4. SEC 20. Wisconsin 20. Oklahoma 5. SEC 5. Big Ten 21. Alabama 21. Syracuse 6. Big Ten 6. Pac-10 22. Pacific 22. North Carolina State 7. West Coast 7. Missouri Valley 23. CINCINNATI 23. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 8. Missouri Valley 8. CONFERENCE USA 24. Texas Tech 24. Florida 9. CONFERENCE USA 9. Mountain West 25. Georgia Tech 25. CINCINNATI 10. Mid-American 10. West Coast ARV: ARV: CHARLOTTE UAB O’BANNON NAMED NCAA REGIONAL MVP CHARLOTTE Louisville senior Larry O’Bannon scored a team-high 24 points, hitting 6-of-10 MEMPHIS shots from the field, and was selected the Most Valuable Player of the NCAA Albuquerque Regional. O’Bannon and the Cardinals defeated West Virginia, 93-85 WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE POLLS in overtime, to advance to the NCAA Final Four. Louisville juniors Taquan Dean Here is a week-by-week recap of Conference USA in the national polls. (AP listed first, and Francisco Garcia also earned spots on the Regional All-Tournament Team. followed by USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll.) Dean sank seven of the team’s 11 three-pointers in the game against West Virginia, while Garcia led the Cards in the first three games (averaging 23.7 ppg) CHA CIN DPU LOU MAR MEM UAB and chipped in 13 points against the Mountaineers. PS RV/RV RV/RV RV/RV 14/13 --/-- 23/24 RV/RV N22 RV/RV RV/RV RV/RV 12/11 RV/RV 25/24 RV/RV N29 RV/RV RV/24 --/-- 17/17 RV/RV RV/RV RV/RV PITINO FIRST TO TAKE THREE TO FINAL FOUR D6 RV/-- RV/20 --/-- 13/14 RV/RV RV/RV RV/RV Louisville head coach Rick Pitino became the first NCAA Division I coach to take D13 --/-- 25/17 --/-- 13/14 RV/25 --/-- RV/RV three different teams to the NCAA Final Four when his 2005 Cardinals defeated D20 --/-- 22/16 --/-- 18/18 RV/RV --/-- --/-- West Virginia in the Elite Eight on Saturday. In 1987, Pitino led Providence to the D27 --/-- 22/17 --/-- 19/19 RV/RV --/-- --/RV Final Four in just his second season with the Friars. In eight seasons at the J3 --/-- 23/20 --/-- 17/16 RV/RV --/-- --/RV University of Kentucky, Pitino’s teams advanced to three Final Fours, winning the J10 RV/-- 18/13 --/-- 19/19 22/RV --/-- RV/-- 1996 title with a 76-67 victory against Syracuse in the finals and defeating his alma J17 RV/RV 20/18 --/-- 14/14 25/25 --/-- --/RV mater UMass in the semifinals, 81-74. J24 RV/RV 21/20 RV/RV 12/12 RV/RV --/-- --/-- J31 RV/RV 18/17 --/-- 9/9 RV/-- --/-- --/RV F7 RV/RV 21/20 --/RV 9/9 RV/-- --/-- --/RV TURNAROUND TIME F14 23/23 24/21 RV/RV 12/12 --/-- RV/-- --/RV Louisville head coach Rick Pitino led the Cardinals (33-5) to the second-most F21 21/21 24/22 --/RV 11/11 --/-- --/-- --/-- wins in NCAA Division I this season, tied with national champion North Carolina F28 18/18 22/21 --/RV 9/9 --/-- --/-- --/-- and behind Final Four opponent Illinois (37). It is also the second-best turnaround M7 25/RV 21/23 --/-- 6/4 --/-- --/-- --/-- in the nation after U of L posted a 20-10 mark last season. Just behind them in the M14 RV/RV 23/23 --/-- 4/4 --/-- --/RV --/-- rankings are the Houston Cougars, under the direction of first-year head coach FINAL RV/RV 23/25 --/-- 4/3 --/-- --/RV --/RV Tom Penders, and Neil Dougherty’s TCU Horned Frogs. The 2003-04 UH squad finished the season with a 9-18 record and this year’s team compiled an 18-14 DID YOU KNOW? record. TCU posted 12 victories last season and finished 21-14 this season after Conference USA was the only league in the nation that had nine teams with 18 or making a run to the NIT quarterfinals. Both tied for the fifth-best improvement more victories during the 2004-05 season.