MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 SEASON e MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Cassie Logan e [email protected] STANDINGS C-USA Pct. H A Overall Pct. H A N EAST e%@WKU 11-3 .786 7-2 4-1 21-8 .724 11-2 5-3 5-3 eOld Dominion 11-5 .688 6-1 5-4 15-8 .652 9-1 6-6 0-1 eMarshall 9-5 .643 5-2 4-3 15-7 .682 9-3 6-3 0-1 eFlorida Atlantic 7-5 .583 4-1 3-4 13-10 .565 7-1 4-7 2-2 eCharlotte 5-11 .313 4-3 1-8 9-16 .360 6-7 3-8 0-1 eMiddle Tennessee 3-13 .188 3-4 0-9 5-18 .217 5-6 0-9 0-3 eFIU 2-15 .118 1-7 1-8 9-17 .346 7-8 2-9 0-0 WEST e%@Louisiana Tech 12-4 .750 8-1 4-3 24-8 .750 15-1 5-5 4-2 eUAB 13-5 .722 8-1 5-4 22-7 .759 15-2 6-4 1-1 e#North Texas 9-5 .643 4-3 5-2 18-10 .643 8-3 5-6 5-1 eUTSA 9-7 .563 7-2 2-5 15-11 .577 12-2 2-8 1-1 eUTEP 8-8 .500 7-2 1-6 12-12 .500 10-2 2-9 0-1 eRice 6-10 .375 5-2 1-8 15-13 .536 9-3 3-9 3-1 eSouthern Miss 4-13 .235 3-6 1-7 8-17 .320 6-7 2-9 0-1 e - Clinched C-USA Championship Berth @ - NIT % - Regular Season Champion # - C-USA Tournament Champion POSTSEASON RESULTS C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2020-21 POSTSEASON HONORS NCAA Tournament | Indianapolis, Ind. March 9-13 | Ford Center at The Star | Frisco, Texas ASSOCIATED PRESS First Round Preliminary Round All-America Honorable Mention Friday, March 19 Tuesday, March 9 Charles Bassey, WKU (13) North Texas 78, (4) Purdue 69 (OT) (6W) Rice 61, (7W) Southern Miss 52 (6E) Middle Tennessee, (7E) FIU NABC Second Round *Middle Tennessee advanced after FIU was unable to Sunday, March 21 participate due to COVID-19 protocols. District 11 First Team (5) Villanova 84, (13) North Texas 61 Jahmir Young, Charlotte First Round Taevion Kinsey, Marshall Wednesday, March 10 Javion Hamlet, North Texas NIT | North Texas (4W) UTSA 72, (5E) Charlotte 62 Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA (6W) Rice 72, (3E) Marshall 68 Charles Bassey, WKU First Round (4E) Florida Atlantic 76, (5W) UTEP 70 Wednesday, March 17 (3W) North Texas 76, (6E) Middle Tennessee 56 District 11 Second Team (3) WKU 69, (2) Saint Mary’s (CA) 67 Malik Curry, Old Dominion Quarterfinals Tavin Lovan, UAB Friday, March 19 Thursday, March 11 Bryson Williams, UTEP (4) Louisiana Tech 70, (1) Ole Miss 61 (1E) WKU 80, (4W) UTSA 67 Souley Boum, UTEP (2W) UAB 73, (6W) Rice 60 Taveion Hollingsworth, WKU Quarterfinals (1W) Louisiana Tech 75, (4E) Florida Atlantic 69 Thursday, March 25 (3W) North Texas 61, (2E) Old Dominion 55 District 11 Coach of the Year (4) Louisiana Tech 72, (3) WKU 65 Eric Konkol, Louisiana Tech Semifinals Semifinals Friday, March 12 USBWA Saturday, March 27 (1E) WKU 64, (2W) UAB 60 (4) Mississippi State 84, (4) Louisiana Tech 62 (3W) North Texas 54, (1W) Louisiana Tech 48 All-America Third Team Charles Bassey, WKU Consolation Finals Championship Sunday, March 28 Saturday, March 13 All-District IV (4) Louisiana Tech 76, (1) Colorado State 74 (3W) North Texas 61, (1E) WKU 57 (OT) Charles Bassey, WKU All-District VII Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 SEASON e MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Cassie Logan e [email protected] MEDIA INFORMATION WEEKLY AWARDS 2020-21 PRESEASON AWARDS VS. CONFERENCE W-L C-USA weekly awards are voted on by the league’s men’s basketball communications di- PRESEASON POLL (first-place votes) America East 0-0 rectors. A Player and Freshman of the Week will 1. WKU (11) American 1-3 be announced every Monday beginning Nov. 30. 2. North Texas (3) A10 3-1 ACC 0-1 PLAYER OF THE WEEK 3. Marshall ASUN 3-3 N30 Charles Bassey, WKU 4. UAB Big 12 0-4 D7 Taevion Kinsey, Marshall 5. Old Dominion Big East 0-1 D14 Charles Bassey, WKU 6. Charlotte Big Sky 0-0 D21 Jahmir Young, Charlotte 7. Louisiana Tech Big South 2-0 Charles Bassey, WKU 8. UTEP Big Ten 1-1 D28 Luke Frampton, WKU 9. UTSA Big West 0-0 J4 Jahmir Young, Charlotte 10. Florida Atlantic Colonial 3-1 Travis Evee, Rice 11. FIU Horizon 2-0 J11 Charles Bassey, WKU 12. Middle Tennessee Ivy 0-0 J18 Charles Bassey, WKU 13. Southern Miss MAAC 0-0 J25 Tavin Lovan, WKU 14. Rice MAC 2-1 Charles Bassey, WKU MEAC 3-0 F1 Jahmir Young, Charlotte Missouri Valley 1-1 F8 Quincy Olivari, Rice PRESEASON TEAM Mountain West 1-1 F15 Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA Jordan Shepherd, Charlotte, R-Sr., G Northeastern 0-0 F22 Tae Hardy, Southern Miss Jahmir Young, Charlotte, So., G Ohio Valley 3-1 M1 Keaton Wallace, UTSA Taevion Kinsey, Marshall, Jr., G Pac-12 1-2 M7 Charles Bassey, WKU Jarrod West, Marshall, Sr., G Patriot 0-0 Javion Hamlet, North Texas, R-Sr., G SEC 2-5 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Bryson Williams, UTEP, R-Sr., F SoCon 1-3 N30 Dayvion McKnight, WKU Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA, Sr., G Southland 11-1 D7 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech Keaton Wallace, UTSA, Sr., G SWAC 6-0 D14 Jaron Pierre, Jr., Southern Miss Taveion Hollingsworth, WKU, Sr., G Summit 0-1 D21 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech Charles Bassey, WKU, Jr., C Sun Belt 6-6 D28 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech West Coast 1-1 J4 Jaron Pierre, Jr., Louisiana Tech WAC 0-1 J11 Rubin Jones, North Texas NON-DI 26-1 J18 Jaron Pierre, Jr., Southern Miss DI TOTAL 53-39 J25 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech TOTAL 79-40 F1 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech (through games 3/28) F8 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech F15 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech F22 No nominees M1 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech M7 Kenneth Lofton, Jr., Louisiana Tech POLL TRACKER Follow the progress of C-USA teams in the national polls (Associated Press/USA Today Sports Coaches) PRE D1 D7 D14 D21 D28 J4 J11 J18 J25 WKU --/RV --/NA --/RV --/-- RV/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- F1 F8 F15 F22 M1 M8 FINAL -- -- -- WKU --/-- --/-- RV/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- UAB --/-- RV/RV --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 SEASON e MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Cassie Logan e [email protected] C-USA POSTSEASON AWARDS Player of the Year: Charles Bassey, WKU The 2020-21 Conference USA superlative awards have been announced, with Defensive Player of the Year: Charles Bassey, WKU players from four different schools being honored among the five awards. Freshman of the Year: Kenneth Lofton, Jr., LA Tech WKU junior center Charles Bassey has been named the 2020-21 Conference Newcomer of the Year: Travis Evee, Rice USA Player of the Year and was also named the league’s Defensive Player of Sixth Player of the Year: Austin Trice, Old Dominion the Year. Louisiana Tech forward Kenneth Lofton Jr., was named Freshman of the Year, Rice sophomore guard Travis Evee picked up Newcomer of the Coach of the Year: Eric Konkol, LA Tech Year honors and Old Dominion senior forward Austin Trice earned Sixth Player of the Year recognition. The Gene Bartow Coach of the Year Award All-Conference First Team: went to Louisiana Tech’s Eric Konkol. Voting on the awards was done by the Jahmir Young, Charlotte C-USA head coaches and media members in each conference city. Taevion Kinsey, Marshall Javion Hamlet, North Texas Bassey averages 17.6 points per game, leads C-USA and ranks third nationally Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA in rebounds per game (11.8) and places third in the nation in blocks per Charles Bassey, WKU game (3.1) and double-doubles (14). He is the only Division I player to rank in the top 20 in rebounds and blocks per game. Bassey, who leads C-USA All-Conference Second Team: in field goal percentage at 61.1, is the only player in the nation since at least Jarrod West, Marshall 2010 with three games in a season of at least 20 points, 14 rebounds and Malik Curry, Old Dominion five blocks. The seven-time C-USA Player of the Week has been named Tavin Lovan, UAB to numerous award watch lists and semifinalist lists, and he is one of five Keaton Wallace, UTSA finalists for the Kareem Abdul Jabbar Center of the Year Award. Taveion Hollingsworth, WKU This season, Lofton was named Conference USA Freshman of the Week a league-best nine times. He ranks second on LA Tech in scoring, averaging All-Conference Third Team: 11.2 points per game and leads the Bulldogs in rebounds (195), FT attempts Isaiah Crawford, LA Tech (120) and free throws made (70). Lofton has 10 games with 10+ boards, and Kenneth Lofton, Jr., LA Tech he is on pace to be the first freshman to lead the program in rebounding Quincy Olivari, Rice since NBA veteran Paul Millsap did it in 2003-04. He places second in the Souley Boum, UTEP conference with seven double-doubles. Bryson Williams, UTEP Evee leads Rice and ranks 12th in C-USA in scoring at 14.4 points per game. All-Freshman Team: He places second in the conference in three-point field goals made (68) and Kenneth Lofton, Jr., LA Tech three-point field goal percentage (.402).