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On the 2010 All Conference USA team, there are players that are part of five difference conference teams with three of the players be repeat winners from 2009. The players voted to the All Conference USA team include Aubrey Coleman of Houston, Ben Uzoh of Tulsa, Elijah Millsap of UAB, Elliot Williams of Memphis, and Randy Culpepper of UTEP. The players were selected by ballot vote with the Conference USA head coaches and media members from all conference cities taking part in the selection.
Aubrey Coleman
Aubrey Coleman finds his way to the first-team selection for the second straight season. He has been leading the NCAA in scoring at 26.0 ppg and was the Conference USA Player of the Week five times this season.
Ben Uzoh
Uzoh leads his team in scoring at 15.4 ppg and has made 45 three’s this year. He’s scored 400 or more points in three consecutive seasons.
Randy Culpepper
Culpepper was on the 3rd Team selection for Conference USA in 2009. He helped lead UTEP to their first Conference USA regular season title this season and is third in scoring in the conference at 18.1 ppg.
Elijah Millsap
Millsap averaged 16.0 ppg this season and led the league in rebounding at 9.3 rpg and had 15 double doubles this season.
Elliot Williams
Williams averages 18.5 ppg and has scored more than 20 16 times. He also averages 3.8 assists per game and has made 56 3 point shots this season.

The 2010 Conference USA Tournament is scheduled March 10-13 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

2010 Conference USA First Team

Aubrey Coleman, Houston, G, 6-4, 200, Sr., Houston, Texas
Elliot Williams, Memphis, G, 6-5, 180, So., Memphis, Tenn.
Elijah Millsap, UAB, G, Jr., 6-6, 211, Grambling, La.
Ben Uzoh, Tulsa, G, 6-3, 200, Sr., San Antonio, Texas
Randy Culpepper, UTEP, G, Jr., 6-0, 165, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.

2010 Conference USA Second Team

Gary Flowers, Southern Miss, F, 6-8, 214, Jr., Dallas, Texas
Derrick Caracter, UTEP, F, 6-9, 275, Jr., Fanwood, N.J.
Hassan Whiteside, Marshall, F, 6-11, 235, Fr., Gastonia, N.C.
Jerome Jordan, Tulsa, C, 7-0, 245, Sr., Kingston, Jamaica
Tyler Wilkerson, Marshall, F, 6-8, 240, Sr., Lexington, Ky.

2010 Conference USA Third Team

Papa Dia, SMU, F, 6-9, 235, Jr., St. Louis, Senegal
Wesley Witherspoon, Memphis, F/G, 6-9, 210, So., Atlanta, Ga.
Brock Young, East Carolina, G, 5-11, 175, Jr., Raleigh, N.C.
Aaron Johnson, UAB, G, 5-8, 175, Jr., Chicago, Ill.
Derek Williams, SMU, G, 6-1, 170, Sr., Jamaica, N.Y.

Just a little bit of shuffling since my August 2009 preseason college basketball rankings for the September 2009 edition. I bumped Duke up a bit now that Coach K has a little more depth in the guard position. Memphis probably suffered the largest setback over the past month with Martin Ngaloro being out indefinitely with a knee injury. The Tigers were lucky in avoiding any season damaging penalties from the D-Rose SAT fiasco. Despite all of the negative things occurring with the program, Coach Pastner did find a way to make sure the team would have the depth to press at least a bit this coming season with the signing of D.J. Stephens from Texas.

With school back in session and college football starting up this week, many basketball fans are looking forward to the start of official practice in mid-October and the pre-conference play to begin. Until then, here are how I hold the top-25 NCAA basketball teams heading into September:

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 1 Kansas – Last Month: 1

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 2 Kentucky Last Month: 2

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 3 Villanova Last Month: 3

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 4 Michigan State Last Month: 4

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 5 North Carolina Last Month: 5

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 6 Purdue Last Month: 6

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 7 Texas Last Month: 7

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 8 West Virginia Last Month: 8

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 9- Ohio State Last Month: 9

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 10- Washington Last Month: 10

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 11 Oklahoma Last Month: 11

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 12 Tennessee Last Month: 12

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 13 Cal Last Month: 13

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 14 Miss State Last Month: 14

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 15 Connecticut Last Month: 15

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 16 Duke Last Month: 18

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 17 Dayton Last Month: 16

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 18 Minnesota Last Month: 17

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 19 Louisville Last Month: 24

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 20 Butler Last Month: 19

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 21 Missouri Last Month: 23

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 22 Michigan Last Month: 22

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 23 Kansas State Last Month: N/r

2009 Preseason College Basketball –No. 24 Georgetown Last Month: 25

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 25 Sienna Last Month: 24

Dropped From Rankings:

N/A

Close to Being Ranked:

Cincinnati

Florida State

Illinois

Oklahoma State

Conference Pre-Season Rankings:

Overall NCAA Conference Rankings

Big East Preseason Rankings

Big 12 Preseason Rankings

SEC Preseason Rankings

Josh Pastner, Memphis Coach

Well, it hasn’t even been a week since I wrote Is Josh Pastner a Better Recruiter than Coacl Cal, when Coach Pastner turns around and signs Will and Antonio Barton, two star guards in the 2010 recruiting class. Will is ranked as the number 7 overall rated player in his high school class. Coach Pastner was able to sign the Barton brothers in direct competition with Coach John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats. The Memphis, Commercial Appeal reported that the brothers signed with Memphis after the recent SAT issues of NBA guard Derek Rose came to light with Coach Cal appearing to be complicated in the matter. Will Barton is expected to compete for a starting spot with Memphis immediately in the 2010-100 season and his brother will likely be a role player for his first year or so on the team.

2010 Memphis Tiger Basketball Recruiting Class
#1 – 2010 Memphis Tiger Basketball Recruit – SG – Will Barton
Ht: 6′6″
Wt: 170lbs
Rank: 7
Will Barton is a dominating guard who has game changing impact in multiple facets of a basketball game. He’s not afraid of contact in the pain and is able to finish strong at thte rim. He has great size for a guard at 6′6″ and is able to score from all over the court. Will brings a good outside shot as well and is considered an excellent defender as well. Considered to be very coachable, Barton is one of the top-rated prospects in the 2010 class and could very well end up as the number 1 overall 2010 prospect.

#2 – 2010 Memphis Tiger Basketball Recruit – PG – Antonio Barton
Ht: 6′2″
Wt:170lbs
Rank: 3 Star
Antonio is a bit shorter than his brother but still brings good size at 6′2″ tall. He’s a great combination guard prospect who is playing the point on his AAU and school teams. Able to beat his opponents on the dribble and create shots for teammates and himself. Antonio brings decent ball handling and a good basketball IQ to the mix as well. Antonio is not as strong of a defender as is brother, however, and that is the area of his game that requires the most improvement.

View the True Blue Tiger video interviewof the Barton Brothers here.