2009–10 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

2009–10 UTEP Miners men's basketball
C-USA Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
ConferenceConference USA
Record26–7 (15–1 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDon Haskins Center
2009–10 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UTEP 15 1   .938 26 7   .788
Memphis 13 3   .813 24 10   .706
UAB 11 5   .688 25 9   .735
Marshall 11 5   .688 24 10   .706
Tulsa 10 6   .625 23 12   .657
Southern Miss 8 8   .500 20 13   .606
Houston 7 9   .438 19 16   .543
SMU 7 9   .438 14 17   .452
East Carolina 4 12   .250 10 21   .323
Tulane 3 13   .188 8 22   .267
Rice 1 15   .063 8 23   .258
UCF* 0 10   .000 0 17   .000
2010 CUSA Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll
*UCF vacated its wins from the 2010–11 season after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team.

The 2009–10 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Tony Barbee's fourth season at UTEP. The Miners competed in Conference USA and played their home games at the Don Haskins Center. They finished the season 26–7, 15–1 in CUSA play to win the regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Conference USA men's basketball tournament before losing to Houston. They received and at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 12 seed in the west region, where they would lose to 5 seed and AP #11 Butler in the first round. UTEP averaged 8,697 fans per game, ranking 58th nationally.