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1997-98 Conference USA Season Summary

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Record: 201-172, .539 W-L% (11th of 30) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 5.96 (8th of 30) ▪ SOS: 5.02 (8th of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Cincinnati (American) and Memphis (National)
Tournament Champion: Cincinnati

NCAA Tournament: 3 (Charlotte, Cincinnati and Saint Louis)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Charlotte and Louisville)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Cincinnati)

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk American W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Cincinnati* RT 14 2 .875 27 6 .818 76.1 63.2 17.9 5.0
2 Charlotte*  13 3 .813 20 11 .645 73.6 68.2 12.2 6.7
3 Saint Louis*  11 5 .688 22 11 .667 67.3 63.3 9.5 5.5
4 Marquette  8 8 .500 20 11 .645 65.3 60.0 10.5 5.3
5 Louisville  5 11 .313 12 20 .375 70.8 72.0 7.9 9.0
6 DePaul  3 13 .188 7 23 .233 59.3 69.2 -2.4 7.5
Rk National W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Memphis R 12 4 .750 17 12 .586 74.2 71.7 8.0 5.6
2 Alabama-Birmingham  10 6 .625 21 12 .636 75.1 72.8 6.9 4.7
3 Southern Mississippi  9 7 .563 22 11 .667 69.3 62.8 8.9 2.4
4 South Florida  7 9 .438 17 13 .567 65.8 66.3 2.7 3.2
5 Houston  2 14 .125 9 20 .310 63.2 73.5 -7.2 3.1
5 Tulane  2 14 .125 7 22 .241 66.6 72.4 -3.4 2.4

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24 3/3 Final
Cincinnati                     21 18 20 19 17 17 14 9
Charlotte 18 17 25                              
Louisville 25 22 19                              
Marquette               25 20 23                

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Charlotte won (77-62) versus Illinois-Chicago (East Regional)
Cincinnati won (65-62) versus Northern Arizona (West Regional)
Saint Louis won (51-46) versus Massachusetts (South Regional)

Second Round
Charlotte lost (93-83) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
Cincinnati lost (75-74) versus West Virginia (West Regional)
Saint Louis lost (88-61) versus Kentucky (South Regional)

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Pedro Phillips-SMS 33
  Fred Williams-ALBIRM 33
  Jamall Walker-STLOU 33
  Chris Heinrich-STLOU 33
  Cedric Dixon-ALBIRM 33
  Arthur Stapleton-SMS 33
  Antonio Jackson-ALBIRM 33
  Predrag Materic-ALBIRM 33
  Jimmie Floyd-SMS 33
  Virgel Cobbin-STLOU 33
  Troy Robertson-STLOU 33
  Matt Baniak-STLOU 33
  Leandrew Bass-ALBIRM 33
  Damon Cobb-ALBIRM 33
  Melvin Levett-CIN 33
  Ryan Luechtefeld-STLOU 33
  Mel Cauthen-SMS 33
  Kelly McCarty-SMS 33
  Bobby Brannen-CIN 33
Field Goals
1. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 238
2. Omar Sneed-MEM 232
3. Larry Hughes-STLOU 224
4. Kelly McCarty-SMS 189
5. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 171
6. Melvin Levett-CIN 166
7. Galen Robinson-HOU 162
8. Nate Johnson-LOU 154
9. Fred Williams-ALBIRM 153
10. Jimmie Floyd-SMS 148
Field Goal Attempts
1. Larry Hughes-STLOU 540
2. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 475
3. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 416
4. Melvin Levett-CIN 398
5. Omar Sneed-MEM 396
6. Byron Mouton-TLN 394
7. Kelly McCarty-SMS 382
8. Sean Colson-CHAR 381
9. Jimmie Floyd-SMS 371
10. Cedric Dixon-ALBIRM 353
Field Goal Percentage
1. Omar Sneed-MEM .586
2. Galen Robinson-HOU .528
3. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR .501
4. Kelly McCarty-SMS .495
5. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ .442
6. Melvin Levett-CIN .417
7. Larry Hughes-STLOU .415
8. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL .411
9. Sean Colson-CHAR .383
3-Point Field Goals
1. Jimmie Floyd-SMS 80
2. Melvin Levett-CIN 73
3. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 71
4. Cedric Dixon-ALBIRM 69
5. Damon Cobb-ALBIRM 67
6. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ 59
7. Virgel Cobbin-STLOU 56
8. Sean Colson-CHAR 54
9. Byron Mouton-TLN 53
10. Tony Williams-LOU 51
  D'Juan Baker-CIN 51
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 202
2. Jimmie Floyd-SMS 201
3. Melvin Levett-CIN 193
4. Byron Mouton-TLN 179
5. Cedric Dixon-ALBIRM 178
6. Sean Colson-CHAR 171
7. Damon Cobb-ALBIRM 159
8. Brian Wardle-MARQ 157
9. Larry Hughes-STLOU 145
10. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ 144
Free Throws
1. Bobby Brannen-CIN 197
2. Larry Hughes-STLOU 180
3. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 159
4. Omar Sneed-MEM 138
5. Detric Golden-MEM 114
6. Byron Mouton-TLN 107
7. Sean Colson-CHAR 105
8. Kelly McCarty-SMS 94
9. Chonsey Asbury-SFL 90
  Ryan Luechtefeld-STLOU 90
Free Throw Attempts
1. Larry Hughes-STLOU 260
2. Bobby Brannen-CIN 234
3. Omar Sneed-MEM 207
4. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 204
5. Detric Golden-MEM 155
6. Byron Mouton-TLN 141
7. Shaddrick Jenkins-SFL 138
8. Chonsey Asbury-SFL 132
9. Kelly McCarty-SMS 129
  Kelvin Price-CHAR 129
Free Throw Percentage
1. Sean Colson-CHAR .882
2. Jimmie Floyd-SMS .874
3. Bobby Brannen-CIN .842
4. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ .830
5. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR .779
6. Byron Mouton-TLN .759
7. Shamahn McBride-HOU .756
8. Cedric Dixon-ALBIRM .743
9. Detric Golden-MEM .736
10. Kelly McCarty-SMS .729
Total Rebounds
1. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 280
2. Bobby Brannen-CIN 268
3. Kenyon Martin-CIN 267
4. Kelly McCarty-SMS 266
  Omar Sneed-MEM 266
6. Kelvin Price-CHAR 246
7. Galen Robinson-HOU 233
8. Fred Williams-ALBIRM 230
9. Demarcus Gaines-DEPAUL 214
10. Jarrod Lovette-MARQ 208
Assists
1. Sean Colson-CHAR 231
2. Michael Horton-CIN 138
3. Cameron Murray-LOU 134
4. Jamall Walker-STLOU 128
5. Mel Cauthen-SMS 125
6. Cedric Dixon-ALBIRM 107
  Marcus West-MARQ 107
8. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ 104
9. Alex Sanders-LOU 95
10. Roderick Agee-SMS 92
Steals
1. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 100
2. Larry Hughes-STLOU 69
3. Shaddrick Jenkins-SFL 58
4. Michael Horton-CIN 55
5. Keldrick Bradford-MEM 54
6. Cedric Smith-SFL 52
  Brian Lamb-SFL 52
8. Byron Mouton-TLN 50
9. Cameron Murray-LOU 49
10. Omar Sneed-MEM 47
Blocks
1. Kenyon Martin-CIN 83
2. Lawrence Nelson-TLN 49
3. Kelly McCarty-SMS 47
4. Vandarel Jones-SMS 40
5. Galen Robinson-HOU 37
6. Damion Dantzler-LOU 32
  Jermaine Ousley-MEM 32
  Richard Shaw-MARQ 32
  Ayinde Avery-DEPAUL 32
  Matt Baniak-STLOU 32
Points
1. Larry Hughes-STLOU 670
2. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 653
3. Omar Sneed-MEM 607
4. Kelly McCarty-SMS 483
5. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 473
6. Bobby Brannen-CIN 471
7. Melvin Levett-CIN 465
8. Jimmie Floyd-SMS 459
9. Sean Colson-CHAR 451
10. Byron Mouton-TLN 444
Points Per Game
1. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 21.1
2. Larry Hughes-STLOU 20.9
3. Omar Sneed-MEM 20.9
4. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 15.8
5. Sean Colson-CHAR 15.6
6. Byron Mouton-TLN 15.3
7. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ 15.2
8. Kelly McCarty-SMS 14.6
9. Bobby Brannen-CIN 14.3
10. Detric Golden-MEM 14.2
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Omar Sneed-MEM 9.2
2. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 9.0
3. Kenyon Martin-CIN 8.9
4. Bobby Brannen-CIN 8.1
5. Kelly McCarty-SMS 8.1
6. Galen Robinson-HOU 8.0
7. Kelvin Price-CHAR 7.9
8. Demarcus Gaines-DEPAUL 7.9
9. Fred Williams-ALBIRM 7.0
10. Jarrod Lovette-MARQ 6.9
Assists Per Game
1. Sean Colson-CHAR 8.0
2. Michael Horton-CIN 4.8
3. Cameron Murray-LOU 4.2
4. Jamall Walker-STLOU 3.9
5. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ 3.9
6. Mel Cauthen-SMS 3.8
7. Marcus West-MARQ 3.6
8. Cedric Dixon-ALBIRM 3.2
9. Roderick Agee-SMS 3.1
10. Detric Golden-MEM 3.0
Steals Per Game
1. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL 3.3
2. Larry Hughes-STLOU 2.2
3. Shaddrick Jenkins-SFL 1.9
4. Michael Horton-CIN 1.9
5. Keldrick Bradford-MEM 1.9
6. Brian Lamb-SFL 1.9
7. Cedric Smith-SFL 1.8
8. Byron Mouton-TLN 1.7
9. Shamahn McBride-HOU 1.7
10. Omar Sneed-MEM 1.6
Blocks Per Game
1. Kenyon Martin-CIN 2.8
2. Lawrence Nelson-TLN 1.8
3. Kelly McCarty-SMS 1.4
4. Galen Robinson-HOU 1.3
5. Vandarel Jones-SMS 1.2
6. Jermaine Ousley-MEM 1.1
  Richard Shaw-MARQ 1.1
8. Chris Owens-TLN 1.1
9. Ayinde Avery-DEPAUL 1.1
10. Damion Dantzler-LOU 1.0
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Omar Sneed-MEM .592
2. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ .537
3. Galen Robinson-HOU .531
4. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR .520
5. Kelly McCarty-SMS .509
6. Melvin Levett-CIN .509
7. Willie Coleman-DEPAUL .496
8. Sean Colson-CHAR .454
9. Larry Hughes-STLOU .454
True Shooting Percentage
1. Omar Sneed-MEM .614
2. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ .579
3. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR .571
4. Bobby Brannen-CIN .570
5. Detric Golden-MEM .563
6. Galen Robinson-HOU .563
7. D'Juan Baker-CIN .562
8. Shamahn McBride-HOU .562
9. Jarrod Lovette-MARQ .555
10. Marques Maybin-LOU .555
Offensive Win Shares
1. Omar Sneed-MEM 4.1
2. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 3.5
3. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ 2.8
4. Bobby Brannen-CIN 2.6
5. Vandarel Jones-SMS 2.5
6. Jimmie Floyd-SMS 2.3
7. Kelly McCarty-SMS 2.2
8. Damon Cobb-ALBIRM 2.1
9. Virgel Cobbin-STLOU 2.1
10. Detric Golden-MEM 2.1
Defensive Win Shares
1. Kenyon Martin-CIN 5.0
2. Kelly McCarty-SMS 3.0
3. Mike Bargen-MARQ 2.9
4. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 2.8
5. Bobby Brannen-CIN 2.8
6. Matt Baniak-STLOU 2.7
7. Larry Hughes-STLOU 2.6
8. Richard Shaw-MARQ 2.6
9. Kelvin Price-CHAR 2.4
10. Michael Horton-CIN 2.2
Win Shares
1. Kenyon Martin-CIN 7.0
2. DeMarco Johnson-CHAR 6.3
3. Omar Sneed-MEM 5.8
4. Bobby Brannen-CIN 5.3
5. Kelly McCarty-SMS 5.2
6. Vandarel Jones-SMS 4.5
7. Aaron Hutchins-MARQ 4.4
8. Larry Hughes-STLOU 4.3
9. Matt Baniak-STLOU 4.2
10. Melvin Levett-CIN 3.9