2002 Conference USA preview

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No.  Team  '01 Record  1.  Louisville  11-2  2.  Southern Miss  6-5  3.  Cincinnati  7-5  4.  East Carolina  6-6  5.  Memphis  5-6  6.  TCU  6-6  7.  UAB  6-5  8.  Army  3-8  9.  Tulane  3-9  10.  Houston  0-11	Louisville QB Dave Ragone Scott Halleran/Getty Images

All-Conference Team
Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.
		Offense
WR	LaDaris Vann	Cincinnati	5-9	202	Sr.
WR	Roydell Williams	Tulane	6-2	171	Jr.
OL	Brian Rimpf	East Carolina	6-5	301	Jr.
OL	Jeremy Bridges	Southern Miss	6-4	300	Sr.
C	Kirk Tuck	UAB	6-2	300	Sr.
OL	Rex Hadnot	Houston	6-1	310	Jr.
OL	Torrin Tucker	Southern Miss	6-6	316	Sr.
QB	Dave Ragone	Louisville	6-4	250	Sr.
RB	Mewelde Moore	Tulane	6-1	203	Jr.
RB	Dante Brown	Memphis	6-2	215	Sr.
TE	Ronnie Ghent	Louisville	6-3	237	Sr.
		Defense
DL	Terrell Paul	Southern Miss	6-3	226	Jr.
DL	Antwan Peek	Cincinnati	6-2	244	Sr.
DL	Dewayne White	Louisville	6-3	277	Jr.
DL	Chad Pugh	TCU	6-3	305	Jr.
LB	LeMarcus McDonald	TCU	6-1	230	Sr.
LB	Rod Davis	Southern Miss	6-3	238	Jr.
LB	John Williamson	East Carolina	6-2	234	Sr.
DB	Greg Brooks	Southern Miss	5-11	167	Jr.
DB	Anthony Floyd	Louisville	5-10	202	Sr.
DB	Curry Burns	Louisville	6-1	215	Sr.
DB	Jason Goss	TCU	5-11	189	Sr.
		Specialists
PK	Seth Marler	Tulane	6-0	195	Sr.
P	Jarad Preston	East Carolina	5-11	194	Sr.
RS	Anthony Floyd	Louisville	5-10	202	Sr.

Offensive Player of the Year
Dave Ragone	QB	Louisville
Defensive Player of the Year
Dewayne White	DE	Louisville
Newcomer of the Year
Willie Henderson	DL	Memphis

 

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