Following the exodus of many of the top basketball programs from CUSA to the Big East in 2005 , Charlotte was left as a non-football school in a weak basketball conference despite having the second best record in CUSA history at the time , trailing only Cincinnati . Charlotte eventually joined the Atlantic 10 for all sports along with fellow CUSA member Saint Louis . Lutz was not able to sustain the level of success he achieved in CUSA . Over the course of six seasons in the A10 , Lutz 's record was 83 – 75 , compared to his record of 135 – 83 in CUSA . The 49ers earned two NIT bids under Lutz in the A10 , going 1 – 2 in those tournaments . The 49ers fell apart to end the 2009 – 2010 season , going 1 – 7 in their last eight games which dropped them from first place in the A10 and a potential NCAA tournament team to not receiving an NIT bid , Lutz was dismissed following this collapse
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Charlotte 49ers men's basketball