All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used. Teams seeded 5–12 play in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.
Seed
School
Conference
Overall
Tiebreaker
1
Connecticut ‡
16–0
29–0
2
South Florida #
13–3
24–6
3
UCF #
12–4
20–9
4
Cincinnati #
10–6
18–11
5
Houston
9–7
20–10
2–0 vs. WSU
6
Wichita State
9–7
14–16
0–2 vs. HOU
7
East Carolina
7–9
15–15
8
Memphis
5–11
10–19
1–0 vs. TUL
9
Tulane
5–11
13–16
0–1 vs. MEM
10
SMU
4–12
11–18
11
Temple
3–13
11–18
1–0 vs. TULSA
12
Tulsa
3–13
9–20
0–1 vs. TEMPLE
‡ – American Athletic Conference regular season champions. # – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:[1]
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 3
1
1
12:00 PM
No. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 Wichita State
72–59
ESPN3
1,380
2
2:00 PM
No. 10 SMU vs. No. 7 East Carolina
74–85
2
3
6:00 PM
No. 9 Tulane vs. No. 8 Memphis
76–64
4,599
4
8:00 PM
No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Houston
98–72
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
3
5
12:00 PM
No. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 UCF
70–77
ESPN3
3,392
6
2:30 PM
No. 7 East Carolina vs. No. 2 South Florida
44–80
ESPNU
4
7
6:30 PM
No. 9 Tulane vs. No. 1 Connecticut
56–82
6,804
8
8:30 PM
No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 4 Cincinnati
65–66
ESPN3
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
5
9
4:30 PM
No. 3 UCF vs. No. 2 South Florida
59–74
ESPNU
6,033
10
7:00 PM
No. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 1 Connecticut
21–75
ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
6
11
5:00 PM
No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut
54–70
ESPN2
7,501
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
