The 2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2015 and March 2016. Practices began in October 2015, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the 2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament at the Amway Center in Orlando, FL. The season was the third since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues. The tournament had only 10 teams, as SMU is serving a postseason ban due to academic fraud and unethical conduct[1]
Preseason
At the 2015 American Athletic Conference media day on October 27, the conference released announced coaches predictions for standings and All-Conference teams[2]
2016 American Men's Basketball Championship seeds and results
Seed
School
Conf.
Over.
Tiebreaker
First round March 10
Quarterfinals March 11
Semifinals March 12
Championship March 13
1.
Temple ‡ #
14-4
20-10
Bye
vs. #9 South Florida - W, 79-62
vs. #5 Connecticut - L, 62-77
2.
Houston #
12-6
22-8
1-0 vs. MEM
Bye
vs. #10 Tulane - L, 69-72
3.
Tulsa #
12-6
20-10
0-1 vs. MEM
Bye
vs. #6 Memphis - L, 67-89
4.
Cincinnati #
12-6
22-9
0-2 vs. TEMP
Bye
vs. #5 Connecticut - L, 97-104 4OT
5.
Connecticut #
11-7
21-10
Bye
vs. #4 Cincinnati - W, 104-97 4OT
vs. #1 Temple - W, 77-62
vs. #6 Memphis - W, 72-58
6.
Memphis #
8-10
17-14
Bye
vs. #3 Tulsa - W, 89-67
vs. #10 Tulane - W, 74-54
vs. #5 Connecticut - L, 58-72
7.
UCF
6-12
12-17
vs. #10 Tulane - L, 63-65
8.
East Carolina
4-14
12-19
1-1 vs. TEMP
vs. #9 South Florida - L, 66-71
9.
South Florida
4–14
7–24
0–2 vs. TEMP
vs. #8 East Carolina - W, 71-66
vs. #1 Temple - L, 62-79
10.
Tulane
3–15
10–21
vs. #7 UCF - W, 65-63
vs. #2 Houston - W, 72-69
vs. #6 Memphis - L, 54-74
‡ – American regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games prior to the AAC tournament.
* SMU is banned from postseason play due to academic fraud and unethical conduct[4]
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