All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals.
Seed
School
Conference
Overall
Tiebreaker
1
Connecticut ‡
16–0
29–0
2
Temple #
13–3
23–6
3
South Florida #
11–5
22–7
4
UCF #
9–7
19–10
5
Tulane #
7–9
16–13
3–2 vs SMU/Cincinnati/Memphis, 1–0 vs SMU
6
SMU
7–9
16–13
3–2 vs Tulane/Cincinnati/Memphis, 0–1 vs Tulane
7
Cincinnati
7–9
16–13
3–3 vs Tulane/SMU/Memphis
8
Memphis
7–9
14–15
2–4 vs Tulane/SMU/Cincinnati
9
Tulsa
5–11
9–20
10
Houston
4–12
11–18
11
East Carolina
2–14
11–17
‡ – 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:
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Television
Attendance
First round – Friday, March 3
1
1
4:00 PM
#8 Memphis vs. #9 Tulsa
ESPN3
4,446
2
6:00 PM
#7 Cincinnati vs. #10 Houston
3
8:00 PM
#6 SMU vs. #11 East Carolina
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
2
4
12:00 PM
#4 UCF vs. #5 Tulane
ESPN3
5,513
5
2:00 PM
#1 Connecticut vs. #9 Tulsa
3
6
6:00 PM
#2 Temple vs. #10 Houston
4,559
7
8:00 PM
#3 South Florida vs. #6 SMU
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
4
8
5:00 PM
#4 UCF vs. #1 Connecticut
ESPN2
6,491
9
7:30 PM
#2 Temple vs. #3 South Florida
ESPNU
Championship Game – Monday, March 6
5
10
7:00 PM
#1 Connecticut vs. #3 South Florida
ESPN2
6,488
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
