2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Appearance
2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2022–23 |
Teams | 11 |
Site | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas |
Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Houston | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 33 | – | 4 | .892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Memphis † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2023 AAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament will be held March 9-12 2023, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. All games of the tournament will be televised by ESPN Inc.[1] The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.
Seed | School | Conference Record |
Tiebreaker[2] |
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1 | Houston | ||
2 | Memphis | ||
3 | |||
4 | Tulane/Cincinnati/Temple | ||
5 | |||
6 | |||
7 | |||
8 | |||
9 | |||
10 | East Carolina/South Florida/SMU | ||
11 | Tulsa |
Schedule
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | ||
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First Round – March 9, 2023 | |||||||
1 | 11:30 AM | No. 8 vs. No. 9 | ESPNU | ||||
2 | 1:30 PM | No. 7 vs. No. 10 | |||||
3 | 6:00 PM | No. 6 vs. No. 11 Tulsa | |||||
Quarterfinals – March 10, 2023 | |||||||
4 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 Houston vs. No. 8/9 | ESPN2 | ||||
5 | 2:00 PM | No. 4 vs. No. 5 | |||||
6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 vs. No. 7/10 | ESPNU | ||||
7 | 8:00 PM | No. 3 vs. No. 6/11 | |||||
Semifinals – March 11, 2023 | |||||||
8 | 2:00 PM | No. 1/8/9 vs. No. 4/5 | ESPN2 | ||||
9 | 4:00 PM | No. 2/7/10 vs. No. 3/6/11 | |||||
Championship – March 12, 2023 | |||||||
10 | 2:15 PM | No. 1/4/5/8/9 vs. No. 2/3/6/7/10/11 | ESPN | ||||
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
First round Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Saturday, March 11 | Championship Sunday, March 12 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Houston | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | 8/9 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | 1/8/9 | ||||||||||||||||||
4/5 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||||||
1/4/5/8/9 | |||||||||||||||||||
2/3/6/7/10/11 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | 7/10 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2/7/10 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/6/11 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 6/11 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Tulsa |
Game Summaries
First Round
March 9, 2023
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No. 8 vs. No. 9 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
March 9, 2023
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No. 7 vs. No. 10 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
March 9, 2023
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No. 6 vs. No. 11 Tulsa |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
Quarterfinals
March 10, 2023
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No. 1 Houston vs. No. 8/9 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
March 10, 2023
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No. 4 vs. No. 5 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
March 10, 2023
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No. 2 vs. No. 7/10 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
March 10, 2023
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No. 3 vs. No. 6/11 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
Semifinals
March 11, 2023
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No. 1/8/9 vs. No. 4/5 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
March 11, 2023
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No. 2/7/10 vs. No. 3/6/11 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
Championship Game
March 12, 2023
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No. 1/4/5/8/9 vs. No. 2/3/6/7/10/11 |
Dickies Arena
Ft. Worth, Texas |
*Game times: CT
See also
- 2023 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
- American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
- American Athletic Conference
References
- ^ "2022-23 Championship Schedule". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Basketball Tiebreaker Policy" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 21, 2022.
- ^ "American Athletic Conference Basketball Championships". DickiesArena.com. DickiesArena. Retrieved 7 February 2022.