2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	11
Site	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Television	ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
Temple	13	–	3		.813			24	–	8		.750
South Florida	11	–	5		.688			24	–	9		.727
UCF	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
SMU	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Tulane	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Cincinnati	7	–	9		.438			16	–	14		.533
Memphis	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
Tulsa	5	–	11		.313			10	–	21		.323
Houston	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
East Carolina	2	–	14		.125			11	–	19		.367
† 2017 The American Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is an upcoming postseason tournament, which will be held from March 3–6, 2017 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Seeds

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	‡
2	#
3	#
4	#
5	#
6
7
8
9
10
11
‡ – 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 vs. #9	ESPN3
	2	6:00 PM	#7 vs. #10
	3	8:00 PM	#6 vs. #11
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
2	4	12:00 PM	#4 vs. #5	ESPN3
	5	2:00 PM	#1 vs. Winner of game 1
3	6	6:00 PM	#2 vs. Winner of game 2
	7	8:00 PM	#3 vs. Winner of game 3
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
4	8	5:00 PM	Winner of game 4 vs. Winner of game 5	ESPN2
	9	7:30 PM	Winner of game 6 vs. Winner of game 7	ESPNU
Championship Game – Monday, March 6
5	10	7:00 PM	Winner of game 8 vs. Winner of game 9	ESPN2
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First Round Friday, March 3					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4					Semifinals Sunday, March 5					Championship Game Monday, March 6
						1
	8
	9
						4
						5
						2
	7
	10
						3
	6
	11

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

• 2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament