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2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

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2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams12
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
TelevisionESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2019–20 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cincinnati 13 5   .722 20 10   .667
No. 22 Houston 13 5   .722 23 8   .742
Tulsa 13 5   .722 21 10   .677
Wichita State 11 7   .611 23 8   .742
UConn 10 8   .556 19 12   .613
Memphis 10 8   .556 21 10   .677
SMU 9 9   .500 19 11   .633
UCF 7 11   .389 16 14   .533
South Florida 7 11   .389 14 17   .452
Temple 6 12   .333 14 17   .452
East Carolina 5 13   .278 11 20   .355
Tulane 4 14   .222 12 18   .400
Note: The 2020 AAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll


The 2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the scheduled postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference. It was to be held at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.[1] Due to the coronavirus pandemic the tournament was cancelled on March 12, 2020 – only minutes before the first game was set to begin.[2]

Seeds

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All 12 conference teams were slated to participate in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers: win–loss record, head-to-head record, record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, etc.

Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker
1 Cincinnati 13–5 2–1 vs Houston/Tulsa
2 Houston 13–5 2–2 vs Cincinnati/Tulsa
3 Tulsa 13–5 1–2 vs Cincinnati/Houston
4 Wichita State 11–7
5 UConn 10–8 3–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
6 Memphis 10–8 2–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
7 SMU 9–9
8 UCF 7–11 2–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
9 South Florida 7–11 0–4 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
10 Temple 6–12
11 East Carolina 5–13
12 Tulane 4–14

Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 12
1 12:00 pm No. 8 UCF vs No. 9 South Florida cancelled ESPNU N/A
2 2:00 pm No. 5 UConn vs No. 12 Tulane
3 7:00 pm No. 7 SMU vs No. 10 Temple N/A
4 9:00 pm No. 6 Memphis vs No. 11 East Carolina
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
5 12:00 pm No. 1 Cincinnati vs Game 1 winner cancelled ESPN2 N/A
6 2:00 pm No. 4 Wichita State vs Game 2 winner
7 6:30 pm No. 2 Houston vs Game 3 winner ESPNU N/A
8 8:30 pm No. 3 Tulsa vs Game 4 winner
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
9 2:00 pm Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 winner cancelled ESPN2 N/A
10 4:00 pm Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
Championship – Sunday, March 15
11 2:15 pm Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner cancelled ESPN N/A
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 12
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 13
Semifinals
Saturday, March 14
Championship
Sunday, March 15
            
1 Cincinnati
 
8 UCF
9 South Florida
 
 
4 Wichita State
 
5 UConn
12 Tulane
 
 
2 #22 Houston
 
7 SMU
10 Temple
 
 
3 Tulsa
 
6 Memphis
11 East Carolina

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References

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  1. ^ McGrath, Shawn (August 16, 2017). "AAC Men's Basketball Tournament Headed to Fort Worth for 2020–2022". The UConn Blog. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "American Athletic Conference Statement on 2020 Air Force Reserve Men's Basketball Championship - American Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "American Athletic Conference – 2020 MBB Championship Bracket" (PDF). theamerican.org.