| Year: | 2015 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | XL Center |
| City: | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Champions: | SMU |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Larry Brown |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Markus Kennedy |
| Mvpteam: | SMU |
| Attendance: | 45,480 |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews |
The 2015 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was played from March 12–15, 2015, at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. The top five seeds received first round byes.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMU | 15–3 | 24–6 | ||
| 2 | Tulsa | 14–4 | 21–9 | ||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 13–5 | 22–10 | 2–0 vs. SMU | |
| 4 | Temple | 13–5 | 22–9 | 0–2 vs. SMU | |
| 5 | Memphis | 10–8 | 19–13 | 2–0 vs. Connecticut | |
| 6 | Connecticut | 10–8 | 18–13 | 0–2 vs. Memphis | |
| 7 | Tulane | 6–12 | 15–16 | 1–0 vs. East Carolina | |
| 8 | East Carolina | 6–12 | 13–18 | 0–1 vs. Tulane | |
| 9 | UCF | 5–13 | 12–17 | ||
| 10 | Houston | 4–14 | 13–18 | ||
| 11 | South Florida | 3–15 | 9–23 |
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
| Session | Game | Time*[1] | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 3:30 pm |
| ESPNU | 5,431 | |
| 2 | 6:00 pm |
| ESPNews | |||
| 3 | 8:00 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 12:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | 7,056 | |
| 5 | 2:00 pm |
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| 3 | 6 | 7:00 pm |
| ESPNU | 9,514 | |
| 7 | 9:00 pm |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 3:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | 10,114 | |
| 9 | 5:00 pm |
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| Championship – Sunday, March 15 | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 3:15 pm |
| ESPN | 13,365 | |
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