2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2016
Conference:	American Athletic Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Men's
Teams:	10
Arena:	Amway Center
City:	Orlando, Florida
Champions:	Connecticut
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Kevin Ollie
Coachcount:	1st
Attendance:	38,871
Television:	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews

The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 10–13, 2016, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.^[1] The Tournament was won by the #5 Seed Connecticut Huskies, who beat the #6 Seed Memphis Tigers in the final by a score of 72–58.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. With SMU ineligible for postseason play,^[2] the top six seeds will receive first round byes.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Temple	14–4
2	Houston	12–6	1–0 vs Memphis
3	Tulsa	12–6	0–1 vs Memphis
4	Cincinnati	12–6	0–2 vs Temple
5	Connecticut	11–7
6	Memphis	8–10
7	UCF	6–12
8	East Carolina	4–14	1–1 vs. Temple
9	South Florida	4–14	0–2 vs. Temple
10	Tulane	3–15

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 10
1	1	3:30 pm	9 South Florida 71 vs. #8 East Carolina 66	ESPNU	8,723
	2	6:00 pm	10 Tulane 65 vs. #7 UCF 63	ESPNews
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
2	3	12:00 pm	9 South Florida 62 vs. #1 Temple 79	ESPN2	7,475
	4	2:00 pm	5 Connecticut 104 vs. #4 Cincinnati 97 (4OT)
3	5	7:00 pm	10 Tulane 72 vs. #2 Houston 69	ESPNU	7,218
	6	9:00 pm	6 Memphis 89 vs. #3 Tulsa 67
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
4	7	3:00 pm	5 Connecticut 77 vs. #1 Temple 62	ESPN2	7,465
	8	5:00 pm	10 Tulane 54 vs. #6 Memphis 74
Championship – Sunday, March 13
5	9	3:15 pm	5 Connecticut 72 vs. #6 Memphis 58	ESPN	7,990
Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

^[3]

* denotes overtime period

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Site of The American Athletic Conference – 2016 Men's Basketball Championship. theamerican.org. 2015-10-01.
2. Web site: NCAA bans SMU from 2016 postseason, Larry Brown for nine games. ESPN.com. ESPN. October 29, 2015.
3. Web site: 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship Bracket. theamerican.org. sidearmsports. October 29, 2015.