2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:11
Arena:Mohegan Sun Arena
City:Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions:Connecticut
Titlecount:4th
Coach:Geno Auriemma
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:Katie Lou Samuelson
Mvpteam:Connecticut
Attendance:24,797
Television:ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3

The 2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 3–6, 2017 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

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.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1Connecticut ‡16–029–0
2Temple #13–323–6
3South Florida #11–522–7
4UCF #9–719–10
5Tulane #7–916–133–2 vs SMU/Cincinnati/Memphis, 1–0 vs SMU
6SMU7–916–133–2 vs Tulane/Cincinnati/Memphis, 0–1 vs Tulane
7Cincinnati7–916–133–3 vs Tulane/SMU/Memphis
8Memphis7–914–152–4 vs Tulane/SMU/Cincinnati
9Tulsa5–119–20
10Houston4–1211–18
11East Carolina2–1411–17
‡ – 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:

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Friday, March 3
114:00 PM
  1. 8 Memphis vs. #9 Tulsa
ESPN34,446
26:00 PM
  1. 7 Cincinnati vs. #10 Houston
38:00 PM
  1. 6 SMU vs. #11 East Carolina
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
2412:00 PM
  1. 4 UCF vs. #5 Tulane
ESPN35,513
52:00 PM
  1. 1 Connecticut vs. #9 Tulsa
366:00 PM
  1. 2 Temple vs. #10 Houston
4,559
78:00 PM
  1. 3 South Florida vs. #6 SMU
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
485:00 PM
  1. 4 UCF vs. #1 Connecticut
ESPN26,491
97:30 PM
  1. 2 Temple vs. #3 South Florida
ESPNU
Championship Game – Monday, March 6
5107:00 PM
  1. 1 Connecticut vs. #3 South Florida
ESPN26,488
  • Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[1]

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament Bracket. TheAmerican.org. SideArmSports. 4 December 2016.