| Year: | 2018 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| City: | Uncasville, Connecticut |
| Champions: | Connecticut |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Geno Auriemma |
| Coachcount: | 5th |
| Mvp: | Azurá Stevens |
| Mvpteam: | Connecticut |
| Attendance: | 29,709 |
| Television: | ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3 |
The 2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that was held March 3–6 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut the winner of the American Athletic Tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used. Teams seeded 5–12 play in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut ‡ | 16–0 | 29–0 | |||
| 2 | South Florida # | 13–3 | 24–6 | |||
| 3 | UCF # | 12–4 | 20–9 | |||
| 4 | Cincinnati # | 10–6 | 18–11 | |||
| 5 | Houston | 9–7 | 20–10 | 2–0 vs. WSU | ||
| 6 | Wichita State | 9–7 | 14–16 | 0–2 vs. HOU | ||
| 7 | East Carolina | 7–9 | 15–15 | |||
| 8 | Memphis | 5–11 | 10–19 | 1–0 vs. TUL | ||
| 9 | Tulane | 5–11 | 13–16 | 0–1 vs. MEM | ||
| 10 | SMU | 4–12 | 11–18 | |||
| 11 | Temple | 3–13 | 11–18 | 1–0 vs. TULSA | ||
| 12 | Tulsa | 3–13 | 9–20 | 0–1 vs. TEMPLE | ||
| ‡ – 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. | ||||||
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:[1]
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Saturday, March 3 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | No. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 Wichita State | 72–59 | ESPN3 | 1,380 | |
| 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 10 SMU vs. No. 7 East Carolina | 74–85 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM | No. 9 Tulane vs. No. 8 Memphis | 76–64 | 4,599 | ||
| 4 | 8:00 PM | No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Houston | 98–72 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4 | |||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM | No. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 UCF | 70–77 | ESPN3 | 3,392 | |
| 6 | 2:30 PM | No. 7 East Carolina vs. No. 2 South Florida | 44–80 | ESPNU | |||
| 4 | 7 | 6:30 PM | No. 9 Tulane vs. No. 1 Connecticut | 56–82 | 6,804 | ||
| 8 | 8:30 PM | No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 4 Cincinnati | 65–66 | ESPN3 | |||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 5 | |||||||
| 5 | 9 | 4:30 PM | No. 3 UCF vs. No. 2 South Florida | 59–74 | ESPNU | 6,033 | |
| 10 | 7:00 PM | No. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 1 Connecticut | 21–75 | ESPN2 | |||
| Championship – Tuesday, March 6 | |||||||
| 6 | 11 | 5:00 PM | No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut | 54–70 | ESPN2 | 7,501 | |
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Note: * denotes overtime