| Year: | 2019 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | FedExForum |
| City: | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Champions: | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Mick Cronin |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Jarron Cumberland |
| Mvpteam: | Cincinnati |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
The 2019 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference. It was held March 14 through March 17, 2019, at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Cincinnati defeated Houston 69–57 in the championship to earn the American Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1] It was the second consecutive tournament championship for Cincinnati.
All 12 conference teams will participate in the conference tournament. The top four teams receive 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.[2]
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 16–2 | ||
| 2 | Cincinnati | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | Temple | 13–5 | 1–0 vs. Wichita State | |
| 4 | UCF | 13–5 | 0–1 vs. Wichita State | |
| 5 | Memphis | 11–7 | ||
| 6 | Wichita State | 10–8 | ||
| 7 | Tulsa | 8–10 | 1–0 vs. USF | |
| 8 | South Florida | 8–10 | 0–1 vs. Tulsa | |
| 9 | UConn | 6–12 | 1–1 vs. Wichita State | |
| 10 | SMU | 6–12 | 0–2 vs. Wichita State | |
| 11 | East Carolina | 3–15 | ||
| 12 | Tulane | 0–18 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday, March 14 | ||||||
| 1 | 1:00 pm | No. 8 South Florida vs No. 9 UConn | 73–80 | ESPNU | 8,046 | |
| 2 | 3:00 pm | No. 5 Memphis vs No. 12 Tulane | 83–68 | |||
| 3 | 8:00 pm | No. 7 Tulsa vs No. 10 SMU | 65–74 | 7,476 | ||
| 4 | 10:00 pm | No. 6 Wichita State vs No. 11 East Carolina | 73–57 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15 | ||||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Houston vs No. 9 UConn | 84–45 | ESPN2 | 7,610 | |
| 6 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 UCF vs No. 5 Memphis | 55–79 | |||
| 7 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Cincinnati vs No. 10 SMU | 82–74 | ESPNU | 7,356 | |
| 8 | 9:00 pm | No. 3 Temple vs No. 6 Wichita State | 74–80 | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 16 | ||||||
| 9 | 3:00 pm | No. 1 Houston vs. No. 5 Memphis | 61–58 | ESPN2 | 7,819 | |
| 10 | 5:00 pm | No. 2 Cincinnati vs. No. 6 Wichita State | 66–63 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 17 | ||||||
| 11 | 3:15 pm | No. 1 Houston vs. No. 2 Cincinnati | 57–69 | ESPN | 7,223 | |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||||