2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2019
Conference:	American Athletic Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	12
Arena:	Mohegan Sun Arena
City:	Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions:	Connecticut
Titlecount:	6th
Coach:	Geno Auriemma
Coachcount:	6th
Mvp:	Napheesa Collier
Mvpteam:	Connecticut
Attendance:	28,227
Television:	ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3

The 2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 8 through 11, 2019 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn was the winner of the American Athletic Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^{[1] [2]}

Seeds

All 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 5–12 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	‡# - Connecticut	16–0	28–2
2	- UCF	13–3	24–5
3	- Cincinnati	12–4	20–9
4	- Houston	9–7	15–14
5	South Florida	7–9	16–14	1–0 vs. TEM
6	Temple	7–9	11–18	0–1 vs. USF
7	Tulsa	6–10	12–17	1–1 vs Temple
8	East Carolina	6–10	15–14	0–1 vs Temple
9	SMU	5–11	11–18	3–2 vs WSU/Memphis/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF
10	Wichita State	5–11	12–17	3–2 vs SMU/Memphis/Tulane, 0–1 vs USF
11	Memphis	5–11	10–19	2–3 vs SMU/WSU/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF
12	Tulane	5–11	15–14	2–3 vs SMU/WSU/Memphis, 0–2 vs USF
‡ – 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:^[4]

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Friday, March 8
1	1	12:00 PM	No. 12 Tulane vs. No. 5 South Florida	52–61	ESPN3	3,959
	2	2:00 PM	No. 9 SMU vs. No. 8 East Carolina	48–50^OT
2	3	6:00 PM	No. 10 Wichita State vs. No. 7 Tulsa	50–61		3,217
	4	8:00 PM	No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 6 Temple	59–58
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3	5	12:00 PM	No. 5 South Florida vs. No. 4 Houston	72–55	ESPN3	5,935
	6	2:00 PM	No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 Connecticut	65–92
4	7	6:00 PM	No. 7 Tulsa vs. No. 2 UCF	54–66		3,243
	8	8:00 PM	No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 3 Cincinnati	48–68
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
5	9	4:00 PM	No. 5 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut	45–81	ESPN2	5,872
	10	6:30 PM	No. 2 UCF vs. No. 3 Cincinnati	66–58	ESPNU
Championship – Monday, March 11
6	11	7:00 PM	No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 2 UCF	66–45	ESPN2	6,001
Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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Note: * denotes overtime

See also

• 2019 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: No. 1 Baylor wins Big 12 title 67-49 over No. 13 Iowa State. USA TODAY. en. 2019-03-13.
2. Web site: UCF women's basketball suffers 66-45 loss to No. 2 UConn in AAC title game. Romero. Iliana Limón. OrlandoSentinel.com. en-US. 2019-03-13.
3. 2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
4. Web site: American Athletic Conference - 2019 Women's Basketball Championship. theamerican.org.
5. Web site: 2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament Bracket. TheAmerican.org. SideArmSports. 31 December 2018.