| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | Dickies Arena |
| City: | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Champions: | UCF |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Katie Abrahamson-Henderson |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Diamond Battles |
| Mvpteam: | UCF |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU |
The 2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 7–10, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The first three rounds were streamed on ESPN+ with the championship game on ESPNU. UCF won the tournament and received the AAC automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.
With the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ongoing and the possibility of cancelled games, teams were required to have played a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference tournament.[1] Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCF | 14–1 | |
| 2 | South Florida | 12–3 | |
| 3 | Tulane | 11–5 | |
| 4 | Temple | 8–8 | |
| 5 | SMU | 7–7 | |
| 6 | Houston | 7–9 | |
| 7 | Memphis | 7–10 | |
| 8 | Tulsa | 5–8 | |
| 9 | Wichita State | 5–11 | |
| 10 | East Carolina | 4–11 | 2–0 vs. Cincinnati |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 4–11 | 0–2 vs. East Carolina |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – March 7, 2022 | |||||||
| 1 | 2:00 PM | No. 8 Tulsa vs. No. 9 Wichita State | 88–86 (OT) | ESPN+ | TBD | ||
| 2 | 4:00 PM | No. 7 Memphis vs. No. 10 East Carolina | 59–48 | TBD | |||
| 3 | 6:00 PM | No. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 Cincinnati | 67–45 | TBD | |||
| Quarterfinals – March 8, 2022 | |||||||
| 4 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 UCF vs. No. 8 Tulsa | 69–54 | ESPN+ | TBD | ||
| 5 | 2:00 PM | No. 5 SMU vs. No. 4 Temple | 63–55 | TBD | |||
| 6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 South Florida vs. Memphis | 63–53 | TBD | |||
| 7 | 8:00 PM | No. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Houston | 65–57 | TBD | |||
| Semifinals – March 9, 2022 | |||||||
| 8 | 2:00 PM | No. 1 UCF vs. No. 5 SMU | 61–28 | ESPN+ | TBD | ||
| 9 | 4:00 PM | No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 6 Houston | 58–50 | TBD | |||
| Championship – March 10, 2022 | |||||||
| 10 | 2:15 PM | No. 1 UCF vs No. 2 South Florida | 53–45 | ESPNU | TBD | ||
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* – Denotes overtime period