| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Arena: | Dickies Arena |
| City: | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Champions: | UAB |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Andy Kennedy |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Yaxel Lendeborg |
| Mvpteam: | UAB |
| Attendance: | 5695 |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, & ESPN |
The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–17, 2024, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.[1] The winner of the tournament, the UAB Blazers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.
Teams were seeded by conference record. The top four teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Tiebreaker #1 | Tiebreaker #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Florida | 16–2 | |||
| 2 | Florida Atlantic | 14–4 | |||
| 3 | Charlotte | 13–5 | |||
| 4 | UAB | 12–6 | |||
| 5 | Memphis | 11–7 | 1–1 vs. FAU | ||
| 6 | SMU | 11–7 | 0–1 vs. FAU | ||
| 7 | North Texas | 10–8 | |||
| 8 | East Carolina | 7–11 | 1–0 vs. Tulsa | ||
| 9 | Tulsa | 7–11 | 0–1 vs. East Carolina | ||
| 10 | Tulane | 5–13 | 3–1 vs. Other 5–13 Teams | ||
| 11 | Temple | 5–13 | 5–2 vs. Other 5–13 Teams | ||
| 12 | Wichita State | 5–13 | 2–3 vs. Other 5–13 Teams | ||
| 13 | Rice | 5–13 | 2–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams | 1–0 vs. UAB | |
| 14 | UTSA | 5–13 | 2–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams | 0–1 vs. UAB |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – March 13, 2024 | |||||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 13 Rice vs. No. 12 Wichita State | 81−88 | ESPN+ | |||
| 2 | 2:00 pm | No. 14 UTSA vs. No. 11 Temple | 61−64 | ||||
| Second round – March 14, 2024 | |||||||
| 3 | 11:30 am | No. 9 Tulsa vs. No. 8 East Carolina | 79−84 | ESPNU | 5,530 | ||
| 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Memphis | 71−65 | ||||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 North Texas | 71–81 | 5,516 | |||
| 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 SMU | 75–60 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – March 15, 2024 | |||||||
| 7 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 South Florida | 81−59 | ESPN2 | 5,454 | ||
| 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 4 UAB | 72−60 | ||||
| 9 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 North Texas vs. No. 2 Florida Atlantic | 71−77 | ESPNU | 5,471 | ||
| 10 | 8:00 pm | No. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 Charlotte | 58−54 | ||||
| Semifinals – March 16, 2024 | |||||||
| 11 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 UAB vs No. 1 South Florida | 93−83 | ESPN2 | 5,545 | ||
| 12 | 4:00 pm | No. 11 Temple vs No. 2 Florida Atlantic | 74−73 | ||||
| Championship – March 17, 2024 | |||||||
| 13 | 2:15 pm | No. 4 UAB vs No. 11 Temple | 85−69 | ESPN | 5,695 | ||
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