| AAC women's basketball tournament | |
| Optional Subheader: | Conference basketball championship |
| Sport: | College basketball |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Number Of Teams: | 11 |
| Format: | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current Stadium: | Dickies Arena |
| Current Location: | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Years: | 2014–present |
| Most Recent: | 2024 |
| Current Champion: | Rice |
| Most Championships: | Connecticut (7) |
| Television: | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3 |
| Website: | theamerican.com Women's Basketball |
The American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament (sometimes known simply as The American Championship) is the conference tournament in basketball for the American Athletic Conference.
It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools. Its seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, however the official conference championship is awarded to the team or teams with the best regular season record. It was announced that an agreement was made to keep the tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena through 2020.[1]
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 72–52 | Louisville | , UConn | Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT) | |
| 2015 | UConn | 84–70 | South Florida | , UConn | |
| 2016 | UConn | 77–51 | South Florida | , UConn | |
| 2017 | UConn | 100–44 | South Florida | , UConn | |
| 2018 | UConn | 70–54 | South Florida | , UConn | |
| 2019 | UConn | 66–45 | UCF | , UConn | |
| 2020 | UConn | 87–53 | Cincinnati | , UConn | |
| 2021 | South Florida | 64–54 | UCF | , South Florida | Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, TX)[2] |
| 2022 | UCF | 53–45 | South Florida | , UCF | |
| 2023 | East Carolina | 46–44 | Houston | , East Carolina | |
| 2024 | Rice | 61–41 | East Carolina | , Rice |
| Member | Winners | Winning Years | Runner-up | Runner-up Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UConn | 7 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | 0 | ||
| South Florida | 1 | 2021 | 5 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 | |
| UCF | 1 | 2022 | 2 | 2019, 2021 | |
| East Carolina | 1 | 2023 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Rice | 1 | 2024 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati | 0 | 1 | 2020 | ||
| Houston | 0 | 1 | 2023 | ||
| Louisville | 0 | 1 | 2014 |
Italics indicate school no longer sponsors women's basketball in The American.