2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ended the 2017–18 season of the American Athletic Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2018 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.[1] Regular-season champion Cincinnati won the tournament and with it the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams12
SiteAmway Center
Orlando, Florida
ChampionsCincinnati (1st title)
Winning coachMick Cronin (1st title)
MVPGary Clark (Cincinnati)
Attendance50,259
TelevisionCBS, ESPNU, ESPN2
2017–18 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Cincinnati †16–2 .889  31–5  .861
No. 21 Houston14–4 .778  27–8  .771
No. 16 Wichita State14–4 .778  25–8  .758
Tulsa12–6 .667  19–12  .613
Memphis10–8 .556  21–13  .618
UCF9–9 .500  19–13  .594
Temple8–10 .444  17–16  .515
UConn7–11 .389  14–18  .438
SMU6–12 .333  17–16  .515
Tulane5–13 .278  14–17  .452
East Carolina4–14 .222  10–20  .333
South Florida3–15 .167  10–22  .313
† 2018 AAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 12 conference teams participated in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were 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.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Cincinnati 16–2
2 Wichita State 14–4 1–0 vs. Memphis
3 Houston 14–4 0–1 vs. Memphis
4 Tulsa 12–6
5 Memphis 10–8
6 UCF 9–9
7 Temple 8–10
8 Connecticut 7–11
9 SMU 6–12
10 Tulane 5–13 1–1 vs. Houston
11 East Carolina 5–13 0–2 vs. Houston
12 South Florida 3–15

Schedule
Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 8
1 Noon No. 8 Connecticut vs No. 9 SMU 73–80 ESPNU 7,856
2 2:30 pm No. 5 Memphis vs No. 12 South Florida 79–77
3 7:00 pm No. 7 Temple vs No. 10 Tulane 82–77 7,918
4 9:30 pm No. 6 UCF vs No. 11 East Carolina 66–52
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9
5 Noon No. 1 Cincinnati vs No. 9 SMU 61–51 ESPN2 8,491
6 2:30 pm No. 4 Tulsa vs No. 5 Memphis 64–67
7 7:00 pm No. 2 Wichita State vs No. 7 Temple 89–81 ESPNU 8,680
8 9:30 pm No. 3 Houston vs No. 6 UCF 84–56
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
9 1:00 pm No. 1 Cincinnati vs. No. 5 Memphis 70–60 CBS 8,644
10 3:30 pm No. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 3 Houston 74-77
Championship – Sunday, March 11
11 3:00 pm No. 1 Cincinnati vs. No. 3 Houston 56–55 CBS 8,670
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[2]

  First round
Thursday, March 8		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 9		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 10		 Championship
Sunday, March 11
                                     
       
  1 Cincinnati 61  
    9 SMU 51  
8 Connecticut 73
9 SMU 80  
  1 Cincinnati 70  
  5 Memphis 60  
       
       
  4 Tulsa 64
    5 Memphis 67  
5 Memphis 79
12 South Florida 77  
  1 Cincinnati 56
  3 Houston 55
       
       
  2 Wichita State 89
    7 Temple 81  
7 Temple 82
10 Tulane 77  
  2 Wichita State 74
  3 Houston 77  
       
       
  3 Houston 84
    6 UCF 56  
6 UCF 66
11 East Carolina 52  

References
  1. "American Men's Basketball Semifinals, Championship to be Broadcast on CBS in 2018".
  2. http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/theamerican.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/3/4/2018_MBB_Championship_Bracket_Final_.pdf?id=1650
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