2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams12
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
TelevisionESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2
2019–20 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Cincinnati13–5 .72220–10  .667
No. 22 Houston13–5 .72223–8  .742
Tulsa13–5 .72221–10  .677
Wichita State11–7 .61123–8  .742
UConn10–8 .55619–12  .613
Memphis10–8 .55621–10  .677
SMU9–9 .50019–11  .633
UCF7–11 .38916–14  .533
South Florida7–11 .38914–17  .452
Temple6–12 .33314–17  .452
East Carolina5–13 .27811–20  .355
Tulane4–14 .22212–18  .400
Note: The 2020 AAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the scheduled postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference. It was to be held at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.[1] Due to the coronavirus pandemic the tournament was cancelled on March 12, 2020 – only minutes before the first game was set to begin.[2]

Seeds

All 12 conference teams were slated to participate in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams are 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 Conf. record Tiebreaker
1 Cincinnati 13–5 2–1 vs Houston/Tulsa
2 Houston 13–5 2–2 vs Cincinnati/Tulsa
3 Tulsa 13–5 1–2 vs Cincinnati/Houston
4 Wichita State 11–7
5 UConn 10–8 3–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
6 Memphis 10–8 2–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
7 SMU 9–9
8 UCF 7–11 2–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
9 South Florida 7–11 0–4 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
10 Temple 6–12
11 East Carolina 5–13
12 Tulane 4–14

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 12
1 12:00 pm No. 8 UCF vs No. 9 South Florida cancelled ESPNU N/A
2 2:00 pm No. 5 UConn vs No. 12 Tulane
3 7:00 pm No. 7 SMU vs No. 10 Temple N/A
4 9:00 pm No. 6 Memphis vs No. 11 East Carolina
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
5 12:00 pm No. 1 Cincinnati vs Game 1 winner cancelled ESPN2 N/A
6 2:00 pm No. 4 Wichita State vs Game 2 winner
7 6:30 pm No. 2 Houston vs Game 3 winner ESPNU N/A
8 8:30 pm No. 3 Tulsa vs Game 4 winner
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
9 2:00 pm Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 winner cancelled ESPN2 N/A
10 4:00 pm Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
Championship – Sunday, March 15
11 2:15 pm Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner cancelled ESPN N/A
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 12 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 13 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 14 		Championship
Sunday, March 15
            
1 Cincinnati
 
8 UCF
9 South Florida
 
 
4 Wichita State
 
5 UConn
12 Tulane
 
 
2 #22 Houston
 
7 SMU
10 Temple
 
 
3 Tulsa
 
6 Memphis
11 East Carolina

[3]

References

  1. ↑ McGrath, Shawn (August 16, 2017). "AAC Men's Basketball Tournament Headed to Fort Worth for 2020–2022". The UConn Blog. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ "American Athletic Conference Statement on 2020 Air Force Reserve Men's Basketball Championship - American Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ "American Athletic Conference – 2020 MBB Championship Bracket" (PDF). theamerican.org.
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