2023 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2022–23 |
Teams | 11 |
Site | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas |
Champions | East Carolina (1st title) |
Winning coach | Kim McNeill (1st title) |
MVP | Synia Johnson (East Carolina) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina † | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 10 | – | 5 | .667 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 4 | – | 11 | .267 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2023 AAC tournament winner As of March 24, 2023 Rankings from AP poll Source: The American |
The 2023 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–9, 2023, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. All games of the tournament were televised by ESPN Inc.[1] The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament. East Carolina won the tournament and received the AAC automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.
Seed | School | Conference Record |
Tiebreaker[2] |
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1 | South Florida | 15–1 | |
2 | Memphis | 11–4 | |
3 | East Carolina | 11–5 | |
4 | Houston | 10–5 | |
5 | SMU | 7–8 | |
6 | Tulane | 7–9 | 2–0 vs. Tulsa |
7 | Tulsa | 7–9 | 0–2 vs. Tulane |
8 | Wichita State | 6–10 | 2–0 vs. Cincinnati |
9 | Temple | 6–10 | 1–1 vs. Cincinnati |
10 | UCF | 4–11 | |
11 | Cincinnati | 2–14 | |
Schedule
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |||
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First Round – March 6, 2023 | |||||||
1 | 1:00 PM | No. 8 Wichita State vs. No. 9 Temple | 71–61 | ESPN+ | |||
2 | 3:00 PM | No. 7 Tulsa vs. No. 10 UCF | 53–69 | ||||
3 | 5:00 PM | No. 6 Tulane vs. No. 11 Cincinnati | 61-52 | ||||
Quarterfinals – March 7, 2023 | |||||||
4 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 South Florida vs. No. 8 Wichita State | 53-65 | ESPN+ | |||
5 | 2:00 PM | No. 4 Houston vs. No. 5 SMU | 52-33 | ||||
6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 Memphis vs. No. 10 UCF | 48-46 | ||||
7 | 8:00 PM | No. 3 East Carolina vs. No. 6 Tulane | 69-58 | ||||
Semifinals – March 8, 2023 | |||||||
8 | 4:00 PM | No. 8 Wichita State vs. No. 4 Houston | 62-74 | ESPN+ | |||
9 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 Memphis vs. No. 3 East Carolina | 60-69 | ||||
Championship – March 9, 2023 | |||||||
10 | 8:00 PM | No. 4 Houston vs. No. 3 East Carolina | 44-46 | ESPNU | |||
Game Times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed. |
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
First round Monday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 7 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 8 | Championship Thursday, March 9 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | South Florida | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Wichita State | 71 | 8 | Wichita State | 65 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Temple | 61 | 8 | Wichita State | 62 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | SMU | 33 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | East Carolina | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Memphis | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Tulsa | 53 | 10 | UCF | 46 | ||||||||||||||
10 | UCF | 69 | 2 | Memphis | 60 | ||||||||||||||
3 | East Carolina | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | East Carolina | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Tulane | 61 | 6 | Tulane | 58 | ||||||||||||||
11 | Cincinnati | 52 |
See also
References
- ↑ "2022–23 Championship Schedule". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Basketball Tiebreaker Policy" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "American Athletic Conference Basketball Championships". DickiesArena.com. DickiesArena. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
External links
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