2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	12
Site	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions	Connecticut (5th title)
Winning coach	Geno Auriemma (5th title)
MVP	Azurá Stevens (Connecticut)
Attendance	29,709
Television	ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
No. 19 South Florida	13	–	3		.813			26	–	8		.765
UCF	12	–	4		.750			22	–	11		.667
Cincinnati	10	–	6		.625			19	–	13		.594
Houston	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Wichita State	9	–	7		.563			14	–	17		.452
East Carolina	7	–	9		.438			16	–	15		.516
Tulane	5	–	11		.313			14	–	17		.452
Memphis	5	–	11		.313			10	–	20		.333
SMU	4	–	12		.250			10	–	20		.333
Temple	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
Tulsa	3	–	13		.188			10	–	21		.323
† 2018 American Tournament winner As of 30 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that was held March 3–6 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut, the winner of the American Athletic Tournament, earned an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used. Teams seeded 5–12 play in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Connecticut ‡	16–0	29–0
2	South Florida #	13–3	24–6
3	UCF #	12–4	20–9
4	Cincinnati #	10–6	18–11
5	Houston	9–7	20–10	2–0 vs. WSU
6	Wichita State	9–7	14–16	0–2 vs. HOU
7	East Carolina	7–9	15–15
8	Memphis	5–11	10–19	1–0 vs. TUL
9	Tulane	5–11	13–16	0–1 vs. MEM
10	SMU	4–12	11–18
11	Temple	3–13	11–18	1–0 vs. TULSA
12	Tulsa	3–13	9–20	0–1 vs. TEMPLE
‡ – American Athletic Conference regular season champions. # – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 3
1	1	12:00 PM	No. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 Wichita State	72–59	ESPN3	1,380
	2	2:00 PM	No. 10 SMU vs. No. 7 East Carolina	74–85
2	3	6:00 PM	No. 9 Tulane vs. No. 8 Memphis	76–64		4,599
	4	8:00 PM	No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Houston	98–72
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
3	5	12:00 PM	No. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 UCF	70–77	ESPN3	3,392
	6	2:30 PM	No. 7 East Carolina vs. No. 2 South Florida	44–80	ESPNU
4	7	6:30 PM	No. 9 Tulane vs. No. 1 Connecticut	56–82		6,804
	8	8:30 PM	No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 4 Cincinnati	65–66	ESPN3
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
5	9	4:30 PM	No. 3 UCF vs. No. 2 South Florida	59–74	ESPNU	6,033
	10	7:00 PM	No. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 1 Connecticut	21–75	ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
6	11	5:00 PM	No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut	54–70	ESPN2	7,501
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Saturday, March 3					Quarterfinals Sunday, March 4					Semifinals Monday, March 5					Championship game Tuesday, March 6
						1	Connecticut	82
						9	Tulane	56
	8	Memphis	64
	9	Tulane	76
											1	Connecticut	75
											4	Cincinnati	21
						4	Cincinnati	66
						12	Tulsa	65
	5	Houston	72
	12	Tulsa	98
																1	Connecticut	70
																2	South Florida	54
						2	South Florida	80
						7	East Carolina	44
	7	East Carolina	85
	10	SMU	74
											2	South Florida	74
											3	UCF	59
						3	UCF	77
						11	Temple	70
	6	Wichita State	59
	11	Temple	72

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

• 2018 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament