2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams11
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
ChampionsUCF (1st title)
Winning coachKatie Abrahamson-Henderson (1st title)
MVPDiamond Battles (UCF)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
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2021–22 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 24 UCF † 14 – 1   .933 26 – 4   .867
South Florida 12 – 3   .800 24 – 9   .727
Tulane 11 – 5   .688 21 – 10   .677
Temple 8 – 8   .500 13 – 15   .464
SMU 7 – 7   .500 14 – 15   .483
Houston 7 – 9   .438 18 – 16   .529
Memphis 6 – 9   .400 16 – 12   .571
Tulsa 5 – 8   .385 17 – 11   .607
Wichita State 5 – 11   .313 14 – 16   .467
East Carolina 4 – 11   .267 11 – 18   .379
Cincinnati 4 – 11   .267 11 – 17   .393
† 2022 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 7–10, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The first three rounds were streamed on ESPN+ with the championship game on ESPNU. UCF won the tournament and received the AAC automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

With the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ongoing and the possibility of cancelled games, teams were required to have played a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference tournament.[1] Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.

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

Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – March 7, 2022
1 2:00 PM No. 8 Tulsa vs. No. 9 Wichita State 88–86 (OT) ESPN+ TBD
2 4:00 PM No. 7 Memphis vs. No. 10 East Carolina 59–48 TBD
3 6:00 PM No. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 Cincinnati 67–45 TBD
Quarterfinals – March 8, 2022
4 12:00 PM No. 1 UCF vs. No. 8 Tulsa 69–54 ESPN+ TBD
5 2:00 PM No. 5 SMU vs. No. 4 Temple 63–55 TBD
6 6:00 PM No. 2 South Florida vs. Memphis 63–53 TBD
7 8:00 PM No. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Houston 65–57 TBD
Semifinals – March 9, 2022
8 2:00 PM No. 1 UCF vs. No. 5 SMU 61–28 ESPN+ TBD
9 4:00 PM No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 6 Houston 58–50 TBD
Championship – March 10, 2022
10 2:15 PM No. 1 UCF vs No. 2 South Florida 53–45 ESPNU TBD
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

First round
Monday, March 7 		Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 8 		Semifinals
Wednesday, March 9 		Championship
Thursday, March 10
            
1 UCF 69
8 Tulsa 54
8 Tulsa 88*
9 Wichita State 86
1 UCF 61
5 SMU 28
4 Temple 55
5 SMU 63
1 UCF 53
2 South Florida 45
2 South Florida 63
7 Memphis 53
7 Memphis 59
10 East Carolina 48
2 South Florida 58
6 Houston 50
3 Tulane 57
6 Houston 65
6 Houston 67
11 Cincinnati 45

*Game times: CT

See also

References

  1. ^ Branson, Carina (December 27, 2021). "American Athletic Conference updates COVID-19 protocols for basketball". KSN.com. Nexstar Media Network. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Basketball Tiebreaker Policy" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "American Athletic Conference Basketball Championships". DickiesArena.com. DickiesArena. Retrieved February 7, 2022.