2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

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2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Logo.svg
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Classification Division I
Season 201819
Teams12
Site Mohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions Connecticut (6th title)
Winning coach Geno Auriemma (6th title)
MVP Napheesa Collier (Connecticut)
Attendance28,227
Television ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
  2018
2020  
2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 UConn160 1.000353  .921
UCF 133 .813267  .788
Cincinnati 124 .7502411  .686
Houston 97 .5631516  .484
South Florida 79 .4381916  .543
Temple 79 .4381118  .379
East Carolina 610 .3751615  .516
Tulsa 610 .3751318  .419
Tulane 511 .3131516  .484
Wichita State 511 .3131218  .400
SMU 511 .3131119  .367
Memphis 511 .3131120  .355
2019 AAC tournament winner
As of March 17, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 8 through 11, 2019 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn was the winner of the American Athletic Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. [1] [2]

Contents

Seeds

All teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 5–12 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals. [3]

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1# - Connecticut16–028–2
2# - UCF13–324–5
3# - Cincinnati12–420–9
4# - Houston9–715–14
5South Florida7–916–141–0 vs. TEM
6Temple7–911–180–1 vs. USF
7Tulsa6–1012–171–1 vs Temple
8East Carolina6–1015–140–1 vs Temple
9SMU5–1111–183–2 vs WSU/Memphis/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF
10Wichita State5–1112–173–2 vs SMU/Memphis/Tulane, 0–1 vs USF
11Memphis5–1110–192–3 vs SMU/WSU/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF
12Tulane5–1115–142–3 vs SMU/WSU/Memphis, 0–2 vs USF
‡ – 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: [4]

SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Friday, March 8
1112:00 PMNo. 12 Tulane vs. No. 5 South Florida52–61ESPN33,959
22:00 PMNo. 9 SMU vs. No. 8 East Carolina48–50OT
236:00 PMNo. 10 Wichita State vs. No. 7 Tulsa50–613,217
48:00 PMNo. 11 Memphis vs. No. 6 Temple59–58
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3512:00 PMNo. 5 South Florida vs. No. 4 Houston72–55ESPN35,935
62:00 PMNo. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 Connecticut65–92
476:00 PMNo. 7 Tulsa vs. No. 2 UCF54–663,243
88:00 PMNo. 11 Memphis vs. No. 3 Cincinnati48–68
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
594:00 PMNo. 5 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut45–81ESPN25,872
106:30 PMNo. 2 UCF vs. No. 3 Cincinnati66–58ESPNU
Championship – Monday, March 11
6117:00 PMNo. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 2 UCF66–45ESPN26,001
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[5]

First round
Friday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 9
Semifinals
Sunday, March 10
Championship Game
Monday, March 11
            
1 Connecticut92
8 East Carolina 65
8 East Carolina50*
9 SMU 48
1 Connecticut81
5 South Florida 45
4 Houston 55
5 South Florida72
5 South Florida61
12 Tulane 52
1 Connecticut66
2 UCF 45
2 UCF66
7 Tulsa 54
7 Tulsa61
10 Wichita State 50
2 UCF66
3 Cincinnati 58
3 Cincinnati68
11 Memphis 48
6 Temple 58
11 Memphis59

Note: * denotes overtime

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