2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

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2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201920
Teams12
Site Dickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
Television ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2
  2019
2021  
2019–20 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Cincinnati 135 .7222010  .667
No. 22 Houston 135 .722238  .742
Tulsa 135 .7222110  .677
Wichita State 117 .611238  .742
UConn 108 .5561912  .613
Memphis 108 .5562110  .677
SMU 99 .5001911  .633
UCF 711 .3891614  .533
South Florida 711 .3891417  .452
Temple 612 .3331417  .452
East Carolina 513 .2781120  .355
Tulane 414 .2221218  .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]

Contents

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.

SeedSchoolConf. recordTiebreaker
1 Cincinnati 13–52–1 vs Houston/Tulsa
2 Houston 13–52–2 vs Cincinnati/Tulsa
3 Tulsa 13–51–2 vs Cincinnati/Houston
4 Wichita State 11–7
5 UConn 10–83–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
6 Memphis 10–82–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
7 SMU 9–9
8 UCF 7–112–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
9 South Florida 7–110–4 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
10 Temple 6–12
11 East Carolina 5–13
12 Tulane 4–14

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Thursday, March 12
112:00 pmNo. 8 UCF vs No. 9 South Floridacancelled ESPNU N/A
22:00 pmNo. 5 UConn vs No. 12 Tulane
37:00 pmNo. 7 SMU vs No. 10 TempleN/A
49:00 pmNo. 6 Memphis vs No. 11 East Carolina
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
512:00 pmNo. 1 Cincinnati vs Game 1 winnercancelled ESPN2 N/A
62:00 pmNo. 4 Wichita State vs Game 2 winner
76:30 pmNo. 2 Houston vs Game 3 winnerESPNUN/A
88:30 pmNo. 3 Tulsa vs Game 4 winner
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
92:00 pmGame 5 Winner vs. Game 6 winnercancelledESPN2N/A
104:00 pmGame 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
Championship – Sunday, March 15
112:15 pmGame 9 winner vs. Game 10 winnercancelled 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

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