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2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

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 earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams12
SiteMohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
ChampionsConnecticut (5th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (5th title)
MVPAzurá Stevens (Connecticut)
Attendance29,709
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
← 2017
2019 →
2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UConn †16–0 1.00036–1 .973
No. 19 South Florida13–3 .81326–8 .765
UCF12–4 .75022–11 .667
Cincinnati10–6 .62519–13 .594
Houston9–7 .56320–12 .625
Wichita State9–7 .56314–17 .452
East Carolina7–9 .43816–15 .516
Tulane5–11 .31314–17 .452
Memphis5–11 .31310–20 .333
SMU4–12 .25010–20 .333
Temple3–13 .18812–19 .387
Tulsa3–13 .18810–21 .323
† 2018 American Tournament winner
As of 30 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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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.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1Connecticut ‡16–029–0
2South Florida #13–324–6
3UCF #12–420–9
4Cincinnati #10–618–11
5Houston9–720–102–0 vs. WSU
6Wichita State9–714–160–2 vs. HOU
7East Carolina7–915–15
8Memphis5–1110–191–0 vs. TUL
9Tulane5–1113–160–1 vs. MEM
10SMU4–1211–18
11Temple3–1311–181–0 vs. TULSA
12Tulsa3–139–200–1 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

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All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:[1]

SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Saturday, March 3
1112:00 PMNo. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 Wichita State72–59ESPN31,380
22:00 PMNo. 10 SMU vs. No. 7 East Carolina74–85
236:00 PMNo. 9 Tulane vs. No. 8 Memphis76–644,599
48:00 PMNo. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Houston98–72
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
3512:00 PMNo. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 UCF70–77ESPN33,392
62:30 PMNo. 7 East Carolina vs. No. 2 South Florida44–80ESPNU
476:30 PMNo. 9 Tulane vs. No. 1 Connecticut56–826,804
88:30 PMNo. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 4 Cincinnati65–66ESPN3
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
594:30 PMNo. 3 UCF vs. No. 2 South Florida59–74ESPNU6,033
107:00 PMNo. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 1 Connecticut21–75ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
6115:00 PMNo. 2 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut54–70ESPN27,501
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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[2]

First round
Saturday, March 3		Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 4		Semifinals
Monday, March 5		Championship game
Tuesday, March 6
            
1Connecticut82
9Tulane56
8Memphis64
9Tulane76
1Connecticut75
4Cincinnati21
4Cincinnati66
12Tulsa65
5Houston72
12Tulsa98
1Connecticut70
2South Florida54
2South Florida80
7East Carolina44
7East Carolina85
10SMU74
2South Florida74
3UCF59
3UCF77
11Temple70
6Wichita State59
11Temple72

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2018 Women's Basketball Championship".
  2. ^ "2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament Bracket" (PDF). TheAmerican.org. SideArmSports. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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