2023 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

2023 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams11
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
ChampionsEast Carolina (1st title)
Winning coachKim McNeill (1st title)
MVPSynia Johnson (East Carolina)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
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2022–23 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Florida 15 – 1   .938 27 – 7   .794
Memphis 11 – 4   .733 22 – 11   .667
East Carolina † 11 – 5   .688 23 – 9   .719
Houston 10 – 5   .667 15 – 16   .484
SMU 7 – 8   .467 17 – 12   .586
Tulane 7 – 9   .438 18 – 14   .563
Tulsa 7 – 9   .438 17 – 13   .567
Wichita State 6 – 10   .375 18 – 15   .545
Temple 6 – 10   .375 11 – 18   .379
UCF 4 – 11   .267 14 – 15   .483
Cincinnati 2 – 14   .125 9 – 21   .300
† 2023 AAC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2023
Rankings from AP poll
Source: The American

The 2023 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–9, 2023, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. All games of the tournament were televised by ESPN Inc.[1] The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament. East Carolina won the tournament and received the AAC automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.

Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.

Seed School Conference
Record 		Tiebreaker[2]
1 South Florida 15–1
2 Memphis 11–4
3 East Carolina 11–5
4 Houston 10–5
5 SMU 7–8
6 Tulane 7–9 2–0 vs. Tulsa
7 Tulsa 7–9 0–2 vs. Tulane
8 Wichita State 6–10 2–0 vs. Cincinnati
9 Temple 6–10 1–1 vs. Cincinnati
10 UCF 4–11
11 Cincinnati 2–14

Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round – March 6, 2023
1 1:00 PM No. 8 Wichita State vs. No. 9 Temple 71–61 ESPN+
2 3:00 PM No. 7 Tulsa vs. No. 10 UCF 53–69
3 5:00 PM No. 6 Tulane vs. No. 11 Cincinnati 61-52
Quarterfinals – March 7, 2023
4 12:00 PM No. 1 South Florida vs. No. 8 Wichita State 53-65 ESPN+
5 2:00 PM No. 4 Houston vs. No. 5 SMU 52-33
6 6:00 PM No. 2 Memphis vs. No. 10 UCF 48-46
7 8:00 PM No. 3 East Carolina vs. No. 6 Tulane 69-58
Semifinals – March 8, 2023
8 4:00 PM No. 8 Wichita State vs. No. 4 Houston 62-74 ESPN+
9 6:00 PM No. 2 Memphis vs. No. 3 East Carolina 60-69
Championship – March 9, 2023
10 8:00 PM No. 4 Houston vs. No. 3 East Carolina 44-46 ESPNU
Game Times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

First round
Monday, March 6 		Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 7 		Semifinals
Wednesday, March 8 		Championship
Thursday, March 9
1 South Florida 53
8 Wichita State 71 8 Wichita State 65
9 Temple 61 8 Wichita State 62
4 Houston 74
4 Houston 52
5 SMU 33
4 Houston 44
3 East Carolina 46
2 Memphis 48
7 Tulsa 53 10 UCF 46
10 UCF 69 2 Memphis 60
3 East Carolina 69
3 East Carolina 69
6 Tulane 61 6 Tulane 58
11 Cincinnati 52

See also

References

  1. ^ "2022–23 Championship Schedule". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "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.