College basketball tournament
2018 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament ended the 2017–18 season of the American Athletic Conference . It was held March 8–11, 2018, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida .[ 1] Cincinnati won the tournament and with it the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament .
Seeds
All 12 conference teams participated in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were 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.
Schedule
Game
Time
Matchup
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 8
1
Noon
No. 8 UConn vs No. 9 SMU
73–80
ESPNU
7,856
2
2:30 pm
No. 5 Memphis vs No. 12 South Florida
79–77
3
7:00 pm
No. 7 Temple vs No. 10 Tulane
82–77
7,918
4
9:30 pm
No. 6 UCF vs No. 11 East Carolina
66–52
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9
5
Noon
No. 1 Cincinnati vs No. 9 SMU
61–51
ESPN2
8,491
6
2:30 pm
No. 4 Tulsa vs No. 5 Memphis
64–67
7
7:00 pm
No. 2 Wichita State vs No. 7 Temple
89–81
ESPNU
8,680
8
9:30 pm
No. 3 Houston vs No. 6 UCF
84–56
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
9
1:00 pm
No. 1 Cincinnati vs. No. 5 Memphis
70–60
CBS
8,644
10
3:30 pm
No. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 3 Houston
74-77
Championship – Sunday, March 11
11
3:00 pm
No. 1 Cincinnati vs. No. 3 Houston
56–55
CBS
8,670
Game times in ET . Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
[ 2]
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1
Cincinnati
61
9
SMU
51
8
UConn
73
9
SMU
80
1
Cincinnati
70
5
Memphis
60
4
Tulsa
64
5
Memphis
67
5
Memphis
79
12
South Florida
77
1
Cincinnati
56
3
Houston
55
2
Wichita State
89
7
Temple
81
7
Temple
82
10
Tulane
77
2
Wichita State
74
3
Houston
77
3
Houston
84
6
UCF
56
6
UCF
66
11
East Carolina
52
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