2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Duration November 2015
through March 2016
Number of teams 11
TV partner(s) ESPN, CBS, ASN
Regular Season
Tournament
2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#16 SMU* 9 – 3   .750     21 – 3   .875
Temple 9 – 3   .750     15 – 8   .652
Cincinnati 9 – 4   .692     19 – 7   .731
Connecticut 8 – 4   .667     18 – 7   .720
Houston 8 – 5   .615     18 – 7   .720
Tulsa 8 – 5   .615     16 – 9   .640
Memphis 5 – 7   .417     14 – 11   .560
UCF 5 – 7   .417     11 – 12   .478
Tulane 3 – 10   .231     10 – 16   .385
East Carolina 2 – 10   .167     10 – 15   .400
South Florida 2 – 10   .167     5 – 20   .200
*Ineligible for postseason due to postseason ban
As of February 14, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season will take place between November 2015 and conclude in March 2016. Practices will begin in October 2016, with conference play beginning in December, and the season will end with the 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Amway Center in Orlando, FL. The season will be the third since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues. The tournament will only have 10 teams as SMU is serving a postseason ban due to academic fraud and unethical conduct[1]

Preseason

At the 2015 American Athletic Conference media day on October 27, the conference released announced coaches predictions for standings and All-Conference teams[2]

See Also: Men's Basketball Media Day October 27 In Orlando

2015-16 Preseason Coaches' Poll

  1. SMU (8) 98
  2. Connecticut (2) 87
  3. Cincinnati (1) 84
  4. Tulsa 76
  5. Memphis 59
  6. Temple 54
  7. Houston 48
  8. East Carolina 31
  9. UCF 30
  10. USF 20
  11. Tulane 11

(First-Place Votes) Points

Preseason All-AAC Teams

First Team Second Team
Octavius Ellis, F, CIN
Daniel Hamilton, G/F, CONN
Markus Kennedy†, F, SMU
Nic Moore†, G, SMU
James Woodard, G, TULSA		 Troy Caupain, G, CIN
Amida Brimah, C, CONN
Sterling Gibbs, G, CONN
Shaq Goodwin, F, MEM
Shaquille Harrison, G, TULSA

† denotes unanimous selection

Rankings

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Pre Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
16 		Wk
17 		Wk
18 		Wk
19 		Final
Cincinnati AP RV RV 24 17 23 23 22 22 RV
C RV RV 24 17 22 20 21 23 RV RV
Connecticut AP 20 19 18 RV RV 25 RV RV 23 RV RV
C т 24 24 21 RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV
East Carolina AP
C
Houston AP RV
C RV RV
Memphis AP
C
SMU AP RV RV т25 22 19 18 18 17 15 10 8 13 12 16
C
USF AP
C
Temple AP
C
Tulane AP
C
Tulsa AP RV
C RV RV
UCF AP
C

AAC Regular Season

Conference Matrix

  Cincinnati Connecticut East Carolina Houston Memphis SMU USF Temple Tulane Tulsa UCF
vs. Cincinnati — 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1-0 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 0-1
vs. Connecticut 1–0 — 0–1 0–1 0–2 0-0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0-1
vs. East Carolina 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 1-0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2-0
vs. Houston 1–0 1–0 0–1 — 0–1 1-1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0-1
vs. Memphis 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 — 1-0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0-1
vs. SMU 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0-1
vs. South Florida 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 — 2–0 1–1 0–0 2-0
vs. Temple 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 — 0–0 0–1 0-1
vs. Tulane 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 — 2–0 1-0
vs. Tulsa 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 — 0-1
vs. UCF 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 —
Total 9–4 8–4 2–10 8–5 5–7 9–3 2–11 10–3 3–10 8–5 5–7

Postseason

Index to colors and formatting
American member won
American member lost

American Men's Basketball Championship[3]

2016 American Men's Basketball Championship seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First Round
March 10		 Quarterfinals
March 11		 Semifinals
March 12		 Championship
March 13
1.      
2.      
3.      
4.      
5.      
6.      
7.      
8.      
9.      
10.      
‡ – American regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Receives a single-bye in the conference tournament.

* SMU is banned from postseason play due to academic fraud and unethical conduct[4]

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School First Four Second Round Third Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
South            
Midwest            
East            
West            

National Invitation Tournament

Seed Region School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         

College Basketball Invitational

School First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
       

Honors and Awards

All-AAC awards and teams

Coaches

2016 American Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Rookie of the Year
2016 American Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention All-Rookie


† denotes unanimous selection

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA bans SMU from 2016 postseason, Larry Brown for nine games". ESPN. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "SMU Picked to Win 2015-16 American Men's Basketball Title". American Athletic Conference. SideArm Sports. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "2016 American Men's Basketball Championship". American Athletic Conference. SideArm Sports. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "NCAA bans SMU from 2016 postseason, Larry Brown for nine games". ESPN. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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