2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 11
Site Mohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach Geno Auriemma (3rd title)
MVP Breanna Stewart (Connecticut)
Attendance 30,478
Television ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Connecticut † 18 – 0   1.000     38 – 0   1.000
#21 South Florida 14 – 4   .778     24 – 10   .706
Temple 13 – 5   .722     23 – 12   .657
Memphis 12 – 6   .667     18 – 13   .581
Tulane 11 – 7   .611     23 – 12   .657
Tulsa 8 – 10   .444     12 – 19   .387
SMU 7 – 11   .389     13 – 18   .419
East Carolina 6 – 12   .333     13 – 19   .406
Cincinnati 4 – 14   .222     8 – 22   .267
UCF 4 – 14   .222     7 – 23   .233
Houston 2 – 16   .111     6 – 24   .200
† American Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament held between March 4–7, 2016 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut won their third straight American Athletic Conference title by defeating South Florida and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Connecticut ‡ 18–0 29–0
2 South Florida # 14–4 21–8
3 Temple # 13–5 19–10
4 Memphis # 12–6 18–11
5 Tulane # 11–7 20–10
6 Tulsa 8–10 11–18
7 SMU 7–11 12–17
8 East Carolina 6–12 12–18
9 Cincinnati 4–14 8–21 0–1 vs. Tulane
10 UCF 4–14 7–22 0–2 vs. Tulane
11 Houston 2–16 6–23
‡ – 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

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round – Friday, March 4
1
1
4:00 PM
#8 East Carolina vs. #9 Cincinnati
ESPN3
4,480
2
6:00 PM
#7 SMU vs. #10 UCF
3
8:00 PM
#6 Tulsa vs. #11 Houston
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
2
4
12:00 PM
#4 Memphis vs. #5 Tulane
ESPN3
7,033
5
2:00 PM
#1 Connecticut vs. #8 East Carolina
3
6
6:00 PM
#2 South Florida vs. #7 SMU
5,071
7
8:00 PM
#3 Temple vs. #6 Tulsa
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
4
8
4:30 PM
#5 Tulane vs. #1 Connecticut
ESPNU
6,821
9
6:30 PM
#2 South Florida vs. #3 Temple
Championship Game – Monday, March 7
5
10
7:00 PM
#1 Connecticut vs. #2 South Florida
ESPN2
7,073
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[1]

  First Round
Friday, March 4		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 6		 Championship Game
Monday, March 7
                                     
       
  1 Connecticut 92  
    8 East Carolina 51  
8 East Carolina 70
9 Cincinnati 61  
  1 Connecticut 82  
  5 Tulane 35  
       
       
  4 Memphis 64
    5 Tulane 70  
     
       
  1 Connecticut 77
  2 South Florida 51
       
       
  2 South Florida 73
    7 SMU 60  
7 SMU 83*
10 UCF 74  
  2 South Florida 64
  3 Temple 46  
       
       
  3 Temple 78
    6 Tulsa 52  
6 Tulsa 76
11 Houston 38  

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). TheAmerican.org. SideArmSports. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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