2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 11
Site XL Center
Hartford, Connecticut
Winning coach Tim Jankovich (1st title)
MVP Semi Ojeleye (SMU)
Television ESPN, ESPN2,
ESPNU, ESPNews
2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 11 SMU † 17 – 1   .944     30 – 5   .857
No. 18 Cincinnati 16 – 2   .889     30 – 6   .833
Houston 12 – 6   .667     21 – 11   .656
UCF 11 – 7   .611     24 – 12   .667
Memphis 9 – 9   .500     19 – 13   .594
Connecticut 9 – 9   .500     16 – 17   .485
Tulsa 8 – 10   .444     15 – 17   .469
Temple 7 – 11   .389     16 – 16   .500
East Carolina 6 – 12   .333     15 – 18   .455
Tulane 3 – 15   .167     6 – 25   .194
South Florida 1 – 17   .056     7 – 23   .233
† 2017 AAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2016-17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 9–12, 2017 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Originally, the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida (host of the 2016 Tournament) was slated to host the tournament for a second consecutive year, but in November 2014, the NCAA awarded the Amway Center with first and second-round games for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament[1] As a result, the XL Center hosted the tournament in 2017, with the tournament returning to Orlando in 2018.[2]

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 SMU 17–1
2 Cincinnati 16–2
3 Houston 12–6
4 UCF 11–7
5 Memphis 9–9 1–1 vs Houston
6 Connecticut 9–9 0–2 vs Houston
7 Tulsa 8–10
8 Temple 7–11
9 East Carolina 6–12
10 Tulane 3–15
11 South Florida 1–17

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 9
1 1 3:30 PM #9 East Carolina vs. #8 Temple 80–69 ESPNU 4,874
2 6:00 PM #10 Tulane vs. #7 Tulsa 60–66 ESPNews
3 8:00 PM #11 South Florida vs. #6 Connecticut 66–77
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
2 4 Noon #9 East Carolina vs #1 SMU 77-81 ESPN2 1,844
5 2:00 PM #5 Memphis vs #4 UCF 54-84
3 6 7:00 PM #7 Tulsa vs #2 Cincinnati 61-80 ESPNU 7,365
7 9:00 PM #6 Connecticut vs #3 Houston 74–65
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
4 8 3:00 PM #1 SMU vs #4 UCF 70-59 ESPN2 8,117
9 5:00 PM #2 Cincinnati vs #6 Connecticut 81-71
Championship – Sunday, March 12
5 10 3:15 PM #1 SMU vs. #2 Cincinnati 71–56 ESPN 6,856
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  First round
Thursday, March 9		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 11		 Championship
Sunday, March 12
                                     
       
  1 SMU 81  
    9 East Carolina 77  
8 Temple 69
9 East Carolina 80  
  1 SMU 70  
  4 UCF 59  
       
       
  4 UCF 84
    5 Memphis 54  
     
       
  1 SMU 71
  2 Cincinnati 56
       
       
  2 Cincinnati 80
    7 Tulsa 61  
7 Tulsa 66
10 Tulane 60  
  2 Cincinnati 81
  6 Connecticut 71  
       
       
  3 Houston 65
    6 Connecticut 74  
6 Connecticut 77
11 South Florida 66  

References

  1. ↑ "AAC basketball tournament not returning to Orlando in 2017". Orlando Sentinel.
  2. ↑ "Hartford's XL Center Set To Host 2017 American Men's Basketball Championship". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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