2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 11
Site Mohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions Connecticut (4th title)
Winning coach Geno Auriemma (4th title)
MVP Katie Lou Samuelson (Connecticut)
Attendance 24,797
Television ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#1 Connecticut †16–0 1.000  36–1  .973
Temple13–3 .813  24–8  .750
South Florida11–5 .688  24–9  .727
UCF9–7 .563  21–12  .636
SMU7–9 .438  19–15  .559
Tulane7–9 .438  18–15  .545
Cincinnati7–9 .438  16–14  .533
Memphis7–9 .438  14–16  .467
Tulsa5–11 .313  10–21  .323
Houston4–12 .250  12–19  .387
East Carolina2–14 .125  11–19  .367
† 2017 The American Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 3–6, 2017 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I 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 ‡ 16–0 29–0
2 Temple # 13–3 23–6
3 South Florida # 11–5 22–7
4 UCF # 9–7 19–10
5 Tulane # 7–9 16–13 3–2 vs SMU/Cincinnati/Memphis, 1–0 vs SMU
6 SMU 7–9 16–13 3–2 vs Tulane/Cincinnati/Memphis, 0–1 vs Tulane
7 Cincinnati 7–9 16–13 3–3 vs Tulane/SMU/Memphis
8 Memphis 7–9 14–15 2–4 vs Tulane/SMU/Cincinnati
9 Tulsa 5–11 9–20
10 Houston 4–12 11–18
11 East Carolina 2–14 11–17
‡ – 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 3
1
1
4:00 PM
#8 Memphis vs. #9 Tulsa
ESPN3
4,446
2
6:00 PM
#7 Cincinnati vs. #10 Houston
3
8:00 PM
#6 SMU vs. #11 East Carolina
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
2
4
12:00 PM
#4 UCF vs. #5 Tulane
ESPN3
5,513
5
2:00 PM
#1 Connecticut vs. #9 Tulsa
3
6
6:00 PM
#2 Temple vs. #10 Houston
4,559
7
8:00 PM
#3 South Florida vs. #6 SMU
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
4
8
5:00 PM
#4 UCF vs. #1 Connecticut
ESPN2
6,491
9
7:30 PM
#2 Temple vs. #3 South Florida
ESPNU
Championship Game – Monday, March 6
5
10
7:00 PM
#1 Connecticut vs. #3 South Florida
ESPN2
6,488
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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  First Round
Friday, March 3		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 5		 Championship Game
Monday, March 6
                                     
       
  1 Connecticut 105  
    9 Tulsa 57  
8 Memphis 55
9 Tulsa 60  
  1 Connecticut 78  
  4 UCF 56  
       
       
  4 UCF 61
    5 Tulane 57  
     
       
  1 Connecticut 100
  3 South Florida 44
       
       
  2 Temple 67
    10 Houston 58  
7 Cincinnati 61
10 Houston 74  
  2 Temple 58
  3 South Florida 63  
       
       
  3 South Florida 62
    6 SMU 55  
6 SMU 60
11 East Carolina 54  

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). TheAmerican.org. SideArmSports. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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