2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
{{short description|U.S. college basketball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2022
| Conference=American Athletic Conference
| Division=I
| Gender=Women's
| Image=
| ImageSize=250px
| Caption=Tournament Logo
| Teams=11
| Arena=Dickies Arena
| City= Fort Worth, Texas
| Champions=UCF
| TitleCount=1st
| Coach=Katie Abrahamson-Henderson
| CoachCount=1st
| MVP=Diamond Battles
| MVPTeam=UCF
| Attendance=
| Television= ESPN+, ESPNU
}}
{{2021–22 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings}}
The 2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 7–10, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The first three rounds were streamed on ESPN+ with the championship game on ESPNU. UCF won the tournament and received the AAC automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
With the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ongoing and the possibility of cancelled games, teams were required to have played a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference tournament.{{cite web |last1=Branson |first1=Carina |title=American Athletic Conference updates COVID-19 protocols for basketball |url=https://www.ksn.com/sports/local-sports/american-athletic-conference-updates-covid-19-protocols-for-basketball/ |website=KSN.com |publisher=Nexstar Media Network |access-date=17 January 2022 |date=December 27, 2021}} Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used to seed teams with identical conference records.{{cite web |title=Basketball Tiebreaker Policy |url=https://theamerican.org/documents/2021/2/26/Tiebreaking_Policy_MBB_for_20_21.pdf |website=theamerican.org |publisher=American Athletic Conference |date=February 21, 2022}} The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center"
! Seed ! School ! Conference |
| 1
|align=left|UCF |14–1 | |
| 2
|align=left|South Florida |12–3 | |
| 3
|align=left|Tulane |11–5 | |
| 4
|align=left|Temple |8–8 | |
| 5
|align=left|SMU |7–7 | |
| 6
|align=left|Houston |7–9 | |
| 7
|align=left|Memphis |7–10 | |
| 8
|align=left|Tulsa |5–8 | |
| 9
|align=left|Wichita State |5–11 | |
| 10
|align=left|East Carolina |4–11 |2–0 vs. Cincinnati |
| 11
|align=left|Cincinnati |4–11 |0–2 vs. East Carolina |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Game !Time !Matchup !Score !Television !Attendance | |
| colspan="8" | First round – March 7, 2022 | |
|---|---|
| 1
|2:00 PM |No. 8 Tulsa vs. No. 9 Wichita State | 88–86 (OT)
|rowspan=3|ESPN+ |TBD |
| 2
|4:00 PM |No. 7 Memphis vs. No. 10 East Carolina |59–48 |TBD | |
| 3
|6:00 PM |No. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 Cincinnati |67–45 |TBD | |
| colspan="8" | Quarterfinals – March 8, 2022 | |
| 4
|12:00 PM |No. 1 UCF vs. No. 8 Tulsa |69–54 |rowspan=4|ESPN+ |TBD | |
| 5
|2:00 PM |No. 5 SMU vs. No. 4 Temple |63–55 |TBD | |
| 6
|6:00 PM |No. 2 South Florida vs. Memphis |63–53 |TBD | |
| 7
|8:00 PM |No. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Houston |65–57 |TBD | |
| colspan="8" | Semifinals – March 9, 2022 | |
| 8
|2:00 PM |No. 1 UCF vs. No. 5 SMU |61–28 |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |TBD | |
| 9
|4:00 PM |No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 6 Houston |58–50 |TBD | |
| colspan="8" | Championship – March 10, 2022 | |
| 10
|2:15 PM |No. 1 UCF vs No. 2 South Florida |53–45 |TBD | |
| colspan="7" | *Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
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Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Monday, March 7
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 8
| RD3=Semifinals
Wednesday, March 9
| RD4=Championship
Thursday, March 10
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03=Tulsa
| RD1-score03=88*
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04=Wichita State
| RD1-score04=86
| RD1-seed11=7
| RD1-team11=Memphis
| RD1-score11=59
| RD1-seed12=10
| RD1-team12=East Carolina
| RD1-score12=48
| RD1-seed15=6
| RD1-team15=Houston
| RD1-score15=67
| RD1-seed16=11
| RD1-team16=Cincinnati
| RD1-score16=45
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=UCF
| RD2-score01=69
| RD2-seed02=8
| RD2-team02=Tulsa
| RD2-score02=54
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Temple
| RD2-score03=55
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=SMU
| RD2-score04=63
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05=South Florida
| RD2-score05=63
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=Memphis
| RD2-score06=53
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=Tulane
| RD2-score07=57
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=Houston
| RD2-score08=65
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=UCF
| RD3-score01=61
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02=SMU
| RD3-score02=28
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03=South Florida
| RD3-score03=58
| RD3-seed04=6
| RD3-team04=Houston
| RD3-score04=50
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=South Florida
| RD4-score02=45
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=UCF
| RD4-score01=53
}}
*Game times: CT
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://theamerican.org/tournaments/?id=258 American Athletic Conference tournament Central]
{{American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox}}
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