2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
{{Short description|Postseason college basketball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2024
| Conference=American Athletic Conference
| Division=I
| Gender=Men's
| Teams=14
| Arena=Dickies Arena
| City= Fort Worth, Texas
| Champions=UAB
| TitleCount=1st
| Coach=Andy Kennedy
| CoachCount=1st
| MVP = Yaxel Lendeborg
| MVPTeam = UAB
| Attendance=33,211 (total)
5,695 (championship)
| Television= ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, & ESPN
}}
{{2023-24 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–17, 2024, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.{{cite web |title=2023–24 Championship Schedule |url=https://theamerican.org/sports/2023/6/28/CHAMP_0628232033.aspx |website=theamerican.org |publisher=American Athletic Conference |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=10 January 2024}} The winner of the tournament, the UAB Blazers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record. The top four teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center"
! Seed ! School ! Conference ! Tiebreaker #1 ! Tiebreaker #2 |
| 1
|align=left| South Florida |16–2 |align=left| |align=left| |
| 2
|align=left| Florida Atlantic |14–4 |align=left| |align=left| |
| 3
|align=left|Charlotte |13–5 |align=left| |align=left| |
| 4
|align=left|UAB |12–6 |align=left| |align=left| |
| 5
|align=left|Memphis |11–7 |align=left|1–1 vs. FAU |align=left| |
| 6
|align=left|SMU |11–7 |align=left|0–1 vs. FAU |align=left| |
| 7
|align=left| North Texas |10–8 |align=left| |align=left| |
| 8
|align=left| East Carolina |7–11 |align=left|1–0 vs. Tulsa |align=left| |
| 9
|align=left|Tulsa |7–11 |align=left|0–1 vs. East Carolina |align=left| |
| 10
|align=left|Tulane |5–13 |align=left|3–1 vs. Other 5–13 Teams |align=left| |
| 11
|align=left|Temple |5–13 |align=left|5–2 vs. Other 5–13 Teams |align=left| |
| 12
|align=left|Wichita State |5–13 |align=left|2–3 vs. Other 5–13 Teams |align=left| |
| 13
|align=left|Rice |5–13 |align=left|2–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams |align=left|1–0 vs. UAB |
| 14
|align=left|UTSA |5–13 |align=left|2–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams |align=left|0–1 vs. UAB |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Game !Time !Matchup !Score !Television !Attendance |
| colspan="6" | First round – March 13, 2024 |
|---|
| 1
|12:00 pm |No. 13 Rice vs. No. 12 Wichita State |81−88 |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |rowspan=2|— |
| 2
|2:00 pm |No. 14 UTSA vs. No. 11 Temple |61−64 |
| colspan="6" | Second round – March 14, 2024 |
| 3
|11:30 am |No. 9 Tulsa vs. No. 8 East Carolina |79−84 |rowspan=4|ESPNU |rowspan=2| 5,530 |
| 4
|1:30 pm |No. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Memphis |71−65 |
| 5
|6:00 pm |No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 North Texas |71–81 |rowspan=2| 5,516 |
| 6
|8:00 pm |No. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 SMU |75–60 |
| colspan="6" | Quarterfinals – March 15, 2024 |
| 7
|12:00 pm |No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 South Florida |81−59 |rowspan=2|ESPN2 |rowspan=2| 5,454 |
| 8
|2:00 pm |No. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 4 UAB |72−60 |
| 9
|6:00 pm |No. 7 North Texas vs. No. 2 Florida Atlantic |71−77 |rowspan=2|ESPNU |rowspan=2| 5,471 |
| 10
|8:00 pm |No. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 Charlotte |58−54 |
| colspan="6" | Semifinals – March 16, 2024 |
| 11
|2:00 pm |No. 4 UAB vs No. 1 South Florida |93−83 |rowspan=2|ESPN2 |rowspan=2|5,545 |
| 12
|4:00 pm |No. 11 Temple vs No. 2 Florida Atlantic |74−73 |
| colspan="6" | Championship – March 17, 2024 |
| 13
|2:15 pm |No. 4 UAB vs No. 11 Temple |85−69 |ESPN |5,695 |
| colspan="7" | *Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
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Bracket
{{14TeamBracket-SECBasketball
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 13
| RD2=Second round
Thursday, March 14
| RD3=Quarterfinals
Friday, March 15
| RD4=Semifinals
Saturday, March 16
| RD5=Championship
Sunday, March 17
| RD1-seed01=12
| RD1-team01=Wichita State
| RD1-score01=88
| RD1-seed02=13
| RD1-team02=Rice
| RD1-score02=81
| RD1-seed03=11
| RD1-team03=Temple
| RD1-score03=64
| RD1-seed04=14
| RD1-team04=UTSA
| RD1-score04=61
| RD2-seed01=8
| RD2-team01=East Carolina
| RD2-score01=84
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Tulsa
| RD2-score02=79
| RD2-seed03=5
| RD2-team03=Memphis
| RD2-score03=65
| RD2-seed04=12
| RD2-team04=Wichita State
| RD2-score04=71
| RD2-seed05=7
| RD2-team05=North Texas
| RD2-score05=81
| RD2-seed06=10
| RD2-team06=Tulane
| RD2-score06=71
| RD2-seed07=6
| RD2-team07=SMU
| RD2-score07=60
| RD2-seed08=11
| RD2-team08=Temple
| RD2-score08=75
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=South Florida
| RD3-score01=81
| RD3-seed02=8
| RD3-team02=East Carolina
| RD3-score02=59
| RD3-seed03=4
| RD3-team03=UAB
| RD3-score03=72
| RD3-seed04=12
| RD3-team04=Wichita State
| RD3-score04=60
| RD3-seed05=2
| RD3-team05=Florida Atlantic
| RD3-score05=77
| RD3-seed06=7
| RD3-team06=North Texas
| RD3-score06=71
| RD3-seed07=3
| RD3-team07=Charlotte
| RD3-score07=54
| RD3-seed08=11
| RD3-team08=Temple
| RD3-score08=58
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=South Florida
| RD4-score01=83
| RD4-seed02=4
| RD4-team02=UAB
| RD4-score02=93
| RD4-seed03=2
| RD4-team03=Florida Atlantic
| RD4-score03=73
| RD4-seed04=11
| RD4-team04=Temple
| RD4-score04=74
| RD5-seed01=4
| RD5-team01=UAB
| RD5-score01=85
| RD5-seed02=11
| RD5-team02=Temple
| RD5-score02=69
}}
See also
References
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{{American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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