American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox NCAA conference tournament
| name = AAC women's basketball tournament
| optional_subheader = Conference basketball championship
| defunct =
| image = 100px
| sport = College basketball
| conference = American Athletic Conference
| number_of_teams = 11
| format = Single-elimination tournament
| current_stadium = Dickies Arena
| current_location = Fort Worth, Texas
| years = 2014–present
| most_recent = 2025
| current_champion = South Florida (2025)
| most_championships = UConn (7)
| television = ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3
| website = {{url|https://theamerican.org/sports/wbball|theamerican.org/wbball}}
| sponsors =
| all_stadiums =
| all_locations =
}}
The American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament (sometimes known simply as The American Championship) is the conference tournament in women's basketball for the American Athletic Conference.
==History==
It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools. Its seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, however the official conference championship is awarded to the team or teams with the best regular season record. It was announced that an agreement was made to keep the tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena through 2020.{{cite web|last=Connolly |first=Daniel |url=http://www.theuconnblog.com/2017/5/24/15686266/mohegan-sun-arena-will-continue-to-host-aac-womens-basketball-tournament |title=Mohegan Sun Arena Will Continue to Host AAC Women’s Basketball Tournament |publisher=The UConn Blog |date=2017-05-24 |accessdate=2017-08-16}}
Champions
= Finals =
| class="wikitable sortable; style= text-align:center" |
| width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Year
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Champion ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Score ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Runner-up ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| MVP ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Venue |
|---|
| 2014
| UConn | 72–52 | {{sortname|Breanna|Stewart}}, UConn |rowspan=7| Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT) |
| 2015
| UConn | 84–70 | {{sortname|Kaleena|Mosqueda-Lewis}}, UConn |
| 2016
| UConn | 77–51 | {{sortname|Breanna|Stewart}}, UConn |
| 2017
| UConn | 100–44 | {{sortname|Katie Lou|Samuelson}}, UConn |
| 2018
| UConn | 70–54 | {{sortname|Azurá|Stevens}}, UConn |
| 2019
| UConn | 66–45 | UCF | {{sortname|Napheesa|Collier}}, UConn |
| 2020
| UConn | 87–53 | {{sortname|Megan|Walker}}, UConn |
| 2021
|64–54 | UCF | {{sortname|Sydni|Harvey|nolink=y}}, South Florida |rowspan=5|Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, TX){{cite web|author= |url=http://theamerican.org/news/2020/6/22/dickies-arena-to-host-2021-2023-womens-basketball-championships.aspx |title=Dickies Arena To Host 2021-2023 Women’s Basketball Championships |publisher=American Athletic Conference |date=23 Jun 2020 |accessdate=7 Jul 2020}} |
| 2022
| UCF | 53–45 | {{sortname|Diamond|Battles|nolink=y}}, UCF |
| 2023
| 46–44 | {{sortname|Synia|Johnson|nolink=y}}, East Carolina |
| 2024
|Rice | 61–41 | {{sortname|Malia|Fisher|nolink=y}}, Rice |
| 2025
| 69–62 |Rice | {{sortname|Carla|Britto|nolink=y}}, South Florida |
= Championships by school =
| class="wikitable" |
| width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| School
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Titles ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Winning years ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Runner-up ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|American Athletic Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Runner-up |
|---|
| UConn
| 7 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, | 0 | |
| South Florida
| 2 | 5 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 |
| UCF
|1 |2022 |2 |2019, 2021 |
| East Carolina
|1 |2023 |1 |2024 |
| Rice
|1 |2024 |1 |2025 |
| Cincinnati
| 0 | | 1 | 2020 |
| Houston
| 0 | | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisville
| 0 | | 1 | 2014 |
Among current schools, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, North Texas, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UTSA, and Wichita State have never won the conference tournament.
Italics indicate school no longer sponsors women's basketball in The American.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website}}
{{American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{American Athletic Conference women's basketball navbox}}
{{American Athletic Conference championships navbox}}
{{NCAA women's college basketball tournament navbox}}