2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Logo.svg
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams11
SiteMohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
ChampionsConnecticut (4th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (4th title)
MVPKatie Lou Samuelson (Connecticut)
Attendance24,797
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
← 2016
2018 →
2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn † 16 – 0   1.000 36 – 1   .973
Temple 13 – 3   .813 24 – 8   .750
South Florida 11 – 5   .688 24 – 9   .727
UCF 9 – 7   .563 21 – 12   .636
SMU 7 – 9   .438 19 – 15   .559
Tulane 7 – 9   .438 18 – 15   .545
Cincinnati 7 – 9   .438 16 – 14   .533
Memphis 7 – 9   .438 14 – 16   .467
Tulsa 5 – 11   .313 10 – 21   .323
Houston 4 – 12   .250 12 – 19   .387
East Carolina 2 – 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[]

[1]

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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