2020 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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2020 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams12
SiteMohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
ChampionsUConn (7th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (7th title)
MVPMegan Walker (UConn)
Attendance30,102
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
← 2019
2021 →
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 UConn 16 – 0   1.000 26 – 3   .897
Cincinnati 11 – 5   .688 20 – 9   .690
UCF 11 – 5   .688 19 – 9   .679
South Florida 10 – 6   .625 18 – 12   .600
Tulane 8 – 8   .500 13 – 16   .448
7 – 9   .438 15 – 14   .517
7 – 9   .438 15 – 14   .517
7 – 9   .438 13 – 15   .464
6 – 10   .375 9 – 20   .310
5 – 11   .313 12 – 18   .400
4 – 12   .250 13 – 16   .448
4 – 12   .250 9 – 20   .310
† 2020 AAC Tournament winner
As of March 4, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2020 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament that was held from March 6–9, 2020, in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn won the tournament, their seventh consecutively, and earned an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[1]

Seeds[]

All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used. Teams seeded 5–12 play in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 UConn 16–0 26–3
2 UCF 11–5 20–9 2–0 vs. USF
3 Cincinnati 11–5 19–9 1–1 vs. USF
4 South Florida 10–6 18–12
5 Tulane 8–8 13–16
6 7–9 13–15
7 7–9 15–14
8 7–9 15–14
9 6–10 9–20
10 5–11 12–18
11 4–12 13–16 1–0 vs. Tulsa
12 4–12 9–20 0–1 vs. Memphis
‡ – 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:[2]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Friday, March 6
1 1 12:00 PM No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Tulane 61–67 ESPN3 3,972
2 2:00 PM No. 9 East Carolina vs. No. 8 Temple 57–67
2 3 6:00 PM No. 10 Houston vs. No. 7 Wichita State 62–74 4,400
4 8:00 PM No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 6 SMU 76–65
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
3 5 12:00 PM No. 5 Tulane vs. No. 4 USF 50–64 ESPN3 5,763
6 2:00 PM No. 8 Temple vs. No. 1 UConn 61–94
4 7 6:00 PM No. 7 Wichita State vs. No. 2 UCF 32–65 4,860
8 8:00 PM No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 3 Cincinnati 52–94
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
5 9 4:00 PM No. 4 USF vs. No. 1 UConn 38-79 ESPN2 5,677
10 6:30 PM No. 2 UCF vs. No. 3 Cincinnati 51–57 ESPNU
Championship – Monday, March 9
6 11 7:00 PM No. 1 UConn vs. No. 3 Cincinnati 87–53 ESPN2 5,430
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[]

First Round
Friday, March 6 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 7 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 8 		Championship Game
Monday, March 9
            
1 UConn 94
8 Temple 61
8 Temple 67
9 East Carolina 57
1 UConn 79
4 South Florida 38
4 South Florida 64
5 Tulane 50
5 Tulane 67
12 Tulsa 61
1 UConn 87
3 Cincinnati 53
2 UCF 65
7 Wichita State 32
7 Wichita St. 72
10 Houston 64
2 UCF 51
3 Cincinnati 57
3 Cincinnati 94
11 Memphis 52
6 SMU 65
11 Memphis 76

Note: * denotes overtime

References[]

  1. ^ "American Athletic Conference Announces 2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". September 9, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "American Athletic Conference - 2020 Women's Basketball Championship". theamerican.org.
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