2021 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2021 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2020–21 |
Teams | 11 |
Site | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas |
Champions | Houston (1st title) |
Winning coach | Kelvin Sampson (1st title) |
MVP | Quentin Grimes (Houston) |
Television | ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
2020–21 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 11 | – | 2 | .846 | 16 | – | 6 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Houston † | 14 | – | 3 | .824 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 11 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 13 | .435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 8 | – | 11 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2021 AAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2021 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference. It was held at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas from March 11–14.[1]
Seeds[]
The top five teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system[2] to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers: win/loss record, head-to-head record, record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, etc.
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Wichita State | 11–2 | 15–4 | |
2 | Houston | 14–3 | 21–3 | |
3 | Memphis | 11–4 | 15–7 | |
4 | SMU | 7–4 | 11–4 | |
5 | Cincinnati | 8–6 | 10–10 | |
6 | UCF | 8–10 | 10–11 | |
7 | Tulsa | 7–9 | 11–11 | |
8 | South Florida | 4–10 | 8–12 | 1–0 vs Cincinnati |
9 | Temple | 4–10 | 5–10 | 0–2 vs Cincinnati |
10 | Tulane | 4–12 | 9–12 | |
11 | East Carolina | 2–10 | 8–10 |
Schedule[]
Game | Time[3] | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance |
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First round – Thursday, March 11 | |||||
1 | 11:00 AM | No. 8 South Florida vs No. 9 Temple | 73–71 | ESPNU | |
2 | 2:00 PM | No. 7 Tulsa vs No. 10 Tulane | 70–77 | ||
3 | 7:00 PM | No. 6 UCF vs No. 11 East Carolina | 72–62 | ESPN2 | |
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12 | |||||
4 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Wichita State vs No. 8 South Florida | 68–67 | ESPN2 | |
5 | 2:00 PM | No. 4 SMU vs No. 5 Cincinnati | 71–74 | 778 | |
6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 Houston vs No. 10 Tulane | 77–52 | ||
7 | 9:00 PM | No. 3 Memphis vs No. 6 UCF | 70–62 | 826 | |
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13 | |||||
8 | 2:00 PM | No. 1 Wichita State vs No. 5 Cincinnati | 59–60 | ESPN2 | |
9 | 4:30 PM | No. 2 Houston vs No. 3 Memphis | 76–74 | 1,182 | |
Championship Game – Sunday, March 14 | |||||
10 | 2:15 PM | No. 2 Houston vs No. 5 Cincinnati | 91–54 | ESPN | |
Game times in CT. #-denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket[]
First round Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Saturday, March 13 | Championship Sunday, March 14 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Wichita State | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | South Florida | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | South Florida | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Temple | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Wichita State | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Cincinnati | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | SMU | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Cincinnati | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Cincinnati | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #7 Houston | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #7 Houston | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Tulane | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Tulsa | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Tulane | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #7 Houston | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Memphis | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Memphis | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | UCF | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | UCF | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | East Carolina | 62 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "American Athletic Conference Announces 2020–21 Men's Basketball Schedule". American Athletic Conference. 20 Nov 2020. Retrieved 12 Jan 2021.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Tiebreaker Policy for 2020–21" (PDF). theamerican.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship Schedule". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "Bracket Set for 2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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