2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2021–22 |
Teams | 11 |
Website | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas |
Champions | UCF (1st title) |
Winning coach | Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (1st title) |
MVP | Diamond Battles (UCF) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 UCF † | 14 | - | 1 | .933 | 26 | - | 4 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 12 | - | 3 | .800 | 24 | - | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 11 | - | 5 | .688 | 21 | - | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 8 | - | 8 | .500 | 13 | - | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 7 | - | 7 | .500 | 14 | - | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 7 | - | 9 | .438 | 18 | - | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 6 | - | 9 | .400 | 16 | - | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 5 | - | 8 | .385 | 17 | - | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 5 | - | 11 | .313 | 14 | - | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 4 | - | 11 | .267 | 11 | - | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 4 | - | 11 | .267 | 11 | - | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2022 AAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 7–10, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The first three rounds were streamed on ESPN+ with the championship game on ESPNU. UCF won the tournament and received the AAC automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
[edit]With the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ongoing and the possibility of cancelled games, teams were required to have played a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference tournament.[1] Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conference Record |
Tiebreaker[2] |
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1 | UCF | 14–1 | |
2 | South Florida | 12–3 | |
3 | Tulane | 11–5 | |
4 | Temple | 8–8 | |
5 | SMU | 7–7 | |
6 | Houston | 7–9 | |
7 | Memphis | 7–10 | |
8 | Tulsa | 5–8 | |
9 | Wichita State | 5–11 | |
10 | East Carolina | 4–11 | 2–0 vs. Cincinnati |
11 | Cincinnati | 4–11 | 0–2 vs. East Carolina |
Zeitplan
[edit]Game | Zeit | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | ||
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First round – March 7, 2022 | |||||||
1 | 2:00 PM | No. 8 Tulsa vs. No. 9 Wichita State | 88–86 (OT) | ESPN+ | TBD | ||
2 | 4:00 PM | No. 7 Memphis vs. No. 10 East Carolina | 59–48 | TBD | |||
3 | 6:00 PM | No. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 Cincinnati | 67–45 | TBD | |||
Quarterfinals – March 8, 2022 | |||||||
4 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 UCF vs. No. 8 Tulsa | 69–54 | ESPN+ | TBD | ||
5 | 2:00 PM | No. 5 SMU vs. No. 4 Temple | 63–55 | TBD | |||
6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 South Florida vs. Memphis | 63–53 | TBD | |||
7 | 8:00 PM | No. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Houston | 65–57 | TBD | |||
Semifinals – March 9, 2022 | |||||||
8 | 2:00 PM | No. 1 UCF vs. No. 5 SMU | 61–28 | ESPN+ | TBD | ||
9 | 4:00 PM | No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 6 Houston | 58–50 | TBD | |||
Championship – March 10, 2022 | |||||||
10 | 2:15 PM | No. 1 UCF vs No. 2 South Florida | 53–45 | ESPNU | TBD | ||
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
[edit]* – Denotes overtime period
First round Monday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 | Championship Thursday, March 10 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | UCF | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Tulsa | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Tulsa | 88* | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Wichita State | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | UCF | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | SMU | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Temple | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | SMU | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | UCF | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | South Florida | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | South Florida | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Memphis | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Memphis | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | East Carolina | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | South Florida | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Houston | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Houston | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Houston | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Cincinnati | 45 |
*Game times: CT
See also
[edit]- 2022 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
- American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
- American Athletic Conference
References
[edit]- ^ Branson, Carina (December 27, 2021). "American Athletic Conference updates COVID-19 protocols for basketball". KSN.com. Nexstar Media Network. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "Basketball Tiebreaker Policy" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 21, 2022.
- ^ "American Athletic Conference Basketball Championships". DickiesArena.com. DickiesArena. Retrieved February 7, 2022.