2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 12–15, 2015 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	11
Site	XL Center Hartford, Connecticut
Champions	SMU (1st title)
Winning coach	Larry Brown (1st title)
MVP	Markus Kennedy (SMU)
Attendance	45,480
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews
American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 SMU †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
Tulsa	14	–	4		.778			23	–	11		.676
Temple	13	–	5		.722			26	–	11		.703
Cincinnati	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
UConn	10	–	8		.556			20	–	15		.571
Memphis	10	–	8		.556			18	–	14		.563
Tulane	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
East Carolina	6	–	12		.333			14	–	19		.424
UCF	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Houston	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
South Florida	3	–	15		.167			9	–	23		.281
† The American Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. The top five seeds received first round byes.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	SMU	15–3	24–6
2	Tulsa	14–4	21–9
3	Cincinnati	13–5	22–10	2–0 vs. SMU
4	Temple	13–5	22–9	0–2 vs. SMU
5	Memphis	10–8	19–13	2–0 vs. Connecticut
6	Connecticut	10–8	18–13	0–2 vs. Memphis
7	Tulane	6–12	15–16	1–0 vs. East Carolina
8	East Carolina	6–12	13–18	0–1 vs. Tulane
9	UCF	5–13	12–17
10	Houston	5–14	13–18
11	South Florida	3–15	9–23

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*[1]	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 12
1	1	3:30 pm	#9 UCF 80 vs. #8 East Carolina 81 (OT)	ESPNU	5,431
	2	6:00 pm	#10 Houston 66 vs. #7 Tulane 60	ESPNews
	3	8:00 pm	#11 South Florida 43 vs. #6 Connecticut 69
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
2	4	12:00 pm	#8 East Carolina 68 vs. #1 SMU 74	ESPN2	7,056
	5	2:00 pm	#5 Memphis 75 vs. #4 Temple 80
3	6	7:00 pm	#10 Houston 51 vs. #2 Tulsa 59	ESPNU	9,514
	7	9:00 pm	#6 Connecticut 57 vs. #3 Cincinnati 54
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
4	8	3:00 pm	#1 SMU 69 vs. #4 Temple 56	ESPN2	10,114
	9	5:00 pm	#2 Tulsa 42 vs. #6 Connecticut 47
Championship – Sunday, March 15
5	10	3:15 pm	#1 SMU 62 vs. #6 Connecticut 54	ESPN	13,365
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 12					Quarterfinals Friday, March 13					Semifinals Saturday, March 14					Championship Sunday, March 15
						1	#20 SMU	74
						8	East Carolina	68
	8	East Carolina	81*
	9	UCF	80
											1	#20 SMU	69
										4	Temple	56
						4	Temple	80
						5	Memphis	75
																1	#20 SMU	62
																6	Connecticut	54
						2	Tulsa	59
						10	Houston	51
	7	Tulane	60
	10	Houston	66
											2	Tulsa	42
										6	Connecticut	47
						3	Cincinnati	54
						6	Connecticut	57
	6	Connecticut	69
	11	South Florida	43

References

1. "2015 American Athletic Conference Championship Schedule" (PDF). TheAmerican.org. Retrieved September 7, 2015.