2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was an postseason women's tournament was held from March 6–9, 2015 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and will decide the champion of the 2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball season. The teams in the conference will compete in an eleven team single elimination tournament with the addition of Tulsa and Tulane for an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament. UConn beat South Florida in the final 84–70 to win its second straight AAC Tournament Championship.

2015 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	11
Site	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions	Connecticut (2nd title)
Winning coach	Geno Auriemma (2nd title)
MVP	Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Connecticut)
Attendance	29,553
Television	ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN3
American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			38	–	1		.974
No. 25 South Florida	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Tulsa	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Temple	12	–	6		.667			20	–	17		.541
East Carolina	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Tulane	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Memphis	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
UCF	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Cincinnati	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
SMU	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Houston	1	–	17		.056			6	–	24		.200
† American Tournament winner winner As of 7 April 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record and then a tie breaker system is used. Teams seeded 6-11 will have to play in the opening round and teams seeded 1-5 receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
1	Connecticut	18–0 (29–1)
2	South Florida	15–3 (24–6)
3	Tulsa	12–6 (17–12)	1–0 vs. Temple
4	Temple	12–6 (15–14)	0–1 vs. Tulsa
5	East Carolina	11–7 (20–9)	1–1 vs. South Florida
6	Tulane	11–7 (20–9)	0–2 vs. South Florida
7	Memphis	7–11 (13–16)
8	UCF	5–13 (9–20)
9	Cincinnati	4–14 (7–22)
10	SMU	3–15 (7–22)
11	Houston	1–17 (6–22)
‡ – 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 6
1	1	4:00 PM	#8 UCF vs. #9 Cincinnati	ESPN3	4,669
	2	6:00 PM	#7 Memphis vs. #10 SMU
	3	8:00 PM	#6 Tulane vs. #11 Houston
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
2	4	12:00 PM	#4 Temple vs. #5 East Carolina	ESPN3	6,677
	5	2:00 PM	#1 Connecticut vs. #9 Cincinnati
3	6	6:00 PM	#2 South Florida vs. #7 Memphis		5,177
	7	8:00 PM	#3 Tulsa vs. #6 Tulane
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
4	8	5:30 PM	#5 East Carolina vs. #1 Connecticut	ESPNU	6,531
	9	7:30 PM	#2 South Florida vs. #6 Tulane
Championship Game – Monday, March 9
5	10	7:00 PM	#1 Connecticut vs. #2 South Florida	ESPN	6,499
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First Round Friday, March 6					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7					Semifinals Sunday, March 8					Championship Game Monday, March 9
						1	Connecticut	93
						9	Cincinnati	34
	8	UCF	66
	9	Cincinnati	76
											1	Connecticut	106
										5	East Carolina	56
						4	Temple	71
						5	East Carolina	77
																1	Connecticut	84
																2	South Florida	70
						2	South Florida	79
						7	Memphis	51
	7	Memphis	71
	10	SMU	59
											2	South Florida	78
										6	Tulane	69
						3	Tulsa	53
						6	Tulane	71
	6	Tulane	64
	11	Houston	39

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