2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament held between March 4–7, 2016 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut won their third straight American Athletic Conference title by defeating South Florida and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	11
Site	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions	Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach	Geno Auriemma (3rd title)
MVP	Breanna Stewart (Connecticut)
Attendance	30,478
Television	ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			38	–	0		1.000
No. 21 South Florida	14	–	4		.778			24	–	10		.706
Temple	13	–	5		.722			23	–	12		.657
Memphis	12	–	6		.667			18	–	13		.581
Tulane	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Tulsa	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
SMU	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
East Carolina	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
Cincinnati	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
UCF	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Houston	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
† American Tournament winner As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Connecticut ‡	18–0	29–0
2	South Florida #	14–4	21–8
3	Temple #	13–5	19–10
4	Memphis #	12–6	18–11
5	Tulane #	11–7	20–10
6	Tulsa	8–10	11–18
7	SMU	7–11	12–17
8	East Carolina	6–12	12–18
9	Cincinnati	4–14	8–21	0–1 vs. Tulane
10	UCF	4–14	7–22	0–2 vs. Tulane
11	Houston	2–16	6–23
‡ – 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 4
1	1	4:00 PM	#8 East Carolina vs. #9 Cincinnati	ESPN3	4,480
	2	6:00 PM	#7 SMU vs. #10 UCF
	3	8:00 PM	#6 Tulsa vs. #11 Houston
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
2	4	12:00 PM	#4 Memphis vs. #5 Tulane	ESPN3	7,033
	5	2:00 PM	#1 Connecticut vs. #8 East Carolina
3	6	6:00 PM	#2 South Florida vs. #7 SMU		5,071
	7	8:00 PM	#3 Temple vs. #6 Tulsa
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
4	8	4:30 PM	#5 Tulane vs. #1 Connecticut	ESPNU	6,821
	9	6:30 PM	#2 South Florida vs. #3 Temple
Championship Game – Monday, March 7
5	10	7:00 PM	#1 Connecticut vs. #2 South Florida	ESPN2	7,073
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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	First Round Friday, March 4					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5					Semifinals Sunday, March 6					Championship Game Monday, March 7
						1	Connecticut	92
						8	East Carolina	51
	8	East Carolina	70
	9	Cincinnati	61
											1	Connecticut	82
										5	Tulane	35
						4	Memphis	64
						5	Tulane	70
																1	Connecticut	77
																2	South Florida	51
						2	South Florida	73
						7	SMU	60
	7	SMU	83*
	10	UCF	74
											2	South Florida	64
										3	Temple	46
						3	Temple	78
						6	Tulsa	52
	6	Tulsa	76
	11	Houston	38

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

• 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). TheAmerican.org. SideArmSports. Retrieved 29 February 2016.