2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 8 through 11, 2019 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn was the winner of the American Athletic Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[1][2]

2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	12
Site	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions	Connecticut (6th title)
Winning coach	Geno Auriemma (6th title)
MVP	Napheesa Collier (Connecticut)
Attendance	28,227
Television	ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			35	–	3		.921
UCF	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
Cincinnati	12	–	4		.750			24	–	11		.686
Houston	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
South Florida	7	–	9		.438			19	–	16		.543
Temple	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
East Carolina	6	–	10		.375			16	–	15		.516
Tulsa	6	–	10		.375			13	–	18		.419
Tulane	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Wichita State	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
SMU	5	–	11		.313			11	–	19		.367
Memphis	5	–	11		.313			11	–	20		.355
† 2019 AAC Tournament winner As of March 17, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 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 5–12 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.[3]

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	‡# - Connecticut	16–0	28–2
2	# - UCF	13–3	24–5
3	# - Cincinnati	12–4	20–9
4	# - Houston	9–7	15–14
5	South Florida	7–9	16–14	1–0 vs. TEM
6	Temple	7–9	11–18	0–1 vs. USF
7	Tulsa	6–10	12–17	1–1 vs Temple
8	East Carolina	6–10	15–14	0–1 vs Temple
9	SMU	5–11	11–18	3–2 vs WSU/Memphis/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF
10	Wichita State	5–11	12–17	3–2 vs SMU/Memphis/Tulane, 0–1 vs USF
11	Memphis	5–11	10–19	2–3 vs SMU/WSU/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF
12	Tulane	5–11	15–14	2–3 vs SMU/WSU/Memphis, 0–2 vs USF
‡ – 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:[4]

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Friday, March 8
1	1	12:00 PM	No. 12 Tulane vs. No. 5 South Florida	52–61	ESPN3	3,959
	2	2:00 PM	No. 9 SMU vs. No. 8 East Carolina	48–50^OT
2	3	6:00 PM	No. 10 Wichita State vs. No. 7 Tulsa	50–61		3,217
	4	8:00 PM	No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 6 Temple	59–58
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3	5	12:00 PM	No. 5 South Florida vs. No. 4 Houston	72–55	ESPN3	5,935
	6	2:00 PM	No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 Connecticut	65–92
4	7	6:00 PM	No. 7 Tulsa vs. No. 2 UCF	54–66		3,243
	8	8:00 PM	No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 3 Cincinnati	48–68
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
5	9	4:00 PM	No. 5 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut	45–81	ESPN2	5,872
	10	6:30 PM	No. 2 UCF vs. No. 3 Cincinnati	66–58	ESPNU
Championship – Monday, March 11
6	11	7:00 PM	No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 2 UCF	66–45	ESPN2	6,001
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[5]

	First Round Friday, March 8					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 9					Semifinals Sunday, March 10					Championship Game Monday, March 11
						1	Connecticut	92
						8	East Carolina	65
	8	East Carolina	50*
	9	SMU	48
											1	Connecticut	81
										5	South Florida	45
						4	Houston	55
						5	South Florida	72
	5	South Florida	61
	12	Tulane	52
																1	Connecticut	66
																2	UCF	45
						2	UCF	66
						7	Tulsa	54
	7	Tulsa	61
	10	Wichita State	50
											2	UCF	66
										3	Cincinnati	58
						3	Cincinnati	68
						11	Memphis	48
	6	Temple	58
	11	Memphis	59

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

• 2019 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "No. 1 Baylor wins Big 12 title 67-49 over No. 13 Iowa State". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
2. Romero, Iliana Limón. "UCF women's basketball suffers 66-45 loss to No. 2 UConn in AAC title game". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
3. 2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
4. "American Athletic Conference - 2019 Women's Basketball Championship". theamerican.org.
5. "2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). TheAmerican.org. SideArmSports. Retrieved 31 December 2018.