American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament (sometimes known simply as The American Championship) is the conference tournament in basketball for the American Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools. Its seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, however the official conference championship is awarded to the team or teams with the best regular season record. It was announced that an agreement was made to keep the tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena through 2020.[1]
AAC Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
Sport | College basketball |
Conference | American Athletic Conference |
Number of teams | 12 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Mohegan Sun Arena |
Current location | Uncasville, Connecticut |
Played | 2014–present |
Last contest | 2020 |
Current champion | Connecticut |
Most championships | Connecticut (7) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3 |
Official website | theamerican.com Women's Basketball |
Champions
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Venue |
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2014 | Connecticut | 72–52 | Louisville | Breanna Stewart, Connecticut | Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT) |
2015 | Connecticut | 84–70 | South Florida | Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut | |
2016 | Connecticut | 77–51 | South Florida | Breanna Stewart, Connecticut | |
2017 | Connecticut | 100–44 | South Florida | Katie Lou Samuelson, Connecticut | |
2018 | Connecticut | 70–54 | South Florida | Azurá Stevens, Connecticut | |
2019 | Connecticut | 66–45 | UCF | Napheesa Collier, Connecticut | |
2020 | Connecticut | 87–53 | Cincinnati | Megan Walker, Connecticut | |
2021 | Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, TX)[2] | ||||
2022 |
Tournament championships by school
Member | Winners | Winning Years | Runner-up | Runner-up Years |
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Connecticut | 7 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
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South Florida | 0 | 4 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | |
Cincinnati | 0 | 1 | 2020 | |
UCF | 0 | 1 | 2019 | |
Louisville | 0 | 1 | 2014 |
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References
- Connolly, Daniel (2017-05-24). "Mohegan Sun Arena Will Continue to Host AAC Women's Basketball Tournament". The UConn Blog. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- "Dickies Arena To Host 2021, 2022 Women's Basketball Championships". American Athletic Conference. 23 Jun 2020. Retrieved 7 Jul 2020.
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