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2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
College basketball tournament
The 2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference. It was held at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas from March 11–14.[1]
Quick Facts tournament, Classification ...
| 2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2020–21 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Site | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas |
| Champions | Houston (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Kelvin Sampson (1st title) |
| MVP | Quentin Grimes (Houston) |
| Television | ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
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More information Conf, Overall ...
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 11 | – | 2 | .846 | 16 | – | 6 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Houston † | 14 | – | 3 | .824 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 11 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 13 | .435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 8 | – | 11 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2021 AAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The top five teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system[2] to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers: win–loss record, head-to-head record, record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, etc.
More information Seed, School ...
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | Wichita State | 11–2 | 15–4 | |
| 2 | Houston | 14–3 | 21–3 | |
| 3 | Memphis | 11–4 | 15–7 | |
| 4 | SMU | 7–4 | 11–4 | |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 8–6 | 10–10 | |
| 6 | UCF | 8–10 | 10–11 | |
| 7 | Tulsa | 7–9 | 11–11 | |
| 8 | South Florida | 4–10 | 8–12 | 1–0 vs Cincinnati |
| 9 | Temple | 4–10 | 5–10 | 0–2 vs Cincinnati |
| 10 | Tulane | 4–12 | 9–12 | |
| 11 | East Carolina | 2–10 | 8–10 |
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More information Game, Time ...
| Game | Time[3] | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance |
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| First round – Thursday, March 11 | |||||
| 1 | 11:00 AM | No. 8 South Florida vs No. 9 Temple | 73–71 | ESPNU | |
| 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 7 Tulsa vs No. 10 Tulane | 70–77 | ||
| 3 | 7:00 PM | No. 6 UCF vs No. 11 East Carolina | 72–62 | ESPN2 | |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12 | |||||
| 4 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Wichita State vs No. 8 South Florida | 68–67 | ESPN2 | |
| 5 | 2:00 PM | No. 4 SMU vs No. 5 Cincinnati | 71–74 | 778 | |
| 6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 Houston vs No. 10 Tulane | 77–52 | ||
| 7 | 9:00 PM | No. 3 Memphis vs No. 6 UCF | 70–62 | 826 | |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 13 | |||||
| 8 | 2:00 PM | No. 1 Wichita State vs No. 5 Cincinnati | 59–60 | ESPN2 | |
| 9 | 4:30 PM | No. 2 Houston vs No. 3 Memphis | 76–74 | 1,182 | |
| Championship Game – Sunday, March 14 | |||||
| 10 | 2:15 PM | No. 2 Houston vs No. 5 Cincinnati | 91–54 | ESPN | |
| Game times in CT. #-denote tournament seeding. | |||||
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| First round Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Saturday, March 13 | Championship Sunday, March 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wichita State | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | South Florida | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | South Florida | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Temple | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wichita State | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Cincinnati | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | SMU | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Cincinnati | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Cincinnati | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #7 Houston | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #7 Houston | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tulane | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulsa | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tulane | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #7 Houston | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Memphis | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Memphis | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UCF | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UCF | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | East Carolina | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
- "American Athletic Conference Announces 2020–21 Men's Basketball Schedule". American Athletic Conference. November 20, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- "Men's Basketball Tiebreaker Policy for 2020–21" (PDF). theamerican.org. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- "2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship Schedule". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- "Bracket Set for 2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
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