2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 7–10, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The first three rounds were streamed on ESPN+ with the championship game on ESPNU. UCF won the tournament and received the AAC automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	11
Site	Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas
Champions	UCF (1st title)
Winning coach	Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (1st title)
MVP	Diamond Battles (UCF)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
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2021–22 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 UCF †	14	–	1		.933			26	–	4		.867
South Florida	12	–	3		.800			24	–	9		.727
Tulane	11	–	5		.688			21	–	10		.677
Temple	8	–	8		.500			13	–	15		.464
SMU	7	–	7		.500			14	–	15		.483
Houston	7	–	9		.438			18	–	16		.529
Memphis	6	–	9		.400			16	–	12		.571
Tulsa	5	–	8		.385			17	–	11		.607
Wichita State	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
East Carolina	4	–	11		.267			11	–	18		.379
Cincinnati	4	–	11		.267			11	–	17		.393
† 2022 AAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

With the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ongoing and the possibility of cancelled games, teams were required to have played a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference tournament.^[1] Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used to seed teams with identical conference records.^[2] The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker^[2]
1	UCF	14–1
2	South Florida	12–3
3	Tulane	11–5
4	Temple	8–8
5	SMU	7–7
6	Houston	7–9
7	Memphis	7–10
8	Tulsa	5–8
9	Wichita State	5–11
10	East Carolina	4–11	2–0 vs. Cincinnati
11	Cincinnati	4–11	0–2 vs. East Carolina

Schedule

^[3]

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – March 7, 2022
1	2:00 PM	No. 8 Tulsa vs. No. 9 Wichita State	88–86 (OT)	ESPN+	TBD
2	4:00 PM	No. 7 Memphis vs. No. 10 East Carolina	59–48		TBD
3	6:00 PM	No. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 Cincinnati	67–45		TBD
Quarterfinals – March 8, 2022
4	12:00 PM	No. 1 UCF vs. No. 8 Tulsa	69–54	ESPN+	TBD
5	2:00 PM	No. 5 SMU vs. No. 4 Temple	63–55		TBD
6	6:00 PM	No. 2 South Florida vs. Memphis	63–53		TBD
7	8:00 PM	No. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Houston	65–57		TBD
Semifinals – March 9, 2022
8	2:00 PM	No. 1 UCF vs. No. 5 SMU	61–28	ESPN+	TBD
9	4:00 PM	No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 6 Houston	58–50		TBD
Championship – March 10, 2022
10	2:15 PM	No. 1 UCF vs No. 2 South Florida	53–45	ESPNU	TBD
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

	First round Monday, March 7					Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8					Semifinals Wednesday, March 9					Championship Thursday, March 10
						1	UCF	69
						8	Tulsa	54
	8	Tulsa	88*
	9	Wichita State	86
											1	UCF	61
											5	SMU	28
						4	Temple	55
						5	SMU	63
																1	UCF	53
																2	South Florida	45
						2	South Florida	63
						7	Memphis	53
	7	Memphis	59
	10	East Carolina	48
											2	South Florida	58
											6	Houston	50
						3	Tulane	57
						6	Houston	65
	6	Houston	67
	11	Cincinnati	45

*Game times: CT

See also

• 2022 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
• American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
• American Athletic Conference

References

1. Branson, Carina (December 27, 2021). "American Athletic Conference updates COVID-19 protocols for basketball". KSN.com. Nexstar Media Network. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
2. "Basketball Tiebreaker Policy" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 21, 2022.
3. "American Athletic Conference Basketball Championships". DickiesArena.com. DickiesArena. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

External links

• American Athletic Conference tournament Central