2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–17, 2024, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.[1] The winner of the tournament, the UAB Blazers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams14
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
ChampionsUAB (1st title)
Winning coachAndy Kennedy (1st title)
MVPYaxel Lendeborg (UAB)
Attendance5,695
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, & ESPN
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2023–24 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Florida162 .889258 .758
Florida Atlantic144 .778259 .735
Charlotte135 .7221912 .613
UAB126 .6672312 .657
Memphis117 .6112210 .688
SMU117 .6112013 .606
North Texas108 .5561915 .559
East Carolina711 .3891518 .455
Tulsa711 .3891615 .516
Tulane513 .2781417 .452
Temple513 .2781620 .444
Wichita State513 .2781519 .441
Rice513 .2781121 .344
UTSA513 .2781121 .344
2024 AAC tournament winner

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record. The top four teams received byes to the quarterfinals.

Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.

SeedSchoolConference
record
Tiebreaker #1Tiebreaker #2
1South Florida16–2
2Florida Atlantic14–4
3Charlotte13–5
4UAB12–6
5Memphis11–71–1 vs. FAU
6SMU11–70–1 vs. FAU
7North Texas10–8
8East Carolina7–111–0 vs. Tulsa
9Tulsa7–110–1 vs. East Carolina
10Tulane5–133–1 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
11Temple5–135–2 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
12Wichita State5–132–3 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
13Rice5–132–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams1–0 vs. UAB
14UTSA5–132–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams0–1 vs. UAB

Schedule

[2]

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – March 13, 2024
112:00 pmNo. 13 Rice vs. No. 12 Wichita State81−88ESPN+
22:00 pmNo. 14 UTSA vs. No. 11 Temple61−64
Second round – March 14, 2024
311:30 amNo. 9 Tulsa vs. No. 8 East Carolina79−84ESPNU5,530
41:30 pmNo. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Memphis71−65
56:00 pmNo. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 North Texas71–815,516
68:00 pmNo. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 SMU75–60
Quarterfinals – March 15, 2024
712:00 pmNo. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 South Florida81−59ESPN25,454
82:00 pmNo. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 4 UAB72−60
96:00 pmNo. 7 North Texas vs. No. 2 Florida Atlantic71−77ESPNU5,471
108:00 pmNo. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 Charlotte58−54
Semifinals – March 16, 2024
112:00 pmNo. 4 UAB vs No. 1 South Florida93−83ESPN25,545
124:00 pmNo. 11 Temple vs No. 2 Florida Atlantic74−73
Championship – March 17, 2024
132:15 pmNo. 4 UAB vs No. 11 Temple85−69ESPN5,695
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[3]

First round
Wednesday, March 13
Second round
Thursday, March 14
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 15
Semifinals
Saturday, March 16
Championship
Sunday, March 17
1South Florida81
8East Carolina848East Carolina59
9Tulsa791South Florida83
4UAB93
4UAB72
5Memphis6512Wichita State60
12Wichita State8812Wichita State714UAB85
13Rice8111Temple69
2Florida Atlantic77
7North Texas817North Texas71
10Tulane712Florida Atlantic73
11Temple74
3Charlotte54
6SMU6011Temple58
11Temple6411Temple75
14UTSA61

See also

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