2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	11
Site	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions	Connecticut (4th title)
Winning coach	Geno Auriemma (4th title)
MVP	Katie Lou Samuelson (Connecticut)
Attendance	24,797
Television	ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
Temple	13	–	3		.813			24	–	8		.750
South Florida	11	–	5		.688			24	–	9		.727
UCF	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
SMU	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Tulane	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Cincinnati	7	–	9		.438			16	–	14		.533
Memphis	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
Tulsa	5	–	11		.313			10	–	21		.323
Houston	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
East Carolina	2	–	14		.125			11	–	19		.367
† 2017 The American Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 3–6, 2017 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

All the 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 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Connecticut ‡	16–0	29–0
2	Temple #	13–3	23–6
3	South Florida #	11–5	22–7
4	UCF #	9–7	19–10
5	Tulane #	7–9	16–13	3–2 vs SMU/Cincinnati/Memphis, 1–0 vs SMU
6	SMU	7–9	16–13	3–2 vs Tulane/Cincinnati/Memphis, 0–1 vs Tulane
7	Cincinnati	7–9	16–13	3–3 vs Tulane/SMU/Memphis
8	Memphis	7–9	14–15	2–4 vs Tulane/SMU/Cincinnati
9	Tulsa	5–11	9–20
10	Houston	4–12	11–18
11	East Carolina	2–14	11–17
‡ – 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:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Friday, March 3
1	1	4:00 PM	#8 Memphis vs. #9 Tulsa	ESPN3	4,446
	2	6:00 PM	#7 Cincinnati vs. #10 Houston
	3	8:00 PM	#6 SMU vs. #11 East Carolina
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
2	4	12:00 PM	#4 UCF vs. #5 Tulane	ESPN3	5,513
	5	2:00 PM	#1 Connecticut vs. #9 Tulsa
3	6	6:00 PM	#2 Temple vs. #10 Houston		4,559
	7	8:00 PM	#3 South Florida vs. #6 SMU
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
4	8	5:00 PM	#4 UCF vs. #1 Connecticut	ESPN2	6,491
	9	7:30 PM	#2 Temple vs. #3 South Florida	ESPNU
Championship Game – Monday, March 6
5	10	7:00 PM	#1 Connecticut vs. #3 South Florida	ESPN2	6,488
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 3					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4					Semifinals Sunday, March 5					Championship game Monday, March 6
						1	Connecticut	105
						9	Tulsa	57
	8	Memphis	55
	9	Tulsa	60
											1	Connecticut	78
											4	UCF	56
						4	UCF	61
						5	Tulane	57
																1	Connecticut	100
																3	South Florida	44
						2	Temple	67
						10	Houston	58
	7	Cincinnati	61
	10	Houston	74
											2	Temple	58
											3	South Florida	63
						3	South Florida	62
						6	SMU	55
	6	SMU	60
	11	East Carolina	54

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

• 2017 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament