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2021 American Athletic Conference men's 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]

2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams11
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
ChampionsHouston (1st title)
Winning coachKelvin Sampson (1st title)
MVPQuentin Grimes (Houston)
TelevisionESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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

Seeds

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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.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
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

Schedule

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Game Time[3] Matchup# Score Television Attendance
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.

Bracket

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "American Athletic Conference Announces 2020–21 Men's Basketball Schedule". American Athletic Conference. November 20, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball Tiebreaker Policy for 2020–21" (PDF). theamerican.org. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship Schedule". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Bracket Set for 2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved March 7, 2021.


 

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