2018 American Athletic conference Men 's Basketball tournament - wikipedia 2018 American Athletic conference Men 's Basketball tournament 2018 American Athletic Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament Classification Division I Season 2017 -- 18 Teams 12 Site Amway Center Orlando, Florida Champions Cincinnati ( 1st title ) Winning coach Mick Cronin ( 1st title ) MVP Gary Clark ( Cincinnati ) Attendance 50,259 Television CBS, ESPNU, ESPN2 American Athletic Conference Men 's Basketball Tournaments ← 2017 2019 → 2017 -- 18 American Athletic Conference men 's basketball standings Conf Overall Team PCT PCT No. 6 Cincinnati † 16 --. 889 31 -- 5. 861 No. 21 Houston 14 --. 778 27 -- 8. 771 No. 16 Wichita State 14 --. 778 25 -- 8. 758 Tulsa 12 -- 6. 667 19 -- 12. 613 Memphis 10 -- 8. 556 21 -- 13. 618 UCF 9 -- 9. 500 19 -- 13. 594 Temple 8 -- 10. 444 17 -- 16. 515 Connecticut 7 -- 11. 389 14 -- 18. 438 SMU 6 -- 12. 333 17 -- 16. 515 Tulane 5 -- 13. 278 14 -- 17. 452 East Carolina -- 14. 222 10 -- 20. 333 South Florida -- 15. 167 10 -- 22. 313 † 2018 AAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll The 2018 American Athletic Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament ended the 2017 -- 18 season of the American Athletic Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2018 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Regular - season champion Cincinnati won the tournament and with it the league 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Contents 1 Seeds 2 Schedule 3 Bracket 4 References Seeds All 12 conference teams participated in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system 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 Tiebreaker Cincinnati 16 -- 2 Wichita State 14 -- 4 1 -- 0 vs. Memphis Houston 14 -- 4 0 -- 1 vs. Memphis Tulsa 12 -- 6 5 Memphis 10 -- 8 6 UCF 9 -- 9 7 Temple 8 -- 10 8 Connecticut 7 -- 11 9 SMU 6 -- 12 10 Tulane 5 -- 13 1 -- 1 vs. Houston 11 East Carolina 5 -- 13 0 -- 2 vs. Houston 12 South Florida 3 -- 15 Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance First round -- Thursday, March 8 Noon No. 8 Connecticut vs No. 9 SMU 73 -- 80 ESPNU 7,856 2 : 30 pm No. 5 Memphis vs No. 12 South Florida 79 -- 77 7 : 00 pm No. 7 Temple vs No. 10 Tulane 82 -- 77 7,918 9 : 30 pm No. 6 UCF vs No. 11 East Carolina 66 -- 52 Quarterfinals -- Friday, March 9 5 Noon No. 1 Cincinnati vs No. 9 SMU 61 -- 51 ESPN2 8,491 6 2 : 30 pm No. 4 Tulsa vs No. 5 Memphis 64 -- 67 7 7 : 00 pm No. 2 Wichita State vs No. 7 Temple 89 -- 81 ESPNU 8,680 8 9 : 30 pm No. 3 Houston vs No. 6 UCF 84 -- 56 Semifinals -- Saturday, March 10 9 1 : 00 pm No. 1 Cincinnati vs. No. 5 Memphis 70 -- 60 CBS 8,644 10 3 : 30 pm No. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 3 Houston 74 - 77 Championship -- Sunday, March 11 11 3 : 00 pm No. 1 Cincinnati vs. No. 3 Houston 56 -- 55 CBS 8,670 Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket First round Thursday, March 8 Quarterfinals Friday, March 9 Semifinals Saturday, March 10 Championship Sunday, March 11 Cincinnati 61 9 SMU 51 8 Connecticut 73 9 SMU 80 Cincinnati 70 5 Memphis 60 Tulsa 64 5 Memphis 67 5 Memphis 79 12 South Florida 77 Cincinnati 56 Houston 55 Wichita State 89 7 Temple 81 7 Temple 82 10 Tulane 77 Wichita State 74 Houston 77 Houston 84 6 UCF 56 6 UCF 66 11 East Carolina 52 References College basketball portal Jump up ^ `` American Men 's Basketball Semifinals, Championship to be Broadcast on CBS in 2018 ''. Jump up ^ http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/theamerican.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/3/4/2018_MBB_Championship_Bracket_Final_.pdf?id=1650 2018 NCAA Division I men 's basketball tournaments Conference ACC America East American Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac - 12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WAC West Coast Postseason NCAA NIT CBI CIT American Athletic Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Broadcasters Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_American_Athletic_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament&oldid=830288984 '' Categories : American Athletic Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament 2017 -- 18 American Athletic Conference men 's basketball season Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 13 March 2018, at 22 : 33. About Wikipedia

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