# 2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2018 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that was held March 3–6 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut, the winner of the American Athletic Tournament, earned an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

## Seeds

All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used. Teams seeded 5–12 play in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Connecticut ‡ | 16–0 | 29–0 | |
| 2 | South Florida # | 13–3 | 24–6 | |
| 3 | UCF # | 12–4 | 20–9 | |
| 4 | Cincinnati # | 10–6 | 18–11 | |
| 5 | Houston | 9–7 | 20–10 | 2–0 vs. WSU |
| 6 | Wichita State | 9–7 | 14–16 | 0–2 vs. HOU |
| 7 | East Carolina | 7–9 | 15–15 | |
| 8 | Memphis | 5–11 | 10–19 | 1–0 vs. TUL |
| 9 | Tulane | 5–11 | 13–16 | 0–1 vs. MEM |
| 10 | SMU | 4–12 | 11–18 | |
| 11 | Temple | 3–13 | 11–18 | 1–0 vs. TULSA |
| 12 | Tulsa | 3–13 | 9–20 | 0–1 vs. TEMPLE |
| ‡ – 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$^#$ | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Saturday, March 3 |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | No. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 Wichita State | 72–59 | ESPN3 | 1,380 |
| 1 | 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 10 SMU vs. No. 7 East Carolina | 74–85 | ESPN3 | 1,380 |
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM | No. 9 Tulane vs. No. 8 Memphis | 76–64 | ESPN3 | 4,599 |
| 2 | 4 | 8:00 PM | No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Houston | 98–72 | ESPN3 | 4,599 |
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4 |||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM | No. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 UCF | 70–77 | ESPN3 | 3,392 |
| 3 | 6 | 2:30 PM | No. 7 East Carolina vs. No. 2 South Florida | 44–80 | ESPNU | 3,392 |
| 4 | 7 | 6:30 PM | No. 9 Tulane vs. No. 1 Connecticut | 56–82 | ESPNU | 6,804 |
| 4 | 8 | 8:30 PM | No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 4 Cincinnati | 65–66 | ESPN3 | 6,804 |
| Semifinals – Monday, March 5 |||||||
| 5 | 9 | 4:30 PM | No. 3 UCF vs. No. 2 South Florida | 59–74 | ESPNU | 6,033 |
| 5 | 10 | 7:00 PM | No. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 1 Connecticut | 21–75 | ESPN2 | 6,033 |
| Championship – Tuesday, March 6 |||||||
| 6 | 11 | 5:00 PM | No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut | 54–70 | ESPN2 | 7,501 |
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |||||||

## Bracket

| First round Saturday, March 3 | First round Saturday, March 3 | First round Saturday, March 3 | Quarterfinals Sunday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Sunday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Sunday, March 4 | Semifinals Monday, March 5 | Semifinals Monday, March 5 | Semifinals Monday, March 5 | Championship game Tuesday, March 6 | Championship game Tuesday, March 6 | Championship game Tuesday, March 6 |
| | | | 1 | Connecticut | 82 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Tulane | 56 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Memphis | 64 | 9 | Tulane | 56 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Tulane | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Tulane | 76 | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 75 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Cincinnati | 21 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Cincinnati | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Tulsa | 65 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Houston | 72 | 12 | Tulsa | 65 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tulsa | 98 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tulsa | 98 | | | | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 70 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | South Florida | 54 |
| | | | 2 | South Florida | 80 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | East Carolina | 44 | | | | | | |
| 7 | East Carolina | 85 | 7 | East Carolina | 44 | | | | | | |
| 10 | SMU | 74 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | SMU | 74 | | | | 2 | South Florida | 74 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | UCF | 59 | | | |
| | | | 3 | UCF | 77 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Temple | 70 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wichita State | 59 | 11 | Temple | 70 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Temple | 72 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime