# 2025 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2025 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference for the 2024–25 season. The tournament was held from March 12–16, 2025, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The winner, Memphis, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

All 13 conference teams participated in the tournament. 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.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Memphis | 16–2 | |
| 2 | North Texas | 14–4 | |
| 3 | UAB | 13–5 | |
| 4 | Tulane | 12–6 | |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic | 10–8 | 2–0 vs. East Carolina |
| 6 | East Carolina | 10–8 | 0–2 vs. Florida Atlantic |
| 7 | Temple | 9–9 | |
| 8 | Wichita State | 8–10 | |
| 9 | South Florida | 6–12 | 2–0 vs. Tulsa/UTSA |
| 10 | Tulsa | 6–12 | 2–1 vs. South Florida/UTSA |
| 11 | UTSA | 6–12 | 0–3 vs. South Florida/Tulsa |
| 12 | Rice | 4–14 | |
| 13 | Charlotte | 3–15 | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Wednesday, March 12 |||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 12 Rice vs. No. 13 Charlotte | 61−64 | ESPN+ |
| Second round – Thursday, March 13 |||||
| 2 | 11:30 am | No. 8 Wichita State vs. No. 9 South Florida | 73−68 | ESPNU |
| 3 | 1:30 pm | No. 5 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 13 Charlotte | 64−59 | ESPNU |
| 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Temple vs. No. 10 Tulsa | 71−75 | ESPNU |
| 5 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 East Carolina vs. No. 11 UTSA | 70−65 | ESPNU |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14 |||||
| 6 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 8 Wichita State | 83−80 | ESPN2 |
| 7 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Tulane vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic | 83−76 | ESPN2 |
| 8 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 North Texas vs. No. 10 Tulsa | 77–59 | ESPNU |
| 9 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 UAB vs. No. 6 East Carolina | 94–77 | ESPNU |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 15 |||||
| 10 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 4 Tulane | 78–77 | ESPN2 |
| 11 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 North Texas vs. No. 3 UAB | 56–66 | ESPN2 |
| Championship – Sunday, March 16 |||||
| 12 | 2:15 pm | No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 3 UAB | 84–72 | ESPN |
| *Game times in CDT.-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 12 | First round Wednesday, March 12 | First round Wednesday, March 12 | Second round Thursday, March 13 | Second round Thursday, March 13 | Second round Thursday, March 13 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 | | | Semifinals Saturday, March 15 | Semifinals Saturday, March 15 | Semifinals Saturday, March 15 | Championship Sunday, March 16 | Championship Sunday, March 16 | Championship Sunday, March 16 |
| | | | | | | 1 | 16 Memphis | 83 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Wichita State | 73 | 8 | Wichita State | 80 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | South Florida | 68 | | | | | | 1 | 16 Memphis | 78 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Tulane | 77 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Tulane | 83 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Florida Atlantic | 64 | 5 | Florida Atlantic | 76 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Rice | 61 | 13 | Charlotte | 59 | | | | | | | | 1 | 16 Memphis | 84 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 64 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 3 | UAB | 72 |
| | | | | | | 2 | North Texas | 77 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Temple | 71 | 10 | Tulsa | 59 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Tulsa | 75 | | | | | | 2 | North Texas | 56 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | UAB | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | UAB | 94 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | East Carolina | 70 | 6 | East Carolina | 77 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | UTSA | 65 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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