# 2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

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 |
| 1 | 2 | 6:00 PM | #7 Cincinnati vs. #10 Houston | ESPN3 | 4,446 |
| 1 | 3 | 8:00 PM | #6 SMU vs. #11 East Carolina | ESPN3 | 4,446 |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 12:00 PM | #4 UCF vs. #5 Tulane | ESPN3 | 5,513 |
| 2 | 5 | 2:00 PM | #1 Connecticut vs. #9 Tulsa | ESPN3 | 5,513 |
| 3 | 6 | 6:00 PM | #2 Temple vs. #10 Houston | ESPN3 | 4,559 |
| 3 | 7 | 8:00 PM | #3 South Florida vs. #6 SMU | ESPN3 | 4,559 |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 5:00 PM | #4 UCF vs. #1 Connecticut | ESPN2 | 6,491 |
| 4 | 9 | 7:30 PM | #2 Temple vs. #3 South Florida | ESPNU | 6,491 |
| 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 | First round Friday, March 3 | First round Friday, March 3 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 | Semifinals Sunday, March 5 | Semifinals Sunday, March 5 | Semifinals Sunday, March 5 | Championship game Monday, March 6 | Championship game Monday, March 6 | Championship game Monday, March 6 |
| | | | 1 | Connecticut | 105 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Tulsa | 57 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Memphis | 55 | 9 | Tulsa | 57 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Tulsa | 60 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 58 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Houston | 74 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Houston | 74 | | | | 2 | Temple | 58 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | South Florida | 63 | | | |
| | | | 3 | South Florida | 62 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | SMU | 55 | | | | | | |
| 6 | SMU | 60 | 6 | SMU | 55 | | | | | | |
| 11 | East Carolina | 54 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime