# 2015 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2015 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was an postseason women's tournament was held March 6–9, 2015, in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and will decide the champion of the 2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball season. The teams in the conference will compete in an eleven team single elimination tournament with the addition of Tulsa and Tulane for an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament. UConn beat South Florida in the final 84–70 to win its second straight AAC tournament championship.

## Seeds

All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record and then a tie breaker system is used. Teams seeded 6-11 will have to play in the opening round and teams seeded 1-5 receive a bye to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conf (Overall) | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Connecticut | 18–0 (29–1) | |
| 2 | South Florida | 15–3 (24–6) | |
| 3 | Tulsa | 12–6 (17–12) | 1–0 vs. Temple |
| 4 | Temple | 12–6 (15–14) | 0–1 vs. Tulsa |
| 5 | East Carolina | 11–7 (20–9) | 1–1 vs. South Florida |
| 6 | Tulane | 11–7 (20–9) | 0–2 vs. South Florida |
| 7 | Memphis | 7–11 (13–16) | |
| 8 | UCF | 5–13 (9–20) | |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 4–14 (7–22) | |
| 10 | SMU | 3–15 (7–22) | |
| 11 | Houston | 1–17 (6–22) | |
| ‡ – 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 6 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 PM | #8 UCF vs. #9 Cincinnati | ESPN3 | 4,669 |
| 1 | 2 | 6:00 PM | #7 Memphis vs. #10 SMU | ESPN3 | 4,669 |
| 1 | 3 | 8:00 PM | #6 Tulane vs. #11 Houston | ESPN3 | 4,669 |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 12:00 PM | #4 Temple vs. #5 East Carolina | ESPN3 | 6,677 |
| 2 | 5 | 2:00 PM | #1 Connecticut vs. #9 Cincinnati | ESPN3 | 6,677 |
| 3 | 6 | 6:00 PM | #2 South Florida vs. #7 Memphis | ESPN3 | 5,177 |
| 3 | 7 | 8:00 PM | #3 Tulsa vs. #6 Tulane | ESPN3 | 5,177 |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 8 ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 5:30 PM | #5 East Carolina vs. #1 Connecticut | ESPNU | 6,531 |
| 4 | 9 | 7:30 PM | #2 South Florida vs. #6 Tulane | ESPNU | 6,531 |
| Championship Game – Monday, March 9 ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 7:00 PM | #1 Connecticut vs. #2 South Florida | ESPN | 6,499 |
| *Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Friday, March 6 | First round Friday, March 6 | First round Friday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7 | Semifinals Sunday, March 8 | Semifinals Sunday, March 8 | Semifinals Sunday, March 8 | Championship game Monday, March 9 | Championship game Monday, March 9 | Championship game Monday, March 9 |
| | | | 1 | Connecticut | 93 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Cincinnati | 34 | | | | | | |
| 8 | UCF | 66 | 9 | Cincinnati | 34 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 76 | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 106 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | East Carolina | 56 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Temple | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | East Carolina | 77 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 84 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | South Florida | 70 |
| | | | 2 | South Florida | 79 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Memphis | 51 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Memphis | 71 | 7 | Memphis | 51 | | | | | | |
| 10 | SMU | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | SMU | 59 | | | | 2 | South Florida | 78 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Tulane | 69 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Tulsa | 53 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Tulane | 71 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Tulane | 64 | 6 | Tulane | 71 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Houston | 39 | | | | | | | | | |