# 2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 8 through 11, 2019 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn was the winner of the American Athletic Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

## Seeds

All 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 5–12 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | ‡# - Connecticut | 16–0 | 28–2 | |
| 2 | # - UCF | 13–3 | 24–5 | |
| 3 | # - Cincinnati | 12–4 | 20–9 | |
| 4 | # - Houston | 9–7 | 15–14 | |
| 5 | South Florida | 7–9 | 16–14 | 1–0 vs. TEM |
| 6 | Temple | 7–9 | 11–18 | 0–1 vs. USF |
| 7 | Tulsa | 6–10 | 12–17 | 1–1 vs Temple |
| 8 | East Carolina | 6–10 | 15–14 | 0–1 vs Temple |
| 9 | SMU | 5–11 | 11–18 | 3–2 vs WSU/Memphis/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF |
| 10 | Wichita State | 5–11 | 12–17 | 3–2 vs SMU/Memphis/Tulane, 0–1 vs USF |
| 11 | Memphis | 5–11 | 10–19 | 2–3 vs SMU/WSU/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF |
| 12 | Tulane | 5–11 | 15–14 | 2–3 vs SMU/WSU/Memphis, 0–2 vs USF |
| ‡ – 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 – Friday, March 8 |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | No. 12 Tulane vs. No. 5 South Florida | 52–61 | ESPN3 | 3,959 |
| 1 | 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 9 SMU vs. No. 8 East Carolina | 48–50$^{OT}$ | ESPN3 | 3,959 |
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM | No. 10 Wichita State vs. No. 7 Tulsa | 50–61 | ESPN3 | 3,217 |
| 2 | 4 | 8:00 PM | No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 6 Temple | 59–58 | ESPN3 | 3,217 |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9 |||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM | No. 5 South Florida vs. No. 4 Houston | 72–55 | ESPN3 | 5,935 |
| 3 | 6 | 2:00 PM | No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 Connecticut | 65–92 | ESPN3 | 5,935 |
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 PM | No. 7 Tulsa vs. No. 2 UCF | 54–66 | ESPN3 | 3,243 |
| 4 | 8 | 8:00 PM | No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 3 Cincinnati | 48–68 | ESPN3 | 3,243 |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 10 |||||||
| 5 | 9 | 4:00 PM | No. 5 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut | 45–81 | ESPN2 | 5,872 |
| 5 | 10 | 6:30 PM | No. 2 UCF vs. No. 3 Cincinnati | 66–58 | ESPNU | 5,872 |
| Championship – Monday, March 11 |||||||
| 6 | 11 | 7:00 PM | No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 2 UCF | 66–45 | ESPN2 | 6,001 |
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |||||||

## Bracket

| First round Friday, March 8 | First round Friday, March 8 | First round Friday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 9 | Semifinals Sunday, March 10 | Semifinals Sunday, March 10 | Semifinals Sunday, March 10 | Championship Game Monday, March 11 | Championship Game Monday, March 11 | Championship Game Monday, March 11 |
| | | | 1 | Connecticut | 92 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | East Carolina | 65 | | | | | | |
| 8 | East Carolina | 50* | 8 | East Carolina | 65 | | | | | | |
| 9 | SMU | 48 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | SMU | 48 | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 81 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | South Florida | 45 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Houston | 55 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | South Florida | 72 | | | | | | |
| 5 | South Florida | 61 | 5 | South Florida | 72 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tulane | 52 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tulane | 52 | | | | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 66 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | UCF | 45 |
| | | | 2 | UCF | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Tulsa | 54 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Tulsa | 61 | 7 | Tulsa | 54 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Wichita State | 50 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Wichita State | 50 | | | | 2 | UCF | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Cincinnati | 58 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Cincinnati | 68 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Memphis | 48 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Temple | 58 | 11 | Memphis | 48 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Memphis | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime