# 2020 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2020 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that was held March 6–9, 2020, in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn won the tournament, their seventh consecutively, and earned an automatic bid to the 2020 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 | UConn | 16–0 | 26–3 | |
| 2 | UCF | 11–5 | 20–9 | 2–0 vs. USF |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 11–5 | 19–9 | 1–1 vs. USF |
| 4 | South Florida | 10–6 | 18–12 | |
| 5 | Tulane | 8–8 | 13–16 | |
| 6 | SMU | 7–9 | 13–15 | |
| 7 | Wichita State | 7–9 | 15–14 | |
| 8 | Temple | 7–9 | 15–14 | |
| 9 | East Carolina | 6–10 | 9–20 | |
| 10 | Houston | 5–11 | 12–18 | |
| 11 | Memphis | 4–12 | 13–16 | 1–0 vs. Tulsa |
| 12 | Tulsa | 4–12 | 9–20 | 0–1 vs. Memphis |
| ‡ – 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 6 |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | No. 12 Tulsa vs. No. 5 Tulane | 61–67 | ESPN3 | 3,972 |
| 1 | 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 9 East Carolina vs. No. 8 Temple | 57–67 | ESPN3 | 3,972 |
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM | No. 10 Houston vs. No. 7 Wichita State | 62–74 | ESPN3 | 4,400 |
| 2 | 4 | 8:00 PM | No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 6 SMU | 76–65 | ESPN3 | 4,400 |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 |||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM | No. 5 Tulane vs. No. 4 USF | 50–64 | ESPN3 | 5,763 |
| 3 | 6 | 2:00 PM | No. 8 Temple vs. No. 1 UConn | 61–94 | ESPN3 | 5,763 |
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 PM | No. 7 Wichita State vs. No. 2 UCF | 32–65 | ESPN3 | 4,860 |
| 4 | 8 | 8:00 PM | No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 3 Cincinnati | 52–94 | ESPN3 | 4,860 |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 8 |||||||
| 5 | 9 | 4:00 PM | No. 4 USF vs. No. 1 UConn | 38-79 | ESPN2 | 5,677 |
| 5 | 10 | 6:30 PM | No. 2 UCF vs. No. 3 Cincinnati | 51–57 | ESPNU | 5,677 |
| Championship – Monday, March 9 |||||||
| 6 | 11 | 7:00 PM | No. 1 UConn vs. No. 3 Cincinnati | 87–53 | ESPN2 | 5,430 |
| *Game times in ET. #-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 | UConn | 94 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Temple | 61 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Temple | 67 | 8 | Temple | 61 | | | | | | |
| 9 | East Carolina | 57 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | East Carolina | 57 | | | | 1 | UConn | 79 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | South Florida | 38 | | | |
| | | | 4 | South Florida | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Tulane | 50 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Tulane | 67 | 5 | Tulane | 50 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tulsa | 61 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tulsa | 61 | | | | | | | 1 | UConn | 87 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cincinnati | 53 |
| | | | 2 | UCF | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Wichita State | 32 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wichita St. | 72 | 7 | Wichita State | 32 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Houston | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Houston | 64 | | | | 2 | UCF | 51 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Cincinnati | 57 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Cincinnati | 94 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Memphis | 52 | | | | | | |
| 6 | SMU | 65 | 11 | Memphis | 52 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Memphis | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime