# 2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2022 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 7–10, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The first three rounds were streamed on ESPN+ with the championship game on ESPNU. UCF won the tournament and received the AAC automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

With the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ongoing and the possibility of cancelled games, teams were required to have played a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | UCF | 14–1 | |
| 2 | South Florida | 12–3 | |
| 3 | Tulane | 11–5 | |
| 4 | Temple | 8–8 | |
| 5 | SMU | 7–7 | |
| 6 | Houston | 7–9 | |
| 7 | Memphis | 7–10 | |
| 8 | Tulsa | 5–8 | |
| 9 | Wichita State | 5–11 | |
| 10 | East Carolina | 4–11 | 2–0 vs. Cincinnati |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 4–11 | 0–2 vs. East Carolina |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – March 7, 2022 ||||||
| 1 | 2:00 PM | No. 8 Tulsa vs. No. 9 Wichita State | 88–86 (OT) | ESPN+ | TBD |
| 2 | 4:00 PM | No. 7 Memphis vs. No. 10 East Carolina | 59–48 | ESPN+ | TBD |
| 3 | 6:00 PM | No. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 Cincinnati | 67–45 | ESPN+ | TBD |
| Quarterfinals – March 8, 2022 ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 UCF vs. No. 8 Tulsa | 69–54 | ESPN+ | TBD |
| 5 | 2:00 PM | No. 5 SMU vs. No. 4 Temple | 63–55 | ESPN+ | TBD |
| 6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 South Florida vs. Memphis | 63–53 | ESPN+ | TBD |
| 7 | 8:00 PM | No. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Houston | 65–57 | ESPN+ | TBD |
| Semifinals – March 9, 2022 ||||||
| 8 | 2:00 PM | No. 1 UCF vs. No. 5 SMU | 61–28 | ESPN+ | TBD |
| 9 | 4:00 PM | No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 6 Houston | 58–50 | ESPN+ | TBD |
| Championship – March 10, 2022 ||||||
| 10 | 2:15 PM | No. 1 UCF vs No. 2 South Florida | 53–45 | ESPNU | TBD |
| *Game times in CT.-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period
| First round Monday, March 7 | First round Monday, March 7 | First round Monday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 | Championship Thursday, March 10 | Championship Thursday, March 10 | Championship Thursday, March 10 |
| | | | 1 | UCF | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Tulsa | 54 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tulsa | 88* | 8 | Tulsa | 54 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Wichita State | 86 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Wichita State | 86 | | | | 1 | UCF | 61 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | SMU | 28 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Temple | 55 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | SMU | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | UCF | 53 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | South Florida | 45 |
| | | | 2 | South Florida | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Memphis | 53 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Memphis | 59 | 7 | Memphis | 53 | | | | | | |
| 10 | East Carolina | 48 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | East Carolina | 48 | | | | 2 | South Florida | 58 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Houston | 50 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Tulane | 57 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Houston | 65 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Houston | 67 | 6 | Houston | 65 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 45 | | | | | | | | | |
*Game times: CT