# 2022 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–13, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. All games of the tournament were televised by ESPN Inc. The winner of the tournament, the Houston Cougars, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record (tiebreakers were not required as no teams had identical conference records). The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
With the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States still ongoing and the possibility of cancelled games, teams were required to play a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference tournament; those with less games would be seeded below those meeting the minimum. However, only three games were completely cancelled, so all teams met the 75% requirement.
| Seed | School | Conference Record |
| 1 | Houston | 15–3 |
| 2 | SMU | 13–4 |
| 3 | Memphis | 13–5 |
| 4 | Temple | 10–7 |
| 5 | Tulane | 10–8 |
| 6 | UCF | 9–9 |
| 7 | Wichita State | 6–9 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 7–11 |
| 9 | East Carolina | 6–11 |
| 10 | Tulsa | 4–14 |
| 11 | South Florida | 3–15 |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First Round – March 10, 2022 ||||||
| 1 | 12:00 PM | No. 8 Cincinnati vs. No. 9 East Carolina | 74–63 | ESPNU |
| 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 7 Wichita State vs. No. 10 Tulsa | 67–73 | ESPNU |
| 3 | 6:00 PM | No. 6 UCF vs. No. 11 South Florida | 60–58 | ESPNU |
| Quarterfinals – March 11, 2022 ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 Houston vs. No. 8 Cincinnati | 69–56 | ESPN2 |
| 5 | 2:00 PM | No. 4 Temple vs. No. 5 Tulane | 60–69 | ESPN2 |
| 6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 SMU vs. No. 10 Tulsa | 83–58 | ESPNU |
| 7 | 8:00 PM | No. 3 Memphis vs. No. 6 UCF | 85–69 | ESPNU |
| Semifinals – March 12, 2022 ||||||
| 8 | 2:00 PM | No. 1 Houston vs. No. 5 Tulane | 86–66 | ESPN2 |
| 9 | 4:00 PM | No. 2 SMU vs. No. 3 Memphis | 63–70 | ESPN2 |
| Championship – March 13, 2022 ||||||
| 10 | 2:15 PM | No. 1 Houston vs No. 3 Memphis | 71–53 | ESPN |
| *Game times in CT.-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period
| First round Thursday, March 10 | First round Thursday, March 10 | First round Thursday, March 10 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 | Championship Sunday, March 13 | Championship Sunday, March 13 | Championship Sunday, March 13 |
| | | | 1 | #18 Houston | 69 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 74 | 8 | Cincinnati | 56 | | | | | | |
| 9 | East Carolina | 63 | | | | 1 | #18 Houston | 86 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Tulane | 66 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Temple | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Tulane | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | #18 Houston | 71 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Memphis | 53 |
| | | | 2 | SMU | 83 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wichita State | 67 | 10 | Tulsa | 58 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Tulsa | 73 | | | | 2 | SMU | 63 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Memphis | 70 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Memphis | 85 | | | | | | |
| 6 | UCF | 60 | 6 | UCF | 69 | | | | | | |
| 11 | South Florida | 58 | | | | | | | | | |

## Game summaries
### First Round

* ESPNU
* March 10, 2022 12:00 PM
* Report
No. 8 Cincinnati 74, No. 9 East Carolina 63 :
| Scoring by half: 40–41, 34–22 |||
| Pts: D. DeJulius (22) Rebs: J. Newman III (8) Asts: J. Newman III (5) | Pts: T. Newton (26) Rebs: V. Jackson (10) Asts: T. Newton (6) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Todd Austin, Olandis Poole, Josue Nieves
* ESPNU
* March 10, 2022 2:00 PM
* Report
No. 7 Wichita State 67, No. 10 Tulsa 73 :
| Scoring by half: 34–24, 39–43 |||
| Pts: R. Council IV (19) Rebs: Tied (6) Asts: T. Etienne (5) | Pts: S. Griffin (21) Rebs: J. Horne (10) Asts: Tied (2) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Anthony Jordan, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, Sean Casady
* ESPNU
* March 10, 2022 6:00 PM
* Report
No. 6 UCF 60, No. 11 South Florida 58 :
| Scoring by half: 29–29, 31–29 |||
| Pts: D. Perry (13) Rebs: C. Diong (8) Asts: Tied (4) | Pts: C. Murphy (16) Rebs: R. Tchewa (10) Asts: C. Murphy (8) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Jason Baker, Wil Howard, Robert Felder

### Quarterfinals

* ESPN2
* March 11, 2022 12:00 PM
* Report
No. 1 Houston 69, No. 8 Cincinnati 56 :
| Scoring by half: 27–32, 42–24 |||
| Pts: White Jr. (18) Rebs: White Jr. (8) Asts: Shead (7) | Pts: Tied (13) Rebs: Tied (5) Asts: Tied (4) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Jason Baker, Wil Howard, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
* ESPN2
* March 11, 2022 2:00 PM
* Report
No. 4 Temple 60, No. 5 Tulane 69 :
| Scoring by half: 27–36, 33–33 |||
| Pts: Miller (21) Rebs: White (10) Asts: Tied (4) | Pts: Cross (18) Rebs: Tied (9) Asts: James (9) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Anthony Jordan, Sean Casady, Robert Felder
* ESPNU
* March 11, 2022 6:00 PM
* Report
No. 2 SMU 83, No. 10 Tulsa 58 :
| Scoring by half: 43–29, 40–29 |||
| Pts: Davis (24) Rebs: Ma. Weathers (9) Asts: Davis (5) | Pts: Griffin (16) Rebs: Idowu (8) Asts: Haywood II (7) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Rob Rorke, Owen Shortt, Bill Jacobson
* ESPNU
* March 11, 2022 8:00 PM
No. 3 Memphis 85, No. 6 UCF 69 :
| Scoring by half: 41–31, 44–38 |||
| Pts: Quiñones (22) Rebs: Duren (20) Asts: Lomax (7) | Pts: Perry (23) Rebs: Tied (5) Asts: Tied (7) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Olandis Poole, Todd Austin, Josue Nieves

### Semifinals

* ESPN2
* March 12, 2022 2:00 PM
No.1 Houston 86, No. 5 Tulane 66 :
| Scoring by half: 37–29, 49–37 |||
| Pts: Edwards (20) Rebs: Roberts (13) Asts: Edwards (8) | Pts: Forbes (19) Rebs: Forbes (7) Asts: Cross (7) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Patrick Evans, K.B. Burdett, Rob Rorke
* ESPN2
* March 12 4:00 PM
No. 2 SMU 63, No. 3 Memphis 70 :
| Scoring by half: 32–26, 38–37 |||
| Pts: Weathers (16) Rebs: Weathers (6) Asts: Tied (2) | Pts: Tied (12) Rebs: Williams (10) Asts: Tied (3) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Steven Anderson, Mike Nance, Owen Shortt

### Championship Game

* ESPN
* March 13, 2022 2:15 PM
No.1 Houston 71, No. 3 Memphis 53 :
| Scoring by half: 36–24, 35–29 |||
| Pts: White Jr. (20) Rebs: Edwards (11) Asts: Moore (8) | Pts: Duren (14) Rebs: Duren (10) Asts: Tied (4) |
* Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, Texas Referees: Don Daily, Floyd Shuler, Pat Adams
*Game times: CT