2022 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

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2022 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams11
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
ChampionsHouston (2nd title)
Winning coachKelvin Sampson (2nd title)
MVPFabian White Jr. (Houston)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
← 2021
2023 →
2021–22 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Houston † 15 – 3   .833 32 – 6   .842
SMU 13 – 4   .765 24 – 9   .727
Memphis 13 – 5   .722 22 – 11   .667
Temple 10 – 7   .588 17 – 12   .586
Tulane 10 – 8   .556 14 – 15   .483
UCF 9 – 9   .500 18 – 12   .600
Wichita State 6 – 9   .400 15 – 13   .536
Cincinnati 7 – 11   .389 18 – 15   .545
East Carolina 6 – 11   .353 15 – 15   .500
Tulsa 4 – 14   .222 11 – 20   .355
South Florida 3 – 15   .167 8 – 23   .258
† 2022 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.[1] The winner of the tournament, the Houston Cougars, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds[edit]

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.[2][3] However, only three games were completely cancelled, so all teams met the 75% requirement.

Seed School Conference
Record 		Tiebreaker[3]
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[edit]

[4]

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
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
3 6:00 PM No. 6 UCF vs. No. 11 South Florida 60–58
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
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
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
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[edit]

* – Denotes overtime period

First round
Thursday, March 10 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 12 		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[edit]

First Round[edit]

March 10, 2022
12:00 PM
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
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
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[edit]

March 11, 2022
12:00 PM
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
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
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[edit]

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[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The American Announces 2021-22 Men's Basketball Conference Schedule". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. September 30, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  2. ^ Branson, Carina (December 27, 2021). "American Athletic Conference updates COVID-19 protocols for basketball". KSN.com. Nexstar Media Network. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Basketball Tiebreaker Policy" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "American Athletic Conference Basketball Championships". DickiesArena.com. DickiesArena. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

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