2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Tournament Logo | |
Classification | Division I |
Season | 2014–15 |
Teams | 11 |
Site | XL Center Hartford, Connecticut |
Champions | SMU (1st title) |
Winning coach | Larry Brown (1st title) |
MVP | Markus Kennedy (SMU) |
Attendance | 45,480 |
Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews |
American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#18 SMU † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† The American Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 12–15, 2015 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
Contents
1 Seeds
2 Schedule
3 Bracket
4 References
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. The top five seeds received first round byes.
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
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1 | SMU | 15–3 | 24–6 | |
2 | Tulsa | 14–4 | 21–9 | |
3 | Cincinnati | 13–5 | 22–10 | 2–0 vs. SMU |
4 | Temple | 13–5 | 22–9 | 0–2 vs. SMU |
5 | Memphis | 10–8 | 19–13 | 2–0 vs. Connecticut |
6 | Connecticut | 10–8 | 18–13 | 0–2 vs. Memphis |
7 | Tulane | 6–12 | 15–16 | 1–0 vs. East Carolina |
8 | East Carolina | 6–12 | 13–18 | 0–1 vs. Tulane |
9 | UCF | 5–13 | 12–17 | |
10 | Houston | 5–14 | 13–18 | |
11 | South Florida | 3–15 | 9–23 |
Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
Session | Game | Time*[1] | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
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First round – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 3:30 pm | #9 UCF 80 vs. #8 East Carolina 81 (OT) | ESPNU | 5,431 | |
2 | 6:00 pm | #10 Houston 66 vs. #7 Tulane 60 | ESPNews | |||
3 | 8:00 pm | #11 South Florida 43 vs. #6 Connecticut 69 | ||||
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
2 | 4 | 12:00 pm | #8 East Carolina 68 vs. #1 SMU 74 | ESPN2 | 7,056 | |
5 | 2:00 pm | #5 Memphis 75 vs. #4 Temple 80 | ||||
3 | 6 | 7:00 pm | #10 Houston 51 vs. #2 Tulsa 59 | ESPNU | 9,514 | |
7 | 9:00 pm | #6 Connecticut 57 vs. #3 Cincinnati 54 | ||||
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
4 | 8 | 3:00 pm | #1 SMU 69 vs. #4 Temple 56 | ESPN2 | 10,114 | |
9 | 5:00 pm | #2 Tulsa 42 vs. #6 Connecticut 47 | ||||
Championship – Sunday, March 15 | ||||||
5 | 10 | 3:15 pm | #1 SMU 62 vs. #6 Connecticut 54 | ESPN | 13,365 | |
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
First round Thursday, March 12 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 13 | Semifinals Saturday, March 14 | Championship Sunday, March 15 | |||||||||||||||
1 | SMU | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | East Carolina | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | East Carolina | 81* | ||||||||||||||||
9 | UCF | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | SMU | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Temple | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Temple | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Memphis | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | SMU | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Connecticut | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Tulsa | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Houston | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Tulane | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Houston | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Tulsa | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Connecticut | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Cincinnati | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Connecticut | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Connecticut | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | South Florida | 43 |
References
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