2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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
«2014  2016»
2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
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.

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
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
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

  1. ↑ "2015 American Athletic Conference Championship Schedule" (PDF). TheAmerican.org. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
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