2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

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2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202324
Teams14
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
ChampionsUAB (1st title)
Winning coachAndy Kennedy (1st title)
MVPYaxel Lendeborg (UAB)
Attendance33,211 (total)
5,695 (championship)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, & ESPN
 2023
2025 
2023–24 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Florida162 .889258  .758
Florida Atlantic144 .778259  .735
Charlotte135 .7221912  .613
UAB126 .6672312  .657
Memphis117 .6112210  .688
SMU117 .6112013  .606
North Texas108 .5561915  .559
East Carolina711 .3891518  .455
Tulsa711 .3891615  .516
Tulane513 .2781417  .452
Temple513 .2781620  .444
Wichita State513 .2781519  .441
Rice513 .2781121  .344
UTSA513 .2781121  .344
2024 AAC tournament winner

The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–17, 2024, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.[1] The winner of the tournament, the UAB Blazers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

Teams were seeded by conference record. The top four teams received byes to the quarterfinals.

Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.

Seed School Conference
record
Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2
1 South Florida 16–2
2 Florida Atlantic 14–4
3 Charlotte 13–5
4 UAB 12–6
5 Memphis 11–7 1–1 vs. FAU
6 SMU 11–7 0–1 vs. FAU
7 North Texas 10–8
8 East Carolina 7–11 1–0 vs. Tulsa
9 Tulsa 7–11 0–1 vs. East Carolina
10 Tulane 5–13 3–1 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
11 Temple 5–13 5–2 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
12 Wichita State 5–13 2–3 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
13 Rice 5–13 2–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams 1–0 vs. UAB
14 UTSA 5–13 2–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams 0–1 vs. UAB

Schedule

[2]

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – March 13, 2024
1 12:00 pm No. 13 Rice vs. No. 12 Wichita State 81−88 ESPN+
2 2:00 pm No. 14 UTSA vs. No. 11 Temple 61−64
Second round – March 14, 2024
3 11:30 am No. 9 Tulsa vs. No. 8 East Carolina 79−84 ESPNU 5,530
4 1:30 pm No. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Memphis 71−65
5 6:00 pm No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 North Texas 71–81 5,516
6 8:00 pm No. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 SMU 75–60
Quarterfinals – March 15, 2024
7 12:00 pm No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 South Florida 81−59 ESPN2 5,454
8 2:00 pm No. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 4 UAB 72−60
9 6:00 pm No. 7 North Texas vs. No. 2 Florida Atlantic 71−77 ESPNU 5,471
10 8:00 pm No. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 Charlotte 58−54
Semifinals – March 16, 2024
11 2:00 pm No. 4 UAB vs No. 1 South Florida 93−83 ESPN2 5,545
12 4:00 pm No. 11 Temple vs No. 2 Florida Atlantic 74−73
Championship – March 17, 2024
13 2:15 pm No. 4 UAB vs No. 11 Temple 85−69 ESPN 5,695
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

See also

References

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