American Conference women's basketball tournament
Collegiate basketball tournament
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The American Conference women's basketball tournament (sometimes known simply as The American Championship) is the conference tournament in women's basketball for the American Conference.
| American Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
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| Sport | College basketball |
| Conference | American Conference |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Dickies Arena |
| Current location | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Played | 2014–present |
| Last contest | 2025 |
| Current champion | South Florida (2025) |
| Most championships | UConn (7) |
| TV partner | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3 |
| Official website | theamerican.org/wbball |
History
It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools. Its seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, however the official conference championship is awarded to the team or teams with the best regular season record. It was announced that an agreement was made to keep the tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena through 2020.[1]
Champions
Finals
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UConn | 72–52 | Louisville | Breanna Stewart, UConn | Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT) |
| 2015 | UConn | 84–70 | South Florida | Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn | |
| 2016 | UConn | 77–51 | South Florida | Breanna Stewart, UConn | |
| 2017 | UConn | 100–44 | South Florida | Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn | |
| 2018 | UConn | 70–54 | South Florida | Azurá Stevens, UConn | |
| 2019 | UConn | 66–45 | UCF | Napheesa Collier, UConn | |
| 2020 | UConn | 87–53 | Cincinnati | Megan Walker, UConn | |
| 2021 | South Florida | 64–54 | UCF | Sydni Harvey, South Florida | Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, TX)[2] |
| 2022 | UCF | 53–45 | South Florida | Diamond Battles, UCF | |
| 2023 | East Carolina | 46–44 | Houston | Synia Johnson, East Carolina | |
| 2024 | Rice | 61–41 | East Carolina | Malia Fisher, Rice | |
| 2025 | South Florida | 69–62 | Rice | Carla Britto, South Florida | |
| 2026 | UTSA | 54-40 | Rice | Cheyenne Rowe, UTSA | Legacy Arena (Birmingham, AL) |
| 2027 | Yuengling Center (Tampa, FL) | ||||
| 2028 |
Championships by school
| School | Titles | Winning years | Runner-up | Runner-up years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UConn | 7 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
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| South Florida | 2 | 2021, 2025 | 5 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 |
| UCF | 1 | 2022 | 2 | 2019, 2021 |
| East Carolina | 1 | 2023 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rice | 1 | 2024 | 1 | 2025 |
| UTSA | 1 | 2026 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Houston | 0 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Louisville | 0 | 1 | 2014 |
Among current schools, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, North Texas, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, and Wichita State have never won the conference tournament.
Italics indicate school no longer sponsors women's basketball in The American.
