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.
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.
Champions Finals Year Champion Score Runner-up MVP Venue 2014 UConn 72–52 Louisville , UConn Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT) 2015 UConn 84–70 South Florida , UConn 2016 UConn 77–51 South Florida , UConn 2017 UConn 100–44 South Florida , UConn 2018 UConn 70–54 South Florida , UConn 2019 UConn 66–45 UCF , UConn 2020 UConn 87–53 Cincinnati , UConn 2021South Florida64–54 UCF , South FloridaDickies Arena (Fort Worth, TX) 2022 UCF 53–45South Florida , UCF 2023 East Carolina 46–44Houston , East Carolina 2024Rice 61–41East Carolina , Rice 2025South Florida 69–62Rice , South Florida 2026UTSA 54-40Rice , UTSA Legacy Arena (Birmingham, AL) 2027 Yuengling Center (Tampa, FL) 2028
Championships by school School Titles Winning years Runner-up Runner-upyears UConn 7 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020 0 South Florida 2 2021, 2025 5 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 UCF1202222019, 2021East Carolina1202312024Rice1202412025UTSA120260 Cincinnati 0 1 2020 Houston 0 1 2023Louisville 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.
See also
American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
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