The 2015 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was an postseason women's tournament was held March 6–9, 2015, in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and will decide the champion of the 2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball season. The teams in the conference will compete in an eleven team single elimination tournament with the addition of Tulsa and Tulane for an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament. UConn beat South Florida in the final 84–70 to win its second straight AAC tournament championship.
Seeds All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record and then a tie breaker system is used. Teams seeded 6-11 will have to play in the opening round and teams seeded 1-5 receive a bye to the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConf (Overall)Tiebreaker1Connecticut18–0 (29–1) 2South Florida15–3 (24–6) 3Tulsa12–6 (17–12)1–0 vs. Temple4Temple12–6 (15–14)0–1 vs. Tulsa5East Carolina11–7 (20–9)1–1 vs. South Florida6Tulane11–7 (20–9)0–2 vs. South Florida7Memphis7–11 (13–16)8UCF5–13 (9–20) 9Cincinnati4–14 (7–22)10SMU3–15 (7–22)11Houston1–17 (6–22)‡ – American Athletic Conference regular season champions.# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Friday, March 6114:00 PM#8 UCF vs. #9 CincinnatiESPN34,66926:00 PM#7 Memphis vs. #10 SMU38:00 PM#6 Tulane vs. #11 Houston Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 72412:00 PM#4 Temple vs. #5 East CarolinaESPN36,67752:00 PM#1 Connecticut vs. #9 Cincinnati366:00 PM#2 South Florida vs. #7 Memphis5,17778:00 PM#3 Tulsa vs. #6 Tulane Semifinals – Sunday, March 8485:30 PM#5 East Carolina vs. #1 ConnecticutESPNU6,53197:30 PM#2 South Florida vs. #6 Tulane Championship Game – Monday, March 95107:00 PM#1 Connecticut vs. #2 South FloridaESPN6,499 *Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket The tournament took place March 6–9.
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