The 2017 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 9–12, 2017, at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Originally, the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida (host of the 2016 Tournament) was slated to host the tournament for a second consecutive year, but in November 2014, the NCAA awarded the Amway Center with first and second-round games for the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament As a result, the XL Center hosted the tournament in 2017, with the tournament returning to Orlando in 2018.
Seeds Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 SMU 17–12 Cincinnati 16–23 Houston 12–64 UCF 11–75 Memphis 9–91–1 vs Houston6 UConn 9–90–2 vs Houston7 Tulsa 8–108 Temple 7–119 East Carolina 6–1210 Tulane 3–1511 South Florida 1–17
Schedule SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Thursday, March 911 3:30 PM #9 East Carolina vs. #8 Temple80–69ESPNU 4,8742 6:00 PM #10 Tulane vs. #7 Tulsa60–66 ESPNews3 8:00 PM #11 South Florida vs. #6 UConn66–77 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 1024Noon#9 East Carolina vs #1 SMU77–81ESPN21,844 52:00 PM#5 Memphis vs #4 UCF54–84367:00 PM#7 Tulsa vs #2 Cincinnati61–80ESPNU7,36579:00 PM#6 UConn vs #3 Houston74–65 Semifinals – Saturday, March 11483:00 PM#1 SMU vs #4 UCF70–59ESPN28,11795:00 PM#2 Cincinnati vs #6 UConn81–71 Championship – Sunday, March 12510 3:15 PM #1 SMU vs. #2 Cincinnati71–56 ESPN 6,856 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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