The 2018 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament ended the 2017–18 season of the American Athletic Conference. It was held March 8–11, 2018, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Regular-season champion Cincinnati won the tournament and with it the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 12 conference teams participated in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers: win–loss record, head-to-head record, record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, etc.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Cincinnati16–2 2Wichita State14–41–0 vs. Memphis3Houston 14–40–1 vs. Memphis4Tulsa12–65Memphis10–86UCF9–97Temple8–108UConn7–119SMU6–12 10Tulane5–131–1 vs. Houston11East Carolina5–130–2 vs. Houston12South Florida3–15
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Thursday, March 81NoonNo. 8 UConn vs No. 9 SMU73–80ESPNU7,85622:30 pmNo. 5 Memphis vs No. 12 South Florida79–7737:00 pmNo. 7 Temple vs No. 10 Tulane 82–777,91849:30 pmNo. 6 UCF vs No. 11 East Carolina66–52 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 95NoonNo. 1 Cincinnati vs No. 9 SMU61–51ESPN2 8,49162:30 pmNo. 4 Tulsa vs No. 5 Memphis64–6777:00 pmNo. 2 Wichita State vs No. 7 Temple89–81ESPNU8,68089:30 pmNo. 3 Houston vs No. 6 UCF84–56 Semifinals – Saturday, March 1091:00 pmNo. 1 Cincinnati vs. No. 5 Memphis70–60CBS8,644103:30 pmNo. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 3 Houston74-77 Championship – Sunday, March 11113:00 pmNo. 1 Cincinnati vs. No. 3 Houston56–55CBS 8,670 Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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