The 2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference. It was held at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas from March 11–14.
Seeds The top five 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.
SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1Wichita State11–215–42Houston14–321–33Memphis11–415–74SMU7–411–45Cincinnati8–610–106UCF8–1010–117Tulsa7–911–118South Florida4–108–121–0 vs Cincinnati9Temple4–105–100–2 vs Cincinnati10Tulane4–129–1211East Carolina2–108–10
Schedule GameTime Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Thursday, March 11111:00 AMNo. 8 South Florida vs No. 9 Temple73–71ESPNU22:00 PMNo. 7 Tulsa vs No. 10 Tulane70–7737:00 PMNo. 6 UCF vs No. 11 East Carolina72–62ESPN2 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12411:00 AMNo. 1 Wichita State vs No. 8 South Florida68–67ESPN277852:00 PMNo. 4 SMU vs No. 5 Cincinnati71–7466:00 PMNo. 2 Houston vs No. 10 Tulane77–5282679:00 PMNo. 3 Memphis vs No. 6 UCF70–62 Semifinals – Saturday, March 1382:00 PMNo. 1 Wichita State vs No. 5 Cincinnati59–60ESPN21,18294:30 PMNo. 2 Houston vs No. 3 Memphis76–74 Championship Game – Sunday, March 14102:15 PMNo. 2 Houston vs No. 5 Cincinnati91–54ESPN Game times in CT. #-denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2021 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
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