2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
U.S. college basketball tournament
The 2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–12, 2023, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas . All games of the tournament were televised by ESPN Inc. [ 1] The winner of the tournament, the Memphis Tigers , received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament .
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.
Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.
Schedule
[ 3]
Game
Time
Matchup
Score
Television
Attendance
First Round – March 9, 2023
1
11:30 AM
No. 8 South Florida vs. No. 9 East Carolina
58–73
ESPNU
2
1:30 PM
No. 7 UCF vs. No. 10 SMU
76–70
5,986
3
6:00 PM
No. 6 Wichita State vs. No. 11 Tulsa
81–63
Quarterfinals – March 10, 2023
4
12:00 PM
No. 1 Houston vs. No. 9 East Carolina
60–46
ESPN2
5
2:00 PM
No. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 5 Temple
84–54
6
6:00 PM
No. 2 Memphis vs. No. 7 UCF
81–76
ESPNU
7
8:00 PM
No. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Wichita State
82–76
6,111
Semifinals – March 11, 2023
8
2:00 PM
No. 1 Houston vs. No. 4 Cincinnati
69–48
ESPN2
9
4:00 PM
No. 2 Memphis vs. No. 3 Tulane
94–54
6,943
Championship – March 12, 2023
10
2:15 PM
No. 1 Houston vs. No. 2 Memphis
65–75
ESPN
*Game times in CT . ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
First round Thursday, March 9
Quarterfinals Friday, March 10
Semifinals Saturday, March 11
Championship Sunday, March 12
1
Houston
60
8
South Florida
58
9
East Carolina
46
9
East Carolina
73
1
Houston
69
4
Cincinnati
48
4
Cincinnati
84
5
Temple
54
1
Houston
65
2
Memphis
75
2
Memphis
81
7
UCF
76
7
UCF
76
10
SMU
70
2
Memphis
94
3
Tulane
54
3
Tulane
82
6
Wichita State
81
6
Wichita State
76
11
Tulsa
63
Game summaries
First round
No. 8 South Florida 58, No. 9 East Carolina 73
Scoring by half: 33–41, 25–32
Pts : Harris (26)Rebs : Tchewa (11)Asts : Tchewa (3)
Pts: Tied (22)Rebs: Felton (6)Asts: Walker (10)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasReferees: Jason Baker, Garrick Shannon, Josue Nieves
No. 7 UCF 76 , No. 10 SMU 70
Scoring by half: 28–36, 48–34
Pts : Kelly (21)Rebs : Hendricks (8)Asts : Johnson (5)
Pts: Phelps (21)Rebs: Williamson (11)Asts: Phelps (7)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasAttendance: 5,986Referees: Anthony Jordan, Robert Felder, Jim Rife
No. 6 Wichita State 81 , No. 11 Tulsa 63
Scoring by half: 30–25, 51–38
Pts : Tied (13)Rebs : Rojas (7)Asts : Porter Jr. (11)
Pts: Dalger (21)Rebs: Selebangue (7)Asts: Betson (7)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasReferees: Patrick Evans, Sean Casady, Bill Jacobson
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Houston 60 , No. 9 East Carolina 46
Scoring by half: 23–21, 37–25
Pts : Sasser (30)Rebs : Roberts (12)Asts : Tied (4)
Pts: Ausar (18)Rebs: Ausar (19)Asts: Walker (6)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasReferees: Tony Greene, Patrick Evans, Garrick Shannon
No. 4 Cincinnati 84 , No. 5 Temple 54
Scoring by half: 37–27, 47–27
Pts : Nolley II (22)Rebs : Oguama (12)Asts : Adams-Woods (5)
Pts: Tied (12)Rebs: Hicks (8)Asts: Miller (5)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasReferees: Mike Nance, Jason Baker, Landon Brandes
No. 2 Memphis 81 , No. 7 UCF 76
Scoring by half: 40–30, 41–46
Pts : Williams (35)Rebs : Williams (13)Asts : Davis (7)
Pts: Kelly (28)Rebs: Hendricks (9)Asts: Johnson (4)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasReferees: Anthony Jordan, Wil Howard, Josue Nieves
No. 3 Tulane 82 , No. 6 Wichita State 76
Scoring by half: 46–40, 36–36
Pts : Cross (24)Rebs : Cross (13)Asts : James (8)
Pts: Porter Jr. (22)Rebs: Pohto (9)Asts: Porter Jr. (11)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasAttendance: 6,111Referees: Chuck Jones, Rob Rorke, Robert Felder
Semifinals
No. 1 Houston 69 , No. 4 Cincinnati 48
Scoring by half: 38–23, 31–25
Pts : Tied (16)Rebs : Tied (8)Asts : Shead (9)
Pts: Nolley II (14)Rebs: Oguama (9)Asts: DeJulius (5)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasReferees: Wil Howard, Mike Nance, Owen Shortt
No. 2 Memphis 94 , No. 3 Tulane 54
Scoring by half: 42–17, 52–37
Pts : Williams (27)Rebs : Williams (11)Asts : Davis (6)
Pts: Cook (15)Rebs: Pope (13)Asts: Cross (5)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasAttendance: 6,943Referees: Chuck Jones, Olandis Poole, Todd Austin
Championship game
No. 1 Houston 65, No. 2 Memphis 75
Scoring by half: 31–46, 34–29
Pts : Shead (16)Rebs : Roberts (20)Asts : Shead (4)
Pts: Davis (31)Rebs: Williams (13)Asts: Lomax (4)
Dickies Arena Ft. Worth, TexasReferees: Doug Shows, Joe Lindsay, Pat Adams
*Game times: CT
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