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2025 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament: schedule, clip, recent history, television/streaming information

The American logo clip for sports tournaments.

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Traditional brackets with one game less than in previous years, thanks to the departure from SMU to the ACC.

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For the fifth season in a row, the majority of the American Athletic Conference tournament is intended for the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, which should also align the cancellation 2020. However, the first game is played in the Super Pit in Denton, the home of North Texas. (With free admission, as announced in the American's Championship Hub.)

All times are PM Eastern, unless specified. Games with an asterisk

are the second of a Doubleader, so the tip is approximate.

First round (Wed., March 12) Game 1:(13) Charlotte 64

(12) Reis (13-19, 4-14) 61

Second round (Thu., March 13) ESPNU will radiate and ESPN+

($) will stream all four games. Game 2: (9) Südflorida (13-19, 6-12) 68,
(8) Wichita State 73 Game 3: (13) Charlotte (11-22, 3-15) 59 ,,
(5) Florida Atlantic 64 Game 4:(10) Tulsa 75
(7) Tempel (17-15, 9-9) 71 Game 5:
(11) Utsa (12-18, 6-12) against (6) East Carolina (18-13, 10-8), 9: 30*

The pirates swept the series of the season: 80-79 in San Antonio on 2/8 and 96-89 (OT) in Greenville on February 23.

Quarter -finals (Fri., March 14) ESPN+

($) will also stream all four games. Game 6:
(8) Wichita State (19-13, 8-10) against (1) Memphis (26-5, 16-2), 1 (ESPN2)
The relay series was shared at home: Tigers 61-53 on 1/23 and Shockers 84-79 (OT) on 2/16. Game 7:
(5) Florida Atlantic (18-14, 10-8) against (4) Tulane (18-13, 12-6), 3: 30* (ESPN2)
The green wave won the couple's only meeting: 80-65 in New Orleans on 15.15. Game 8:
(10) Tulsa (13-19, 6-12) against (2) Nordtexas (23-7, 14-4), 7 (ESPNU)
The mean Green won the couple's only meeting: 63-44 in Denton on February 14th. Game 9: Game 5 winners vs.

(3) UAB (20-11, 13-5), 9: 30* (ESPNU)

Half -final (Sat., March 15th) ESPNU will radiate and ESPN+

($) will also stream both games. Game 10:
Game 6 winners against game 7 winners, 3 Game 11:

Game 8 winners against game 9, 5: 30*

Championship (Sun., March 16) Game 12:

Half -final winner, 3:15 (ESPN/ESPN+ ($))

Chaos potential Data originally published by Bob Vetrone Jr. on Twitter

In 2020 with my own additions to the seasons beyond.

  • The two best seeds have gained eight of the 10 American sports tournaments that have been taking place so far. The exceptions were the fifth Uconn team 2016 and the UAB squad of the past year. 1 seed (4):
  • 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 2 seeds (4):
  • 2014, 2019, 2021, 2023 4 seeds (1):
  • 2024 5 seeds (1):
  • 2016 4 bids (3):
  • 2014 (9-3 record, 10 teams, Uconn National Champion), 2016 (1-4 Record, 11 teams), 2019 (3-4 record, 12 teams) 3 bids (1):
  • 2018 (2-3 record, 12 teams) 2 bids (6):

2015 (1-2 record, 11 teams), 2017 (1-2 record, 11 teams), 2021 (4-2 record, 11 teams), 2022 (4-2 record, 11 teams), 2023 (2-2, 11 teams), 2024 (0-2 record, 14 teams)

The only current conference member who won a NCAA game in the league is Memphis who defeated Boise State in the 2022 tournament before losing against Gonzaga. In 2023, the Tigers lost in the first round against the last four bound Florida Atlantic, a member of the USA conference. Uab:
2024 (4 seeds) Florida Atlantic:
2023 (1 seed, Cusa) Memphis:
2023 (2 seeds) Nordtexas:
2021 (W3 seeds, Cusa) Wichita State:
2017 (2 seed, MVC) Tulsa:
2014 (2 seed, cusa) Utsa: 2011
(7 seeds, Southland) Temple:
2010 (1 seed, Atlantic 10) Charlotte:
2001 (3 seeds, Cusa) East Carolina:
1993 (7 Seed, Caa) Südflorida:

1990 (2 seeds, sun belt) Only six teams won the title of the American Athletic tournament about its short lifespan, and four of them (Cincinnati, Uconn, Houston and Smu) have been drawn to other conferences. On the other hand, Rice and Tulane are the only league members who have never

won a tournament championship in every conference.