2025 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

2025 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams13
SiteSuper Pit and Dickies Arena
Denton, Texas and Fort Worth, Texas
ChampionsMemphis (2nd title)
Winning coachPenny Hardaway (2nd title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN
2024–25 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Memphis 16 2   .889 29 6   .829
North Texas 14 4   .778 27 9   .750
UAB 13 5   .722 24 13   .649
Tulane 12 6   .667 19 15   .559
Florida Atlantic 10 8   .556 18 16   .529
East Carolina 10 8   .556 19 14   .576
Temple 9 9   .500 17 15   .531
Wichita State 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
South Florida 6 12   .333 13 19   .406
Tulsa 6 12   .333 13 20   .394
UTSA 6 12   .333 12 19   .387
Rice 4 14   .222 13 19   .406
Charlotte 3 15   .167 11 22   .333
† winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference for the 2024–25 season. The tournament was held from March 12–16, 2025, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.[1][2] The winner, Memphis, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 13 conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. The top four teams received byes to the quarterfinals.

Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.

Seed School Conference
record
Tiebreaker
1 Memphis 16–2
2 North Texas 14–4
3 UAB 13–5
4 Tulane 12–6
5 Florida Atlantic 10–8 2–0 vs. East Carolina
6 East Carolina 10–8 0–2 vs. Florida Atlantic
7 Temple 9–9
8 Wichita State 8–10
9 South Florida 6–12 2–0 vs. Tulsa/UTSA
10 Tulsa 6–12 2–1 vs. South Florida/UTSA
11 UTSA 6–12 0–3 vs. South Florida/Tulsa
12 Rice 4–14
13 Charlotte 3–15

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 12
1 12:00 pm No. 12 Rice vs. No. 13 Charlotte 61−64 ESPN+
Second round – Thursday, March 13
2 11:30 am No. 8 Wichita State vs. No. 9 South Florida 73−68 ESPNU
3 1:30 pm No. 5 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 13 Charlotte 64−59
4 6:00 pm No. 7 Temple vs. No. 10 Tulsa 71−75
5 8:00 pm No. 6 East Carolina vs. No. 11 UTSA 70−65
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
6 12:00 pm No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 8 Wichita State 83−80 ESPN2
7 2:00 pm No. 4 Tulane vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic 83−76
8 6:00 pm No. 2 North Texas vs. No. 10 Tulsa 77–59 ESPNU
9 8:00 pm No. 3 UAB vs. No. 6 East Carolina 94–77
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
10 2:00 pm No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 4 Tulane 78–77 ESPN2
11 4:00 pm No. 2 North Texas vs. No. 3 UAB 56–66
Championship – Sunday, March 16
12 2:15 pm No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 3 UAB 84–72 ESPN
*Game times in CDT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 12
Second round
Thursday, March 13
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 14
Semifinals
Saturday, March 15
Championship
Sunday, March 16
116 Memphis83
8Wichita State738Wichita State80
9South Florida68116 Memphis78
4Tulane77
4Tulane83
5Florida Atlantic645Florida Atlantic76
12Rice6113Charlotte59116 Memphis84
13Charlotte643UAB72
2North Texas77
7Temple7110Tulsa59
10Tulsa752North Texas56
3UAB66
3UAB94
6East Carolina706East Carolina77
11UTSA65

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2025 American Men's Basketball Championship -". theamerican.org. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025.03.13-16 Men's American Basketball Championship". Dickies Arena. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  3. ^ "2025 MBB Championship Bracket (PDF)" (PDF). theamerican.org. Retrieved February 4, 2025.