2018 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

2018 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
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ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams12
SiteAmway Center
Orlando, Florida
ChampionsCincinnati (1st title)
Winning coachMick Cronin (1st title)
MVPGary Clark (Cincinnati)
Attendance50,259
TelevisionCBS, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2017–18 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Cincinnati 16 2   .889 31 5   .861
No. 21 Houston 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
No. 16 Wichita State 14 4   .778 25 8   .758
Tulsa 12 6   .667 19 12   .613
Memphis 10 8   .556 21 13   .618
UCF 9 9   .500 19 13   .594
Temple 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
UConn 7 11   .389 14 18   .438
SMU 6 12   .333 17 16   .515
Tulane 5 13   .278 14 17   .452
East Carolina 4 14   .222 10 20   .333
South Florida 3 15   .167 10 22   .313
2018 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


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.[1] Regular-season champion Cincinnati won the tournament and with it the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

  1. ^ "American Men's Basketball Semifinals, Championship to be Broadcast on CBS in 2018". American Athletic Conference. May 23, 2017. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2022.