The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–17, 2024, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The winner of the tournament, the UAB Blazers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.
Seeds 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 Conferencerecord Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #21 South Florida16–22 Florida Atlantic14–43Charlotte13–54UAB12–65Memphis11–71–1 vs. FAU6SMU11–70–1 vs. FAU7 North Texas10–88 East Carolina7–111–0 vs. Tulsa9Tulsa7–110–1 vs. East Carolina10Tulane5–133–1 vs. Other 5–13 Teams11Temple5–135–2 vs. Other 5–13 Teams12Wichita State5–132–3 vs. Other 5–13 Teams13Rice5–132–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams1–0 vs. UAB14UTSA5–132–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams0–1 vs. UAB
Schedule
GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – March 13, 2024112:00 pmNo. 13 Rice vs. No. 12 Wichita State81−88ESPN+—22:00 pmNo. 14 UTSA vs. No. 11 Temple61−64 Second round – March 14, 2024311:30 amNo. 9 Tulsa vs. No. 8 East Carolina79−84ESPNU 5,53041:30 pmNo. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Memphis71−6556:00 pmNo. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 North Texas71–81 5,51668:00 pmNo. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 SMU75–60 Quarterfinals – March 15, 2024712:00 pmNo. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 South Florida81−59ESPN2 5,45482:00 pmNo. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 4 UAB72−6096:00 pmNo. 7 North Texas vs. No. 2 Florida Atlantic71−77ESPNU 5,471108:00 pmNo. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 Charlotte58−54 Semifinals – March 16, 2024112:00 pmNo. 4 UAB vs No. 1 South Florida93−83ESPN25,545124:00 pmNo. 11 Temple vs No. 2 Florida Atlantic74−73 Championship – March 17, 2024132:15 pmNo. 4 UAB vs No. 11 Temple85−69ESPN5,695 *Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2024 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament American Athletic Conference
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