The 2015 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was played from March 12–15, 2015, at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
Seeds Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. The top five seeds received first round byes.
SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1SMU15–324–62Tulsa14–421–93Cincinnati13–522–102–0 vs. SMU4Temple13–522–90–2 vs. SMU5Memphis10–819–132–0 vs. Connecticut6Connecticut10–818–130–2 vs. Memphis7Tulane6–1215–161–0 vs. East Carolina8East Carolina6–1213–180–1 vs. Tulane9UCF5–1312–1710Houston4–1413–1811South Florida3–159–23
Schedule All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
SessionGameTime* Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Thursday, March 12113:30 pm#9 UCF 80 vs. #8 East Carolina 81 (OT)ESPNU5,43126:00 pm#10 Houston 66 vs. #7 Tulane 60ESPNews38:00 pm#11 South Florida 43 vs. #6 Connecticut 69 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 132412:00 pm#8 East Carolina 68 vs. #1 SMU 74ESPN27,05652:00 pm#5 Memphis 75 vs. #4 Temple 80367:00 pm#10 Houston 51 vs. #2 Tulsa 59ESPNU9,51479:00 pm#6 Connecticut 57 vs. #3 Cincinnati 54 Semifinals – Saturday, March 14483:00 pm#1 SMU 69 vs. #4 Temple 56ESPN210,11495:00 pm#2 Tulsa 42 vs. #6 Connecticut 47 Championship – Sunday, March 155103:15 pm #1 SMU 62 vs. #6 Connecticut 54ESPN13,365 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
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