2021 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2021 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament held March 8–11, 2021, in the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. South Florida won the tournament, its first, and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds All of the teams in the American Athletic Conference, except for SMU, will qualify for the tournament. SMU canceled their season after going 0–6, so they did not compete in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used. Teams seeded 7–10 play in opening round, and teams seeded 1–6 receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverall1South Florida ‡#13–216–32UCF #12–214–33Houston #12–515–64Tulane #12–616–75Temple #11–711–106East Carolina #6–108–137Cincinnati6–127–158Tulsa4–135–139Wichita State2–95–1110Memphis2–124–15‡ – American Athletic Conference regular season champions.# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Monday, March 811 2:30 PM No. 9 Wichita State vs. No. 8 Tulsa76–64ESPN+2 5:30 PM No. 10 Memphis vs. No. 7 Cincinnati 67–78 Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 923 Noon No. 5 Temple vs. No. 4 Tulane 73–83ESPN+4 3:00 PM No. 9 Wichita State vs. No. 1 USF 44–4835 7:00 PM No. 7 Cincinnati vs. No. 2 UCF 43–536 10:00 PM No. 6 East Carolina vs. No. 3 Houston 63–73 Semifinals – Wednesday, March 1047 5:30 PM No. 4 Tulane vs. No. 1 USF 47–51ESPN+8 8:30 PM No. 3 Houston vs. No. 2 UCF 39–61 Championship – Thursday, March 1159 10:00 PM No. 1 USF vs. No. 2 UCF 64–54 ESPNU *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime

See also 2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

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