2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–12, 2023, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. All games of the tournament were televised by ESPN Inc. The winner of the tournament, the Memphis Tigers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Seeds Teams were seeded by conference record. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.

Tiebreakers were applied as needed to properly seed the teams.

Seed School ConferenceRecord Tiebreaker1Houston17–12Memphis13–53Tulane12–64Cincinnati11–75Temple10–86Wichita State9–97UCF8–108South Florida7–119East Carolina6–1210SMU5–1311Tulsa1–17

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First Round – March 9, 2023111:30 AMNo. 8 South Florida vs. No. 9 East Carolina58–73ESPNU21:30 PMNo. 7 UCF vs. No. 10 SMU76–705,98636:00 PMNo. 6 Wichita State vs. No. 11 Tulsa81–63 Quarterfinals – March 10, 2023412:00 PMNo. 1 Houston vs. No. 9 East Carolina60–46ESPN252:00 PMNo. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 5 Temple84–5466:00 PMNo. 2 Memphis vs. No. 7 UCF81–76ESPNU78:00 PMNo. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Wichita State82–766,111 Semifinals – March 11, 202382:00 PMNo. 1 Houston vs. No. 4 Cincinnati69–48ESPN294:00 PMNo. 2 Memphis vs. No. 3 Tulane94–546,943 Championship – March 12, 2023102:15 PMNo. 1 Houston vs. No. 2 Memphis65–75ESPN *Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket * – Denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship game

*Game times: CT

See also 2023 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament American Athletic Conference

References

External links American Athletic Conference tournament Central