Seeds are now set, so I did a quick mockup of the AAC Tournament bracket. Times are ET.
By Sunday evening the AAC tournament seeding and bracket will be set. Heavy will be updating this throughout the day as seeding becomes final.
The American has between two and three teams projected to make the NCAA Tournament. The majority of teams in the conference will only get in by winning this week’s conference tournament, making the games even more important.
SMU will be the top seed followed by Cincinnati. Here’s a look at the seeding.
1. SMU
2. Cincinnati
3. Houston
4. UCF
5. Memphis
6. UConn
7. Tulsa
8. Temple
9. East Carolina
10. Tulane
11. USF
Bracket & Schedule
(Courtesy of the AAC)
The games kick off on Thursday, March 9 with three games taking place featuring seeds 6-11. The tournament will run through the championship game on Sunday, March 12. Click here for a printable bracket.
Here’s a full rundown of the schedule courtesy of the AAC:
First Round – Thursday, March 9
Game 1: No. 9 ECU vs. No. 8 Temple – 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Game 2: No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 Tulsa – 6 p.m. ET (ESPNews)
Game 3: No. 11 USF vs. No. 6 UConn- 8 p.m. ET (ESPNews)
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 SMU- Noon ET (ESPN2)
Game 5: No. 5 Memphis vs. No. 4 UCF – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 2 Cincinnati – 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 3 Houston- 9 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner – 3 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner – 5 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Championship Game – Sunday, March 12
Game 10: Semifinal winners – 3:15 p.m. ET (ESPN)
