2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–17, 2024, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.^[1] The winner of the tournament, the UAB Blazers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

2024 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	14
Site	Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas
Champions	UAB (1st title)
Winning coach	Andy Kennedy (1st title)
MVP	Yaxel Lendeborg (UAB)
Attendance	33,211 (total) 5,695 (championship)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, & ESPN
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2023–24 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Florida	16	–	2		.889			25	–	8		.758
Florida Atlantic	14	–	4		.778			25	–	9		.735
Charlotte	13	–	5		.722			19	–	12		.613
UAB †	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Memphis	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
SMU	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
North Texas	10	–	8		.556			19	–	15		.559
East Carolina	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
Tulsa	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
Tulane	5	–	13		.278			14	–	17		.452
Temple	5	–	13		.278			16	–	20		.444
Wichita State	5	–	13		.278			15	–	19		.441
Rice	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
UTSA	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
† 2024 AAC tournament winner

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	Conference record	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2
1	South Florida	16–2
2	Florida Atlantic	14–4
3	Charlotte	13–5
4	UAB	12–6
5	Memphis	11–7	1–1 vs. FAU
6	SMU	11–7	0–1 vs. FAU
7	North Texas	10–8
8	East Carolina	7–11	1–0 vs. Tulsa
9	Tulsa	7–11	0–1 vs. East Carolina
10	Tulane	5–13	3–1 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
11	Temple	5–13	5–2 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
12	Wichita State	5–13	2–3 vs. Other 5–13 Teams
13	Rice	5–13	2–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams	1–0 vs. UAB
14	UTSA	5–13	2–4 vs. Other 5–13 Teams	0–1 vs. UAB

Schedule

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Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – March 13, 2024
1	12:00 pm	No. 13 Rice vs. No. 12 Wichita State	81−88	ESPN+	—
2	2:00 pm	No. 14 UTSA vs. No. 11 Temple	61−64
Second round – March 14, 2024
3	11:30 am	No. 9 Tulsa vs. No. 8 East Carolina	79−84	ESPNU	5,530
4	1:30 pm	No. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Memphis	71−65
5	6:00 pm	No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 North Texas	71–81		5,516
6	8:00 pm	No. 11 Temple vs. No. 6 SMU	75–60
Quarterfinals – March 15, 2024
7	12:00 pm	No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 South Florida	81−59	ESPN2	5,454
8	2:00 pm	No. 12 Wichita State vs. No. 4 UAB	72−60
9	6:00 pm	No. 7 North Texas vs. No. 2 Florida Atlantic	71−77	ESPNU	5,471
10	8:00 pm	No. 11 Temple vs. No. 3 Charlotte	58−54
Semifinals – March 16, 2024
11	2:00 pm	No. 4 UAB vs No. 1 South Florida	93−83	ESPN2	5,545
12	4:00 pm	No. 11 Temple vs No. 2 Florida Atlantic	74−73
Championship – March 17, 2024
13	2:15 pm	No. 4 UAB vs No. 11 Temple	85−69	ESPN	5,695
*Game times in CT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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	First round Wednesday, March 13					Second round Thursday, March 14					Quarterfinals Friday, March 15					Semifinals Saturday, March 16					Championship Sunday, March 17
											1	South Florida	81
						8	East Carolina	84			8	East Carolina	59
						9	Tulsa	79								1	South Florida	83
																4	UAB	93
											4	UAB	72
						5	Memphis	65			12	Wichita State	60
	12	Wichita State	88			12	Wichita State	71													4	UAB	85
	13	Rice	81																		11	Temple	69
											2	Florida Atlantic	77
						7	North Texas	81			7	North Texas	71
						10	Tulane	71								2	Florida Atlantic	73
																11	Temple	74
											3	Charlotte	54
						6	SMU	60			11	Temple	58
	11	Temple	64			11	Temple	75
	14	UTSA	61

See also

• 2024 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
• American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
• American Athletic Conference