Here Is What the Current American Conference Tournament Looks Like
We are now less than a month away from when the American Conference Tournament will tip off in Orlando. The tournament will take place Thursday March 8th - Sunday March 11th from the Amway Center.
With Wichita State joining the conference, the tournament set up is a little different. Last year the top 5 teams in the regular season earned buys, this year the top 4 will earn buys.
Here is what the bracket would look like if the regular season ended today.
Thursday March 8th
Game 1: #9 UConn vs. #8 Temple 12:00 ESPNU
Game 2: #12 South Florida vs. #5 SMU 2:00 ESPNU
Game 3: #10 Tulane vs. #7 Memphis 7:00 ESPNU
Game 4: #11 East Carolina vs. #6 Central Florida ESPNU
- As of right now, UConn currently holds the tiebreaker over Tulane for the #9 seed and UCF holds a three way tiebreaker over Memphis and Temple.
Friday March 9th
Game 5: #9 UConn/#8 Temple vs. #1 Cincinnati Noon ESPN 2
Game 6: #12 USF/#5 SMU vs. #4 Tulsa 2:00 ESPN 2
Game 7: #10 Tulane/#7 Memphis vs. #2 Wichita State 7:00 ESPNU
Game 8: #11 ECU/#6 UCF vs. #3 Houston 9:00 ESPNU
- Wichita State currently holds a tiebreaker over Houston for the #2 seed.
Saturday March 10th
Game 9: USF/SMU/Tulsa vs. UConn/Temple/Cincinnati 1:00 CBS
Game 10: ECU/UCF/Houston vs. Tulane/Memphis/Wichita State 3:30 CBS
Sunday March 11th (Championship)
Game 11: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10 3:30 CBS
Here is what bracket form would look like.