2017 American Athletic Conference Tournament Thread

[Mustangs35SMU]

AAC STANDINGS
1) SMU (27-4, 17-1)
2) Cincinnati (27-4, 16-2)
3) Houston (21-9, 12-6)
4) Central Florida (20-10, 11-7)
5) Memphis (19-12, 9-9)
6) Connecticut (14-16, 9-9)
7) Tulsa (14-16, 8-10)
8) Temple (16-15, 7-11)
9) East Carolina (14-17, 6-12)
10) Tulane (6-24, 3-15)
11) South Florida (7-22, 1-17)

FIRST ROUND - Thursday, March 9th
2:30 PM - ESPNU - #8 Temple 69 #9 East Carolina 80
5:00 PM - ESPNews - #7 Tulsa 66 #10 Tulane 60
7:00 PM - ESPNews - #6 Connecticut 77 #11 South Florida 66

QUARTERFINALS - Friday, March 10th
11:00 AM - ESPN2 - #1 SMU 81 #9 East Carolina 77
1:00 PM - ESPN2 - #4 Central Florida 84 #5 Memphis 54
6:00 PM - ESPNU - #2 Cincinnati 80 vs #7 Tulsa 61
8:00 PM - ESPNU - #3 Houston 65 vs #6 Connecticut 74

SEMI-FINALS - Saturday, March 11th
2:00 PM - ESPN2 - #1 SMU 70 #4 Central Florida 59
4:00 PM - ESPN2 - #2 Cincinnati 81 #6 Connecticut 71

AAC CHAMPIONSHIP - Sunday, March 13th
2:15 PM - ESPN - #1 SMU vs #2 Cincinnati

[Mustangs35SMU]

Will update everything after all the games tomorrow. Figured we could get this thread up and going for all the tournament talk.

All times are in Central.

[Harry0569]

OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL

[sadderbudweiser]

Tickets officially purchased and reservation officially made.

[CalallenStang]

AAC STANDINGS
1) SMU (27-4,17-1)
2) Cincinnati (26-4, 15-2)
3) Houston (20-9, 11-6)
4) Central Florida (20-10, 11-7)
5) Connecticut (14-15, 9-8)
6) Memphis (19-12, 9-9)
7) Tulsa (14-15, 8-9)
Temple (15-15, 6-11)
9) East Carolina (14-16, 6-11)
10) Tulane (5-24, 2-15)
11) South Florida (7-21, 1-16)

FIRST ROUND - Thursday, March 9th
2:30 PM - ESPNU - #8 Temple/East Carolina vs #9 East Carolina/Temple
5:00 PM - ESPNews - #7 Connecticut/Tulsa vs #10 Tulane
7:00 PM - ESPNews - #6 Memphis/Tulsa vs #11 South Florida

QUARTERFINALS - Friday, March 10th
11:00 AM - ESPN2 - #1 SMU vs Temple/East Carolina
1:00 PM - ESPN2 - #4 Central Florida/Houston vs #5 Tulsa/Connecticut
6:00 PM - ESPNU - #2 Cincinnati vs Connecticut/Tulsa/Tulane
8:00 PM - ESPNU - #3 Houston/Central Florida vs Memphis/Tulsa/South Florida

SEMI-FINALS - Saturday, March 11th
2:00 PM - ESPN2 - SMU/TU/ECU vs UCF/UH/TU/UConn
4:00 PM - ESPN2 - UC/UConn/TU/TU vs UH/UCF/UM/TU/USF

AAC CHAMPIONSHIP - Sunday, March 13th
2:15 PM - ESPN - TBD vs TBD

Just quoting this to see how the seeding changes after today's games.

Also there are too many TUs in this conference

[PonyLawExpress]

We really need to use McDowell and/or Wilfong against Temple/ECU. We need to save our starters legs as much as possible for reaching the finals, but also for a potential early Thursday NCAA tourney game on only 3 days rest.

Really hope McDowell and/or Wilfong along with Gu get some extended minutes so our starters only have to play 28-30ish in that first game. Don't want them going 35+ in game one of 3 straight.

[Dukie]

Tickets officially purchased and reservation officially made.

Ditto! Can't wait.

[PonyLawExpress]

Tickets officially purchased and reservation officially made.

Ditto! Can't wait.

Excellent. Same here. Really excited. Compromised with the fiancé for 3 days in Hartford then 2 in NYC.

[Glenn Sosbee]

Can we get this tournament moved to Moody? I'd even take a neutral site. Why does UConn get home court every year? What's up with that?

[SMU_Alum11]

I would be good with American Airlines Center if people really just hate playing at Moody

[smupony94]

Can we get this tournament moved to Moody? I'd even take a neutral site. Why does UConn get home court every year? What's up with that?

Because our fans will only go to SMU games not the others

Plus we don't want to spend the money to host it

[Charleston Pony]

I would expect Memphis or even UCF to host this event before SMU

[skyscraper]

Like 94 said, the school plus the local tourism folks don't want to put up the $$ to host. The people in Orlando and Hartford do. I think the best we can hope is that it makes its way to Memphis again.

[Terry Webster]

Cinci has said they won't host it because of the cost with little hope of making it up in ticket sales.

[Mustangs35SMU]

Near halftime in the final two conference games...
Tulane beating Tulsa and Houston has been losing to ECU most of the game (but tied now).

If Tulsa and Houston both lose...
- UCF would take #3
- Houston would take #4
- Memphis would take #5
- Connecticut would take #6
- Tulsa would take #7