2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2016-17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 9–12, 2017 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Originally, the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida was slated to host the tournament for a second consecutive year, but in November 2014, the NCAA awarded the Amway Center with first and second-round games for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament As a result, the XL Center hosted the tournament in 2017, with the tournament returning to Orlando in 2018.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1SMU17–1
2Cincinnati16–2
3Houston12–6
4UCF11–7
5Memphis9–91–1 vs Houston
6Connecticut9–90–2 vs Houston
7Tulsa8–10
8Temple7–11
9East Carolina6–12
10Tulane3–15
11South Florida1–17

Schedule

Bracket