2014 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

August 2023 2014 American Athletic Conference I Women's 2014 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Logo.svg 250px Tournament Logo 10 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut Connecticut 1st Geno Auriemma 1st 33,069 2013 ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN3 The 2014 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the first annual conference tournament of the American Athletic Conference, one of the two leagues that resulted from the 2013 split of the original Big East Conference. The tournament was held March 7–10, 2014 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and decided the champion of the 2013–14 American Athletic Conference women's basketball season. The 10 conference members competed in a single-elimination tournament for an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament. The American Athletic Conference originally consisted of the members of the "old" Big East which played Division I FBS football, plus several new members which also sponsored FBS programs.American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship http://mohegansun.com/events-and-promotions/schedule-of-events/american-athletic-conference-women-s-basketball-championship111111.html Seeds All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, with a tiebreaker system used as needed. Teams seeded 7 through 10 had to play in the opening round, and teams seeded 1 through 6 received a bye to the second round. SeedSchoolConf (Overall)Tiebreaker1Connecticut 18-0 (31-0) 2Louisville 16-2 (28-3) 3South Florida13-5 (18-11) 4Rutgers12-6 (21-8) 5SMU 8-10 (17-12) 2-0 vs. Cincinnati 6Temple8-10 (14-15) 1-1 vs. Cincinnati 7Memphis 6-12 (13-17) 8Cincinnati 5-13 (12-17) 9UCF3-15 (10-19) 10Houston 1-17 (5-24) ‡ – American Athletic Conference regular season champions.# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season. Schedule All tournament games were nationally televised on an ESPN network: SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Friday, March 7 1 1 6:00 PM #8 Cincinnati vs. #9 UCF ESPN3 4,675 2 8:00 PM #7 Memphis vs. #10 Houston Second round – Saturday, March 8 2 3 12:00 PM #1 Connecticut vs. #8 Cincinnati ESPN3 7,332 4 2:00 PM #4 Rutgers vs. #5 SMU 3 5 6:00 PM #3 South Florida vs. #6 Temple 5,393 6 8:00 PM #2 Louisville vs. #10 Houston Semifinals – Sunday, March 9 4 7 1:00 PM #1 Connecticut vs. #4 Rutgers ESPNU 7,635 8 3:00 PM #2 Louisville vs. #3 South Florida Championship Game – Monday, March 10 5 9 7:00 PM #1 Connecticut vs. #2 Louisville ESPN 8,034 *Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket First roundFriday, March 7 QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 8 SemifinalsSunday, March 9 Championship gameMonday, March 10 8 Cincinnati 54 9 UCF 52 7 Memphis 67 10 Houston 73 1 Connecticut 72 8 Cincinnati 42 4 Rutgers 68 5 SMU 49 2 Louisville 88 10 Houston 43 3 South Florida 72 6 Temple 44 1 Connecticut 83 4 Rutgers 57 2 Louisville 60 3 South Florida 56 1 Connecticut 72 2 Louisville 52 References Category:American Conference women's basketball tournament Category:2013–14 American Athletic Conference women's basketball season Category:2014 in sports in Connecticut Category:College basketball tournaments in Connecticut Category:Sports competitions in Uncasville, Connecticut