2016 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

August 2023 2016 American Athletic Conference I Women's 2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Logo.png 250px Tournament Logo 11 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut Connecticut 3rd Geno Auriemma 3rd Breanna Stewart Connecticut 30,478 2015 ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3 The 2016 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a tournament held March 4–7 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut won their third straight American Athletic Conference title by defeating South Florida and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Seeds All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1Connecticut ‡18–029–02South Florida #14–421–83Temple #13–519–104Memphis #12–618–115Tulane #11–720–106Tulsa8–1011–187SMU7–1112–178East Carolina6–1212–189Cincinnati4–148–210–1 vs. Tulane 10UCF4–147–220–2 vs. Tulane 11Houston2–166–23‡ – 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 are nationally televised on an ESPN network: SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Friday, March 4 1 1 4:00 PM #8 East Carolina vs. #9 Cincinnati ESPN3 4,480 2 6:00 PM #7 SMU vs. #10 UCF 3 8:00 PM #6 Tulsa vs. #11 Houston Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5 2 4 12:00 PM #4 Memphis vs. #5 Tulane ESPN3 7,033 5 2:00 PM #1 Connecticut vs. #8 East Carolina 3 6 6:00 PM #2 South Florida vs. #7 SMU 5,071 7 8:00 PM #3 Temple vs. #6 Tulsa Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 4 8 4:30 PM #5 Tulane vs. #1 Connecticut ESPNU 6,821 9 6:30 PM #2 South Florida vs. #3 Temple Championship Game – Monday, March 7 5 10 7:00 PM #1 Connecticut vs. #2 South Florida ESPN2 7,073 *Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket 2016 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament Bracket http://theamerican.org/documents/2015/9/29//2016_WBB_Bracket.pdf?id=790 TheAmerican.org SideArmSports 29 February 2016 First roundFriday, March 4 QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 5 SemifinalsSunday, March 6 Championship gameMonday, March 7 8 East Carolina 70 9 Cincinnati 61 7 SMU 83* 10 UCF 74 6 Tulsa 76 11 Houston 38 1 Connecticut 92 8 East Carolina 51 4 Memphis 64 5 Tulane 70 2 South Florida 73 7 SMU 60 3 Temple 78 6 Tulsa 52 1 Connecticut 82 5 Tulane 35 2 South Florida 64 3 Temple 46 1 Connecticut 77 2 South Florida 51 Note: * denotes overtime See also 2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament References Category:American Conference women's basketball tournament Category:2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball season Category:2016 in sports in Connecticut Category:College basketball tournaments in Connecticut Category:Sports competitions in Uncasville, Connecticut