AAC Tournament bracket: Full TV schedule, scores, results for 2020 basketball tournament

Austin Anderson

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It came down to the final day of action but the field is now set for the American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament. Tulsa entered Sunday alone in first place, but after Wichita State dominated the Golden Hurricane 79-57, the AAC ended its regular season with a three-way tie at the top.

Cincinnati and Houston tied with Tulsa at 13-5 in conference play, but Cincinnati won the tiebreaker to claim the No. 1 seed in the AAC tournament. Houston is the No. 2 seed, followed by Houston at No. 3 and Wichita State at No. 4. The AAC tourney will be huge in deciding who makes the Big Dance.

As of Monday, Sporting News' Ryan Fagan projected only Cincinnati and Houston to get into the field, as No. 11 and No. 8 seeds, respectively. Memphis and Wichita State were listed as two of the "first four out" teams.

MORE: Get the latest March Madness odds from Sports Insider

Outside of those teams, UConn might be the hottest team coming in. The Huskies have won five in a row, and though those wins have mostly come over the bottom feeders in the conference, UConn did top No. 21 Houston on Thursday.

"We’re 18-12 but we’re a good team,” UConn coach Dan Hurley told reporters after the team's win over the Cougars. “They (Houston) are a really good team, potentially a great team. We’re a good team that’s finally learned how to win.”

Houston is probably securely in the Field of 68, but if any other AAC teams have aspirations of going dancing, wins in the conference tournament are going to be vital.

Here is the complete breakdown of the 2020 AAC Tournament, from brackets, TV information and schedules:

AAC Tournament bracket 2020

The AAC tournament gets started on Thursday with the first round of matchups featuring the 5-through-12-seeds. All 12 teams from the AAC automatically qualify for the conference tournament. Thursday will feature four first-round games, followed by four quarterfinal matchups on Friday, two semifinal matchups on Sunday and the championship final on Selection Sunday.

Below is the full seeding for the 2020 AAC Tournament:

Seed Team Record (AAC)
No. 1 Cincinnati 20-10 (13-5)
No. 2 Houston 23-8 (13-5)
No. 3 Tulsa 21-10 (13-5)
No. 4 Wichita State 23-8 (11-7)
No. 5 UConn 19-12 (10-8)
No. 6 Memphis 21-10 (10-8)
No. 7 SMU 19-11 (9-9)
No. 8 UCF 16-14 (7-11)
No. 9 USF 14-17 (7-11)
No. 10 Temple 14-17 (6-12)
No. 11 ECU 11-20 (5-13)
No. 12 Tulane 12-18 (4-14)

FAGAN: Sporting News March Madness projections 4.0

Odds to win AAC Tournament

Despite being the 2-seed, Houston has the best odds, per SportsInsider.com, to claim the AAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Cougars top all other teams at 2/1 odds, followed by Cincinnati (11/4), Wichita State (4/1) and Memphis (9/2). Below are the full odds to win the 2020 AAC Tournament, per SportsInsider.com:

Team Odds
Houston 2/1
Cincinnati 11/4
Wichita State 4/1
Memphis 9/2
Tulsa 6/1
UConn 12/1
SMU 25/1
USF 50/1
Temple 50/1
UCF 50/1
ECU 100/1
Tulane 100/1

How to watch the AAC Tournament live

The AAC Tournament will be carried on the ESPN family of networks. The first round will be broadcast on ESPNU before splitting coverage with ESPN2 in the quarterfinals. ESPN2 will carry the semifinal round, and the championship game will air on ESPN.

Round 1
ESPNU
Quarterfinals
ESPNU, ESPN2
Semifinals
ESPN2
AAC championship game
ESPN

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BRACKETS:
B1G | SEC | ACC | B12 | P-12 | Big East

​2020 AAC Tournament schedule

The 2020 AAC Tournament will begin Thursday, March 12 and run through Selection Sunday on March 15, taking place at Dickies Arena in Forth Worth, Texas. Below is the full schedule for the tournament:

​Round 1: Thursday, March 12

  Time (ET) TV (national)
Game 1: No. 8 UCF vs. No. 9 USF 1 p.m. ESPNU
Game 2: No. 5 UConn vs. No. 12 Tulane 3 p.m. ESPNU
Game 3: No. 7 SMU vs. No. 10 Temple 8 p.m. ESPNU
Game 4: No. 6 Memphis vs. No. 11 ECU 10 p.m. ESPNU

Quarterfinals: Friday, March 13

  Time (ET) TV (national)
Game 5: No. 1 Cincinnati vs. Game 1 winner 1 p.m. ESPN2
Game 6: No. 4 Wichita State vs. Game 2 winner 3 p.m. ESPN2
Game 7: No. 2 Houston vs. Game 3 winner 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Game 8: No. 3 Tulsa vs. Game 4 winner 9:30 p.m. ESPNU

Semifinals: Saturday, March 14

  Time (ET) TV (national)
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner 3 p.m. ESPN2
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner 5 p.m. ESPN2

AAC championship game: Sunday, March 15

  Time (ET) TV (national)
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner 3:15 p.m. ESPN

Austin Anderson