2025 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Appearance
2025 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2024–25 |
Teams | 13 |
Site | Super Pit and Dickies Arena Denton, Texas and Fort Worth, Texas |
Champions | South Florida (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Jose Fernandez (2nd title) |
MVP | Carla Britto (South Florida) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN |
Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida † | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 9 | – | 8 | .529 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 AAC tournament winner |
The 2025 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference for the 2024–25 season. The tournament was held from March 8–12, 2025, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]
This was the last conference tournament under the American Athletic Conference name. In July 2025, the conference dropped the word "Athletic" from its name, renaming itself the American Conference.[2]
Seeds
[edit]All 13 conference teams are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record. The top four teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals.
Tiebreakers may be applied as needed to properly seed the teams.
Seed | School | Conference record |
Tiebreaker |
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1 | UTSA | 17–1 | |
2 | North Texas | 15–3 | |
3 | South Florida | 13–4 | 2–0 vs Temple |
4 | Temple | 13–5 | 0–2 vs USF |
5 | Tulsa | 11–7 | |
6 | Tulane | 9–8 | |
7 | East Carolina | 8–10 | |
8 | UAB | 7–11 | 1–0 vs. South Florida |
9 | Rice | 7–11 | 0–2 vs. South Florida |
10 | Memphis | 5–13 | |
11 | Wichita State | 4–14 | 1–0 vs. Rice |
12 | Charlotte | 4–14 | 0–1 vs. Rice |
13 | Florida Atlantic | 3–15 |
Schedule
[edit]Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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First round – Saturday, March 8 – Super Pit, Denton, TX | ||||
1 | 12:00 pm | No. 12 Charlotte vs. No. 13 Florida Atlantic | 55–51 | ESPN+ |
Second round – Sunday, March 9 | ||||
2 | 11:30 am | No. 8 UAB vs. No. 9 Rice | 63–76 | ESPN+ |
3 | 1:30 pm | No. 5 Tulsa vs. No. 12 Charlotte | 66–71 | |
4 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 East Carolina vs. No. 10 Memphis | 64–45 | |
5 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 Tulane vs. No. 11 Wichita State | 69–63 | |
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 10 | ||||
6 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 UTSA vs. No. 9 Rice | 58–62 | ESPN+ |
7 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Temple vs. No. 12 Charlotte | 65–34 | |
8 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 North Texas vs. No. 7 East Carolina | 69–58 | ESPN+ |
9 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 South Florida vs. No. 6 Tulane | 69–59 | |
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 11 | ||||
10 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Temple vs. No. 9 Rice | 49–67 | ESPN+ |
11 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 North Texas vs. No. 3 South Florida | 48–58 | |
Championship – Wednesday, March 12 | ||||
12 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 South Florida vs. No. 9 Rice | 69–62 | ESPNU |
*Game times in CST for the first round and CDT from the second round onward. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
[edit]First round Saturday, March 8 | Second round Sunday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Monday, March 10 | Semifinals Tuesday, March 11 | Championship Wednesday, March 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | UTSA | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | UAB | 63 | 9 | Rice | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Rice | 76 | 9 | Rice | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Temple | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Temple | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Tulsa | 66 | 12 | Charlotte | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Charlotte | 55 | 12 | Charlotte | 71 | 9 | Rice | 62 | |||||||||||||||
13 | Florida Atlantic | 51 | 3 | South Florida | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | North Texas | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | East Carolina | 64 | 7 | East Carolina | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Memphis | 45 | 2 | North Texas | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | South Florida | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | South Florida | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Tulane | 69 | 6 | Tulane | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Wichita State | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source:[3]
See also
[edit]- 2025 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
- American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
- American Athletic Conference
References
[edit]- ^ "2025 American Women's Basketball Championship –". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
- ^ "American Conference Launches Modernized Brand Identity Ahead of Football Media Days" (Press release). American Conference. July 21, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
- ^ "2025 WBB Championship Bracket (PDF)" (PDF). American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 23, 2025.