Who, when and where Shockers (and every AAC team) play this week in tournament bracket
Not only did Wichita State keep its at-large hopes alive for an NCAA Tournament bid, but it also secured sole possession of fourth place in the American Athletic Conference and a first-round bye in the conference tournament this week in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Shockers will play the winner between No. 5 Connecticut and No. 12 Tulane in Friday’s quarterfinals at 2 p.m. in Dickies Arena with the game broadcast on ESPN2. Single-game and session passes can be purchased through the Dickies Arena website.
If the higher seeds hold, then WSU’s path to the championship game would feature a semifinal showdown against a Cincinnati team that has narrowly defeated the Shockers in both of their regular-season matchups.
Ken Pomeroy’s metrics assigned Wichita State a 61% chance of reaching the semifinals, a 36% chance of reaching the finals and an 18% chance of winning the tournament, the second-best behind Houston.
Here are the AAC Tournament seeds after Sunday’s finales:
No. 1 Cincinnati (13-5)
No. 2 Houston (13-5)
No. 3 Tulsa (13-5)
No. 4 Wichita State (11-7)
No. 5 Connecticut (10-8)
No. 6 Memphis (10-8)
No. 7 SMU (9-9)
No. 8 Central Florida (7-11)
No. 9 South Florida (7-11)
No. 10 Temple (6-12)
No. 11 East Carolina (5-13)
No. 12 Tulane (4-14)
Here is the tournament schedule and television schedule for the games:
First round: Thursday, March 12
No. 9 South Florida vs. No. 8 Central Florida, noon (ESPNU)
No. 12 Tulane vs. No. 5 Connecticut, 2 p.m. (ESPNU)
No. 10 Temple vs. No. 7 SMU, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
No. 11 East Carolina vs. No. 6 Memphis, 9 p.m. (ESPNU)
Quarterfinals: Friday, March 13
South Florida-Central Florida winner vs. No. 1 Cincinnati, noon (ESPN2)
Tulane-Connecticut winner vs. No. 4 Wichita State, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Temple-SMU winner vs. No. 2 Houston, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
East Carolina-Memphis winner vs. No. 3 Tulsa, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Semifinals: Saturday, March 14
First two quarterfinal winners, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Last two quarterfinal winners, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)
Championship: Sunday, March 15
Semifinal winners, 2:15 p.m. (ESPN)
This story was originally published March 8, 2020 at 5:12 PM.
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