A guide to Wichita State’s bracket in the AAC men’s basketball tournament this week
The bracket for the American Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament is set for this coming week at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Wichita State’s NCAA Tournament hopes rest on winning four games in four days as the AAC Tournament’s No. 7 seed. The Shockers will play in the first round against Tulsa at 2 p.m. Thursday with the game broadcast on ESPNU. The winner advances to play No. 2 seed SMU in Friday’s quarterfinals in a 6 p.m. game broadcast on ESPNU.
WSU fans interested in traveling to Fort Worth to watch the Shockers can purchase AAC Tournament session tickets through Ticketmaster or single-game tickets.
Houston (26-5, 15-3 AAC) won the 2021-22 regular-season championship, while SMU (22-7, 13-4), Memphis (19-9, 13-5), Temple (17-11, 10-7) and Tulane (13-14, 10-8) earned first-round byes. The rest of the conference standings were as followed: UCF (17-11, 9-9), WSU (15-12, 6-9), Cincinnati (17-14, 7-11), East Carolina (15-14, 6-11), Tulsa (10-19, 4-14) and South Florida (8-22, 3-15).
American Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament schedule
Thursday, March 10 first round
Game 1: No. 9 East Carolina (15-14, 6-11) vs. No. 8 Cincinnati (17-14, 7-11), noon on ESPNU
Game 2: No. 10 Tulsa (10-19, 4-14) vs. No. 7 Wichita State (15-12, 6-9), 2 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 3: No. 11 South Florida (8-22, 3-15) vs. No. 6 UCF (17-11, 9-9), 6 p.m. on ESPNU
Friday, March 11 quarterfinals
Game 4: ECU-Cincinnati winner vs. No. 1 Houston (26-5, 15-3), noon on ESPN2
Game 5: No. 5 Tulane (13-14, 10-8) vs. No. 4 Temple (17-11, 10-7), 2 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 6: Tulsa-WSU winner vs. No. 2 SMU (22-7, 13-4), 6 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 7: USF-UCF winner vs. No. 3 Memphis (19-9, 13-5), 8 p.m. on ESPNU
Saturday, March 12 semifinals
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 2 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 4 p.m. on ESPN2
Sunday, March 13 championship
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 2:15 p.m. on ESPN
This story was originally published March 6, 2022 at 4:00 PM.
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