AAC Standings heading into the final 2 games of the season plus AAC Tourn Bracket

[Knight_Light]

Weekend Scores:
Saturday
UCF 69, Houston 64
Cincinnati 71, Memphis 69

Sunday
UCONN 60, cow u 58
Wichita St 67, SMU 55
Temple 80, Tulane 69
Tulsa 91, ECU 78

NOTE: Final Day of the season, Cinci hosts Houston
SCHOOL CONF OVERALL
1) Houston * 14-2 (27-2)
2) Cincinnati * 14-2 (25-4)
3) UCF * 12-4 (22-6)
4) Temple 11-5 (21-8)
5) Memphis 10-7 (18-12)
6) Wichita State 8-8 (15-13) WSU is 7-2 in their last 9 games
7) Tulsa 8-9 (18-12)
8) cow u 7-9 (18-11)
9) UConn 5-11 (14-15)
9) SMU 5-11 (13-15)
11) ECU 3-13 (10-18)
12) Tulane 0-16 (4-24)
* Clinched American Athletic Conference Tournament First Round Bye

 

[Knight_Light]

If season ended today (UCF #3 and Temple #4), then Temple would most likely have to play #5 Memphis in the Quarterfinals on the Tigers home court.

UCF at Temple game might decide who ends up playing Memphis in the Quarterfinals.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

If season ended today (UCF #3 and Temple #4), then Temple would most likely have to play #5 Memphis in the Quarterfinals on the Tigers home court.

UCF at Temple game might decide who ends up playing Memphis in the Quarterfinals.

We need to avoid UH, Cincy and Memphis till as long as possible.

 

[Stetson_1883]

For discussion sake, what happens if UCF drops its last two games?

 

[Asphalt.Jungle]

For discussion sake, what happens if UCF drops its last two games?

 

[hemightbejeremy]

For discussion sake, what happens if UCF drops its last two games?

10 seed.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

For discussion sake, what happens if UCF drops its last two games?

Then it matters more to make AAC Championship Game. I’d like to make it either way and get people watching.

 

[paspower]

If season ended today (UCF #3 and Temple #4), then Temple would most likely have to play #5 Memphis in the Quarterfinals on the Tigers home court.

UCF at Temple game might decide who ends up playing Memphis in the Quarterfinals.

Memphis only home losses this year are vs #5 UT and #20 Cincy. Tigers will probably be favored against everyone except Houston and Cincy.

 

[UCFhonors]

I hope the cows can get that 6th spot. I prefer playing them over Witicha who has been on fire lately.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

I hope the cows can get that 6th spot. I prefer playing them over Witicha who has been on fire lately.

Don’t we get a bye?

 

[hemightbejeremy]

Don’t we get a bye?

Yeah but assuming UCF stays in 3rd they would face winner of 6 vs 11 game.

 

[ucfknightfan22]

Two part question if we win and Cinn loses we tie for second, who gets the two seed. If we lose to temple we tie for the third seed who would get the third seed.

 

[Wings0fred]

Two part question if we win and Cinn loses we tie for second, who gets the two seed. If we lose to temple we tie for the third seed who would get the third seed.

I have not been able to find the tie breaker procedure anywhere on the AAC website. However, I did hear record vs the top seed would be considered somehow.

Would love to see the official rules.

 

[firm_bizzle]

Why are their only 11 teams invited to the tournament? Give 0-17 Tulane another shot.

 

[UCF_SystemsEng]

Why are their only 11 teams invited to the tournament? Give 0-17 Tulane another shot.

It's a 12 team tournament

 

[UCF_SystemsEng]

I have not been able to find the tie breaker procedure anywhere on the AAC website. However, I did hear record vs the top seed would be considered somehow.

Would love to see the official rules.

Cliff notes:
If we beat Temple and Cincy loses to Houston we will be the 2 seed.
If we lose to Temple we are still the 3 seed over Temple by way of better record vs. Cincy

Seeding is based on:
Conference win/loss record,
head-to-head record,
record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams,
record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams


Try page 24 of the media guide here:
http://theamerican.org/documents/2018/11/6/201819_Amemerican_MBB_Media_Guide.pdf

 

[hemightbejeremy]

Cliff notes:
If we beat Temple and Cincy loses to Houston we will be the 2 seed.
If we lose to Temple we are still the 3 seed over Temple by way of better record vs. Cincy

Seeding is based on:
Conference win/loss record,
head-to-head record,
record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams,
record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams


Try page 24 of the media guide here:
http://theamerican.org/documents/2018/11/6/201819_Amemerican_MBB_Media_Guide.pdf

If we lose to Temple we are 4th seed actually. They don’t penalize a team that plays less games vs an opponent if they could have an equal record with the same number of games. Thus the second tiebreaker with Temple actually comes down to Wichita State where UCF is 0-1 and Temple 1-0. That is unless the Shockers lose to Tulane.

 

[UCF_SystemsEng]

If we lose to Temple we are 4th seed actually. They don’t penalize a team that plays less games vs an opponent if they could have an equal record with the same number of games. Thus the second tiebreaker with Temple actually comes down to Wichita State where UCF is 0-1 and Temple 1-0. That is unless the Shockers lose to Tulane.

Good catch